Senior Thesis: Desiroxicity, 4 Posters, 18x28", 2007
These posters are meant to spread awareness about the toxicity of materialism and inspire people to be more conscious of their consumption.
A pattern in western culture has surfaced; we work to buy and work to buy—constantly sacrificing time for material possessions. The objects of our desires often lose our interest with in a matter of months, weeks, days or even hours. People study to work for jobs they hate for salaries that are appropriate for living somewhere they tolerate when they’d rather be somewhere else. Where did this unrelenting desire come from, and how can we get rid of it?
The media has woven messages into our environment, toxifing our lives by exploiting our desires. There is always something more to consume; a new fashion, a new technology, a new color. And yet, nothing the media advises to gain joy, friendship, sex or love satiate our desires. Desires that were once pure and beautiful, such as love, have become the battlefront for a competition to belong. I created posters to capture these ideas and trigger discussion.
