I didn’t want to name the five puppets I used in the installation, so that I don’t get too attached to them. But of course, when you work on an artwork for a while, you will get attached and of course they’ve got names. This one here is simply Boy. He has his cap pulled deep over his face and has his eyes are closed (one eye is covered up by strands of hair).
The imagery used on the skins gives clues about the puppets’ personalities. Boy can’t see the wood for the trees. He has an issue with time and speed and on the back of his head is a rather large nude female torso. You get the picture…
The installation itself is called Like – What? and questions social media networks.
Recently I read in a couple of articles that the shooters of Colorado and Norway weren’t on face book. The articles claimed everyone not on face book is increasingly treated as anti social and suspicious. In my opinion it is a really strange and dangerous conclusion. I would have ignored it if I had only read it once. I seriously hope the articles drew on the same source and their conclusion is not a widely held belief. I will ask the question in reverse: Does being on face book automatically make someone a sociable and good person?
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I have recently stopped using my personal face book page all together because it was filling me with social anxiety! Being on it was making me more anti-social. I am amazed at how clear headed I have gotten by staying away from face book. :-)
I do pop on my blog face book page, but I do not feel the same pressure or gain social confusion from it. I thought possibly I was the only one who had these issues – it seems I have found a few others who have felt the same things as myself. That is comforting given such ludicrous ideas that one would be thought of or ” treated as anti social and suspicious” for not participating in faux socializing.
Face book did not make me a sociable person and definitely not good. Lol!
Thank you so much for your comment. It is great to hear from someone who was on face book. I find it even with my blog… I have more anxieties than I had before. When I first read the comment about people not on a social network being treated suspiciously, I thought it must be a ploy to bully people into joining. But then we Germans love our conspiracy theories!