honorable mention
Jane Chi taiwan
title
Narcissism Epidemic
Author took herself as the main character and experienced the process of taking selfies. By using these selfies elements and creating a serial extraordinary images to build a visual system which is surrounding by author herself, responding to the spiritual concept of taking selfies, being self-centered.
Combining Fornasatti style faces and organs on face such as eyes, mouth, ears….. with computer programing to re-organize these elements into different visual results. Photo-retouching apps or software that people will often use to edit and modify their self-images pixels inspired author with the idea.
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entry description
Taking selfies has become a normal behavior of our daily life owing to the fast development of smartphone technology and social media, author feels curious about what is the motivation supporting people to do so, after thorough understanding of the initial essence of narcissism, we have the answer. Young people could become more and more self-centered and narcissistic during the process of taking selfies then uploading them on social platforms to seek recognition and approval. This phenomenon has become an epidemic spreading every single individual all over the world, for long term, it could cause potential problem of society deconstruction, so author hopes to awake people’s attention and make them take this issue seriously.Author took herself as the main character and experienced the process of taking selfies. By using these selfies elements and creating a serial extraordinary images to build a visual system which is surrounding by author herself, responding to the spiritual concept of taking selfies, being self-centered.
Combining Fornasatti style faces and organs on face such as eyes, mouth, ears….. with computer programing to re-organize these elements into different visual results. Photo-retouching apps or software that people will often use to edit and modify their self-images pixels inspired author with the idea.
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