Artist statement: The smartphone is this century’s most omnipresent device.
Intrusive or not? You be the judge in ‘Gene pool’ where the selfie rules.
The smartphone defines the age in this tropical setting as selfie haven.
With backs turned against the perfect view, the selfie prefers the virtual to the actual. Places and moments once enjoyed for their own unique experience are reduced to the visual karaoke and caricature.
The trophy-hunt, heroic landscape and portrait are all condensed here with ‘sitters’ helpless but to pose and posture. Head-tilts, hair re-arrangement and Hollywood expressions create a gene pool of the self-absorbed.
One lone figure in red top with arms raised is exultant, liberated from the gadget and fully alive to place.
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