RENTISM:
HIERARCHY AND ABUNDANCE
A SOCIETY IN WHICH PEOPLE MUST PAY RENT FOR THE OBJECTS AND SERVICES THEY WANT WHILE OTHERS OWN AND PROFIT FROM THE PATTERNS.
POSTER AND CONCEPT development
mediums used: Photoshop | Midjourney | INDESIGN
After a 10-year pandemic, screens dominate, and 95% of jobs are work-from-home.
Years mainly living inside have led to agoraphobia and severe online identity curation.
Catfishing is the most reported crime and, as a result, has been upgraded to a Class A Misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail.
Catfishing is the most reported crime and, as a result, has been upgraded to a Class A Misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail.
The city launched a reintegration program called "Are You Outside?" which requires various costly certifications to complete but grants immediate access to crucial background authentications, dating pools, cuddle camps, intimacy coaching, and finally, initiation into an elite social status and the title of "Paid."
Certification occurs at The Rite, the crown jewel of the certification movement.
MATERIAL EXPLORATIONS: pORTALS
MEDIUMS USED: RAMEN NOODLES | WIRE MESH | SODIUM BICARBONATE | WATER | SALT | YARN | CORN STARCH | INDIA INK | ALUMINUM
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EXPLORATION: PORTALS into the rite
mediums used: MATERIAL exploration IMAGES | MIDJOUNEY| Photoshop
making THE RITE
MEDIUMS USED: WIRE MESH | HOMEMADE DOUGH | STYROFOAM | MOD PODGE SEALER | YARN | FOAM CORE BOARD | JEWELRY WIRE
storytelling: THE RITE book
MEDIUMS USED: SKETCHUP | PHOTOSHOP | MIDJOURNEY | BLURB