The world we live in is determined by the social media platforms we are a member of. The use of #'s is one way for many people in many different areas of the world to connect. I produced this artwork by appropriating three images from the social media site Instagram. I purposely chose three #'s that were innocent by nature: #sleeping, #hotshower, and #relationship. Out of the thousands plus images with these #'s, the majority of these images were not innocent. The society we live in today is evidently alright with posting intimate images, that should be personal for the whole world to see. When producing the art, I used 4 shadow boxes layered together. The first shadow box features the image turned black and white with high contrast, the second shadow box features the binary code for the # and the hashtag and number of posts, the third shadow box features a glitches image of the original image, and the fourth shadow is necessary for lighting. I chose to appropriate images, to emphasize that anyone can access online images and alter them as they please. The use of the binary code and # is to show that there is something behind everything that is posted on the internet, it can never be fully removed. Layering the images visually shows viewers how layered the internet goes.
When producing this work I was denied printing one of the images at Office Depot, because it was deemed unfit to print. The same image that is posted online for everyone to see. They did however print the glitched image of the photo, therefore they did in fact print the image.
Finished #sleeping
Original Image Black and White Original
Code, #, and Post Number Glitched Original
Finished #relationship
Original Instagram
Black and White Original (not fit to print) Replacement text
Code, #, and Post Number Glitched Original
Finished #hotshower
Original Image Black and White Original
Code, #, Post Number Glitched Original
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