Status Symbols is a
series of virtual portraits that are studies of identity in the digital age of
social media.Textual updates on
sites such as Twitter and Facebook allow for virtual personas to be created
with the prodding of, “What are you doing?” or “What’s on your mind?” at the
direction of the social networks.Status Symbols showcases the virtual identities created from these
self-scripted self-portraits.Abstract portraits are created with spinning LEDs that translate written
words into flashing bursts of light in the computer’s language of binary
code.Custom hardware and software
are used to transform the text into ons and offs of binary code.Each portrait represents a fleeting
moment of identity in the digital world.
The
conceptual basis for the project is based upon current events related to
digital identity as seen through Twitter posts.Collaborative portraits were made as a
part of the @1stfans Twitter Art feed at the Brooklyn Museum in December 2010. The series also looks at portraiture
through online updates from people who have larger than single-person
identities, such as @BarackObama and @Britneyspears in addition to asking for
the #status of everyday people.
Edition Information:
Digital pigment prints on Hahnemuhle paper
16" x 16" image on 17" x 17" paper
10 + 2 APs, signed on rear in pencil
32" x 32" image on 36" x 36" paper
3 + 2 APs, signed on rear in pencil
To purchase an editioned print from the series, please contact Lori at Lori.Hepner (at) Gmail.com. The smaller editioned prints start at $750, the larger prints start at $3500, and increase in price as each edition sells out.
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