Negativityness examines the idea that social media and image manipulation can be used to influence society, by distorting the truth, and presenting fiction as fact. This leads to a fabricated narrative, often with dire consequences and outcomes.
Currently, everything we see and read in media, social and otherwise, seems to be about negativity, about division, and especially, about what is “the truth” (and what is inarguably false, yet touted as truth). But the surface of things is usually completely opposite from what is underneath.
Each faction has their own set of “facts” which they believe with an almost religious fervor, while refusing to accept or even acknowledge anyone else’s “facts”. This makes it impossible to know where reality ends, and fantasy begins.
By using images of flowers, leaves, trees and other organic subjects, then combining and layering them digitally, I seek to create worlds where beauty and impossibility co-exist. I want audiences to entertain the possibility that perhaps there is more to the images than meets the eye.
Viewers are encouraged to enjoy the allure of the images, while also acknowledging the incongruity and surrealism that they present. Hopefully they will question how they can exist, how what they see can be real. Are they fact, or fantasy? Or maybe, they contain elements of both
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