Kaleidoscope, 2016

Loop/ Installation

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The Echo Chamber is an observational reflection on the nature of social media today. When certain events occur, our feeds become saturated with the same opinions and information, reinforcing a limited perspective. Within this echo chamber, opposing viewpoints are filtered out, leaving us surrounded by our own beliefs—an effect so seamless that we may not even notice it.

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This kaleidoscope-based installation draws from major news events of 2016, referencing sources such as CNN – 2016 in Review, Google – The Year in Search: 2016, and 2016: A Year on Twitter. It also includes underrepresented topics—race, environment, sexuality, and war—which, despite their significance, did not sustain long-term social media attention. The work challenges the tendency to focus solely on trending topics, urging greater awareness of issues beyond fleeting online discourse.

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Like the patterns within a kaleidoscope, created through repeated reflections of the same materials, social media often mirrors our own perspectives across different platforms and devices. Over time, the information we consume becomes a reflection of ourselves—repetitive, familiar, and self-reinforcing.​