Distorted version of reality

I listened to a podcast today where the hosts were discussing social comparison along with their own experiences of this. What stuck with me most was when one of the hosts said ‘social media is a distorted version of reality’. I realised that my work portrays this statement without me originally making the connection. My scanner distorted images mock the distortion we see on social media by taking it to the extreme. On social media it is easy to upload filtered and photoshopped pictures and play them off as genuine. It is this which causes negative comparison as the viewer strives for something which is not even reality.

Podcast – Overcoming comparison culture – Cimoreli- Youtube.