Like, Share, Love is Everywhere,
Poetry installation-hypergraphy,
170 x 70 cm, 2015;
Since poetry is all about expressing, love and life matters and off course about language, I became obsessed with changes in everyday communication and expressions of love and affection, enjoyment etc. that is strongly affected by social networks and virtual communication. We use shortcuts while we speak, even in declaring love, and we use symbols, acronyms, popular terms that replaced real expressions, real words. A change can be good or bad but in any case it gives a chance and a new perspective.
Work is constructed out of five poems based on Facebook activities, popular terms, frequent statuses, and some statistics from relevant media sources. One of the most popular or frequently used words and symbols on FB is love (<3).
It has been used in so many ways, that it barely has any meaning.
Are we showing love with likes, shares, and <3<3... or just consuming it because everybody else is? Is it natural, or is it fake?
You can read the poems here:
https://maalganicna.wordpress.com/2015/07/20/get-some-loving/
https://maalganicna.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/new-stories/
https://maalganicna.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/love-is-online/
https://maalganicna.wordpress.com/2015/06/29/this-is-not-game-over/
https://maalganicna.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/recent-activity/
Selfie from the exhibition
