Untitled, Emily Buchan, 2020
Using mixed media, I choose materials and processes that will connect most to the theme of my work and expand on the meaning. For this piece, physical photo manipulation and actual plastic echo ideas about self expression and mass production. The need to stand out is often turned into fitting in, what with most clothes being mass produced. It’s difficult to create or become something that has truly never been seen before, and the call to be different just makes everyone the same. Fitting into that packaged idea of uniqueness often ends in isolation. Surreal worlds and challenging social expectations are strong influences in my life and in my art. I created this world to explore how packaged people with a common need to fit in can isolate themselves when they attempt to fulfill that need.