Carley
Gmitro

In my work I explore the emotional representation of the self through the combination of diagrammatic collaging, mediated imagery from the internet, and my personal poetry. I transform this coded information into images to approximate the idea of a “slow read.” By archiving my immense personal collection of fragmented sources, ranging from pop culture references, niche memes, and drawings of personal memories, I am able to have a both generative, and process-based practice. I attempt to confuse the viewer and disguise work both from digital references and those made by hand. By challenging ideas of legibility, it is my hope that the viewer will be forced to question the authenticity of my hand and observe my unique brand of self-analysis and reflection through scavenged image collage.