My art practice focuses on censorship, distortion, and image appropriation. This work responds to overstimulation caused by the magnitude of the internet using cut-up images from online culture, glossy magazines, and ephemera. Through the lens of 'Glitch Feminism’* I tackle the overconsumption of social media and internet aesthetics in the contemporary world. I use processes such as collage, scanning and image manipulation to distort their appearances further to represent the internet’s transitory qualities. Warped figures, like digital glitches, can be portals to liberation. They defy the constraints of reality allowing us to transcend our ordinary existence. These figures symbolize the myriad selves we inhabit simultaneously, the kaleidoscope of identities that shift and merge as we navigate life’s complexities. In their distortion, we can find freedom, a dance between chaos and order where boundaries blur and new possibilities emerge.
*A manifesto by Legacy Russell that explores how the internet and its glitches can be used as tools for liberation, finding identity, and positions in the world.