描述
In distressful isolation, shielded by our masks and gloves, we conceal our pajama pants with an ironed button down shirt. This is our new normal. How do we tap into the unpredictable future of spatial distancing? Our new digital world is keeping us in touch more than ever before. This dichotomy of social distancing and our digital world is a paradox. Also, how will personal space ensue? The portraits of cacti— a series of nine images inspired by Andy Warhol’s pop art impressionism— metaphorically represent all the abrupt changes throughout society. They are stencils depicting the future of Digital, Interior, Mental, Personal, Private, and Public Space. The cacti reflect people either spread apart or enclosed in an intimate focal vision, like a contrast of people’s worlds in and out of their homes. We also adapted Warhol’s screen printing process to our new digital normalcy, utilizing layers in photoshop instead of stencils. The broad range of colors symbolize the broad range of emotions one may undergo in this time period. The definition in the photos come out by using the final black and white portrait. Otherwise, everything was applied with painterly brush strokes that don’t mind going outside the lines. We are using positives, rather than negatives, to bring out the layers of the contrasting stencils. This altering world paints a new lens for the future of humanity and the physical space between each other. This negativity brings forth positive growth: an opportunity to adapt into our new way of living.