LISTEN TO THE STRANDED SOULS
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Dates2024 - Ongoing
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Author
- Topics Contemporary Issues, Fine Art
- Location Melbourne, Australia
LISTEN TO THE STRANDED SOULS. Society tends to judge people who live with the negative consequences of addiction, without stopping to think about the underlying cause that led them to fall into dependence.
Listen to the stranded souls.
Society tends to judge people who live with the negative consequences of addiction, without stopping to think about the underlying cause that led them to fall into dependence. Perhaps it's anxiety, a lack of emotional resources to overcome it, low self-esteem, loneliness or dissatisfaction with an empty life. Alcohol, tobacco (despite being legal), but also porn/sex, gambling, an obsession with materialism or hard/soft drugs. Is the lack of moderation in consumption or self-control the cause or consequence of a hidden reason that drives people to take refuge in artificial ways to escape the society we live in?
With these pictures, I would like to present a different viewpoint on the harm caused by addiction, respecting the struggles of those trapped by sparking a creative dialogue that transcends the stigmatising gaze, instead showing the consequences of dangerous habits.
