Mixed media: archival prints, collage, plexiglass, paint marker. Each panel 16" x 20" Total installation 36" x 44"
Exhibited at: YAR, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, Arizona, January 20th-29th.
Exhibited at: YAR, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, Arizona, January 20th-29th.
This series of collages reflects on my relationship with Instagram and the ways that social media and digital platforms can shape self-worth. Each image I have posted to my own Instagram account. Using the like count, comments, and direct messages from each post within the collage it showcases how these numbers cause the emotional addiction behind posting on Instagram.
Rebuilding these online posts as physical objects, these images become evidence of a system designed to feel personal but remains very impersonal. Photo Dump sits with the tension between being authentic, performing, and the addiction of wanting to be seen and validated constantly.
