Outlook

Is our primary view of the world the one which we see through our devices? Is the impression we give of ourselves the one formed by others from our online presence?

#wakeupandsmellthecoffee (cont’d)

#wakeupandsmellthecoffee

I want to demonstrate how the digital documenting of our lives using online social media sites is infiltrating and even dictating how we live out our life in real time. It disturbs me.

Mixed Media

 

Sometimes we can be too full of our own importance to hear what really matters.

 

In Print

 

 

Self Portrait on newspaper article on how Disney heroines may have adverse affects on girls wellbeing.

We are neither too beautiful or too Important………

The idea that we can be satisfied being ordinary should be encouraged.

The Word Of The Year 2013

selfie
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlfi/
(also selfy)
noun (plural selfies)
informal

“a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website:occasional selfies are acceptable, but posting a new picture of yourself every day isn’t necessary”
– Oxford dictionaries.com

Invisible Handcuffs….Continued

I have been investigating mirroring the lighter yet sinister obsessive side of popular culture.

 

Invisible Handcuffs

Images and short film about how we are all slaves to something……

Three

Sometimes we opt out of following the crowd to allow our individuality to shine through, sometimes we opt out of uniqueness so as not to draw attention to ourselves. I knew that being individual would lead to more bullying, so I followed like a sheep to blend in and go unnoticed.