On-the-Go, a solo-exhibition at Recent Activity, Birmingham and the first UK exhibition of Alex Frost’s Wet Unboxing videos. In 2018 AV News – Europe’s leading AV/IT trade publication – described these ‘Wet Unboxing’ videos as “an affront to a dry God.” Over the summer of that year, Alex Frost uploaded 48 videos onto YouTube where he submerged and unboxed ‘on-the-go’ products such as ready meals, snacks, protein shakes, vitamin tablets and energy drinks in a glass tank filled with water. These videos – like much of Frost’s sculptural work – captured the boundlessness of life today, one where a life ‘on-the-go’ blurs into a work ‘on-the-go’ and where free-time is priceless. These ‘Wet Unboxings’ went on to feature in 30+ articles online, were listed on the meme hall of fame Knowyourmeme.com and found their way onto Indonesian TV.
Featuring the artworks:
Wet Unboxings (15:30)
Multivitamin Liquid (Minavex); Double Decker Burger(Rustlers); Coconut Flavour Plant-based Snacking Drink (Adez); Travel-Sized Shaving Gel (Gillete); Breakfast Biscuits, Golden Oats (Belvita); Chocolate Milk Drink (Nurishment); Multivitamins, Orange (Berocca); Sliced Egg with a Cress Mayonnaise Sandwich (DD’s); Sleeping Tablets (Kalms Day).
Wet Unboxing
Fish Tank, LED Lights, Air Pump, Cardboard Boxes, MDF and Unpacked On-the-Go products: Multivitamin Liquid (Minavex); Double Decker Burger(Rustlers); Coconut Flavour Plant-based Snacking Drink (Adez); Travel-Sized Shaving Gel (Gillete); Breakfast Biscuits, Golden Oats (Belvita); Chocolate Milk Drink (Nurishment); Multivitamins, Orange (Berocca); Sliced Egg with a Cress Mayonnaise Sandwich (DD’s); Sleeping Tablets (Kalms Day).
Sandwiches, Soup and Lanyards
1/4 Tuna Sandwich (Tesco Selection Pack), Clearcast Resin and Lanyard; 1/4 Cheese and Onion (Tesco Selection Pack), Clearcast Resin and Lanyard; Chicken Soup (Slima Soup), Clearcast Resin and Lanyard; Thai Chicken and Lemongrass Soup (Ainsley Harriet), Clearcast Resin and Lanyard; Tomato and Herb Pasta (Mug Shot) Clearcast Resin and Lanyard; Tesco Loyalty Card and Lanyard.
