Who You Think You Are,
Who We Think We Are,
I Shop, Therefore I Am,
Me!




Poster Installation




2024-2025



In a world guided by images, objects, and commodities, we focus not only on how others perceive us but also on our own self-perception. Taglines like “Think Smarter” and “Life Made Easier” convince us that objects can transform our lives, while social media feeds our incessant desire for instant gratification, encouraging a curation of one’s identity. 

Capitalism finds its footing in sign value and brand awareness through a stupendous disguise of appropriation and reconstruction. Absorbed by brands, we become complicit in promoting commodified visual status symbols. Our originality fades as we succumb to the grip of capital, relying on a collapsing system. Influenced by mere seconds of an advertisement–conditioned to crave–our consumption becomes second nature. We shop, therefore we perform.


MEDIA
NO. OF POSTERS
FORMAT                                  
Adhesive paper and wood panels
22
Vary in size


           

                                      

                                                          

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