The Changeling

This silkscreen print presents a complex narrative composition, rendered in a palette dominated by red, pink, green, and black, with accents of yellow and blue. The central figure is a stylized human form, depicted in mid-air, with various black bird-like creatures seemingly attacking or emerging from it, and ropes binding parts of its body. Text labels, such as "Diminishing Attention Span," "Mental health influencer," "Wellness Industry," "AI Slop," "Perfectionism," "Option paralysis," "Adulting," "Human agency as luxury asset," "War and climate change," "Synthetically Generated content," "Doomscrolling," "Zero click economy," "Remantasy," "Algorithmic determinism," "Victim mentality," "Pseudo-community," "Gamified dating," "Diagnosis as identity," "Cultural over-abundance," "Paranoia cults," and "Endless novelty," are scattered around the central figure, indicating various contemporary societal pressures and anxieties. The upper right portion of the composition features dark, demonic figures emerging from a yellow, cloud-like formation, suggesting malevolent forces. The lower section depicts a landscape with rolling hills, houses, and figures engaged in various activities, rendered in a more traditional, almost folk-art style, contrasting with the upper half's modern anxieties. The entire image is framed by a decorative border featuring geometric shapes and symbols. The artwork reinterprets the ancient European folklore of the changeling, where a child is replaced by a malevolent spirit, adapting it to reflect the digital age and its impact on identity and selfhood.