Familiar Interplay
Familiar Interplay // 2021
My friends and I were in a transition leaving adolescence and growing into adulthood. Through an unexpected haze of queries. Tangible interactions were obsolete. The act of hugging or walking closely with someone was then hazardous. Personable interactions seemed absent indefinitely. Therefore, platonic relationships were exclusively online. My childhood bedroom turned into my stage where I performed my growing desire for the attention of others on social media. My friend’s portraits scattered throughout the room as my adored audience. Through mixed media, collage, and photography, my altered avatars fluttered through the cloud for anyone to bear witness. As I struggled to grow up into an adult in the unaccompanied space, conversing with AI intelligence had become my new normal.
