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Digital print, 2015 - 2022

The work is an attempt to create an effective algorithm for assessing social moods. Sampling takes place on individual comments left by anonymous Internet users. People, concealed behind character strings, hide their faces, but reveal their thoughts. This unfiltered image of the condition of society is subjected to an artistic "examination" and becomes a record of the sociological pulse. Anonymity gives the courage to express different opinions. However, it does not release from the obligation of being human. As a result, the works are a comment without comment, a protest against the spreading intolerance of otherness, the lack of acceptance of other people's views and choices, hatred for everything that is inconsistent with personal beliefs.

The composition scheme of the work was taken from Rafael Santi's "Little Cowper Madonna". Work consists of comments from Internet users that were placed under articles on topics such as refugees, LGBT +, climate change, abortion, and art in Polish news portals. The comments to the thesis were selected on the basis of the following criteria: 1) the exact percentage ratio between the appearing positive, negative and indifferent comments was maintained and the individual comments in the paper were placed accordingly (the number of negative, positive and neutral entries reflect the actual situation of public, anonymous discourse) 2) comments referring to living persons were rejected, 3) comments referring to countries (except Poland) were rejected, 4) all capitalized comments were rejected,, 5) original spelling was retained.

Greg Brat, GBRT, digital print, art, comment, Raphael, Raffaello, Santi, Cowper, Madonna, social moods, LGBT

Greg Brat, GBRT, digital print, art, comment, Raphael, Raffaello, Santi, Cowper, Madonna, social moods, refugees

Greg Brat, GBRT, digital print, art, comment, Raphael, Raffaello, Santi, Cowper, Madonna, social moods

Greg Brat, GBRT, digital print, art, comment, Raphael, Raffaello, Santi, Cowper, Madonna, social moods, abortion