“Seen" is Whitaker’s offering for a new digital order—a place of vulnerability. In an increasingly commodified social landscape, Whitaker's proposal offers a promising alternative: a future where users embrace transparency, fostering a more authentic and engaging culture.
We gain access when we recognize that the digital persona lives in a duality, both permeable and shrouded in its public nature. Through one’s story posting, we are given a window to view the user. Whitaker proposes a return to roots, story posting as storytelling, facilitating a digital space true to its original purpose: connection. Authenticity that intentionally trades dissociated click-gratification for earnest community building.
“Finally Got My Screen Time Down”(2024)
image transfer, gilding, acrylic medium, paint, resin, found object on wood
28 1/2 x 45
2024
Selections from:
“The Proposal” (2024)
102 individual prints on bfk, collated on two open-face binders
15 x 9 x 4
“Fair Warning”(2024)
Accompanying audio for installation of the above work >
“Fair Warning”
image transfer, acrylic medium, paint, resin,
found object on wood
2 x 51 3/4 panel
supported by rubble: Swarovski crystal, image transfer, paint, found objects, iPhone, wool, hay, iPod shuffle, headphone splitter, three pairs of Apple headphones, 1min 58sec
“Lean Knowns”
image transfer on bfk
12 1/2 x 8 1/8
“No More”
image transfer on bfk
12 1/2 x 8 1/8
“Having So Much Fun”
image transfer on bfk
12 1/2 x 8 1/8
“All The Things She Said”
image transfer on bfk
12 1/2 x 8 1/8
“ILY Instagram”
image transfer on bfk
12 1/2 x 8 1/8
“(Running Through My Head)”
image transfer on bfk
12 1/2 x 8 1/8
“Secrets”
image transfer on bfk
12 1/2 x 8 1/8
“Free Toes”
image transfer on bfk
12 1/2 x 8 1/8
“Just Like You” iPhone case, raw wool, resin, acrylic fluid, xerox, paint 4 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/4
“Just Like You” iPhone case, raw wool, resin, acrylic fluid, xerox, paint 4 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/4
“Just Like You” iPhone case, raw wool, resin, acrylic fluid, xerox, paint 4 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/4
“How I Did It” dog training clicker, epoxy, acrylic fluid 3 x 2 x 1.5
"Fool Me… (once)” - “Fool Me…(five times…shame on you)” image transfer, acrylic fluid, resin on wood 4 x 7 1/2
“Having So Much Fun” image transfer on bfk 12 1/2 x 8 1/8