While headlines were always meant to grab attention, headlines with an aim to misdirect and sensationalize have historically been more rare. The news was always meant to inform its readers on current events, whether through a newspaper, the radio, or the television. “Clickbait” is not exclusive to this decade. Yellow Journalism is defined by Collins Dictionary as journalism that “relies on sensationalism and… exaggeration to attract readers” (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, n.d.) Unfortunately, “fake news” is not exactly a new term, but it is instead a synonym for terms such as “Yellow Journalism”, which was coined back in the mid-1890s. I believe that it is through this lack of distinction between entertainment and formal news that fake news has slowly infiltrated our everyday lives. Everywhere you look, it seems to be the end of the world as we know it. While social activism is something to be commended and encouraged, it is also true that negativity runs rampant in social media and even traditional news sources, and this negativity can take a real toll on our mental health. More and more people in my social circle have taken up social activism after seeing movements on social media that spread awareness using Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. In recent years, I have found it increasingly difficult to separate my entertainment from information about the world. Coronavirus deaths have reached an all-time high. The Amazon forest is burning to the ground.
Photographs of the full artwork, as well as close-ups taken from multiple angles, can be viewed here.After a long day of staring at Zoom lectures and taking notes, you catch up on your social media sites like Twitter and Instagram for some semblance of relaxation, and you are bombarded by news story after news story. This particular work is entitled ‘Drill Baby’ and features an infant constructed from vinyl rubber, mohair, oil paint, plaster, and aluminum armature. My ideas of attraction verses repulsion allowing my work to have both a strong visceralįeeling while maintaining a direct cerebral presence.
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