Carmela Laganse’s Memes is an installation of small characters/figurines influenced by
forms of mass communication that have been simplified and reduced to convey ideas,
for example, religious icons, comic books, and internet memes. Why do we find comfort
in images that are repeated in a slightly reformatted and familiar pattern? Is the viral
popularity of the internet meme simply a result of generations of exposure to this
strategy of branding? Is this how we absorb and disseminate information now?
These symbols, whether 2D, 3D, or text, attach themselves to our psyche like a baby
‘Alien’ or a Vulcan Mind Meld, subliminally, embedding themselves in our
subconscious/social consciousness. Carmela’s work comments on and is derivative of
social gaming symbols and iconography that have gone viral online, perhaps a form of
insinuation.
Carmela Laganse’s Memes is an installation of small characters/figurines influenced by
forms of mass communication that have been simplified and reduced to convey ideas,
for example, religious icons, comic books, and internet memes. Why do we find comfort
in images that are repeated in a slightly reformatted and familiar pattern? Is the viral
popularity of the internet meme simply a result of generations of exposure to this
strategy of branding? Is this how we absorb and disseminate information now?
These symbols, whether 2D, 3D, or text, attach themselves to our psyche like a baby
‘Alien’ or a Vulcan Mind Meld, subliminally, embedding themselves in our
subconscious/social consciousness. Carmela’s work comments on and is derivative of
social gaming symbols and iconography that have gone viral online, perhaps a form of
insinuation.
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