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KYRA HARTIGAN: THE STUFF WE LIKE (Will probably change this title)

In our voyeuristic, chronically-online era, everything you post online says something about who you are.

There’s a constant pressure to curate ourselves into easily-identifiable, micro-trend boxes and say something about everything, (even if its just an opinion that seems correct from a comment section to save face).

In our endless, digital void of brain rot, hive-mind opinions, menial pop culture sensations and shitposting, what actually matters? What’s real and what’s not real?? How do we know who we are and restore a feeling of autonomy? What the hell is even going on???

Gracie: How do you combat the pressure to box yourself in? To explain yourself? To be easily digestible, especially on social media?

Kyra:

G: When/where do you feel most real? Most like yourself?

K:

G: What keeps you grounded?

K:

G: As an artist, do you feel a heightened pressure to say something important?

K:

G: Your art has always depicted the stuff you love. What’s the stuff you hate? Do you make work about that?

K:

G: Your work often blends concepts of nature and technology. If you had to choose one, which would it be?

K:

G: Top 5? Bottom 5?

K:

G: What’s your favorite and/or least favorite thing on the internet right now?

K:

Kyra Hartigan is a Portland based painter, illustrator, and printmaker. In her work she examines the natural vs artificial by combining scenes from nature with symbols of technology and fantasy. With an interest in science fiction, things found in a junk drawer, and her home in the Pacific Northwest, she seeks to make colorful and eye-catching work that immerses the viewer in a new world.

Acess her website here

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