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# Curios About: Parasocialising by Mark O Gorman
- URL: https://www.dublininquirer.com/curios-about-parasocialising-by-mark-o-gorman/
- Published: 2016-07-06T21:56:46.000Z
- Updated: 2016-07-05T21:56:00.000Z
- Description: With this pop-art-esque work, artist Mark O Gorman aims to make you feel like “a person stuck behind a screen trolling through happy images on the internet”.
- Author: Square in the Circle
- Tags: Culture Desk, arts, Curios About, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-03-05 15:28

**Parasocialising**  
By Mark O Gorman  
Silkscreen and oil bar on canvas, 280cm x 210cm

**1\. This work is about . . .** parasocial interaction. My work combines painting and silk screen to explore society as it manifests in user-generated social media. Silk screen allows me to experiment with quick disposable images, which reflects those found throughout the social network. I am interested in these social-media platforms as places outside of traditional geographic boundaries. The work re-edits the narrative of these social-media platforms to create a reconstructed parasocial landscape.

**2\. I made this work because . . .** I wanted to investigate the relationship between society and social media or user-generated media platforms. This led me to build parasocial relationships with users. Through this form of interaction I began gathering material from user-generated profiles and extracting the quick, disposable images that flood these sites. Using this private imagery and placing it in a very public setting I start to question and challenge the controversial aspect of privacy in this social-networking realm.

**3\. I hope when people see this work they will . . .** let the scale of the piece occupy their full vision and be totally submerged in it, then begin to feel a sense of isolation, like a person stuck behind a screen trolling through happy images on the internet.

**4\. In terms of art history, this work . . .** stems from the pop-art and post-pop-art periods. The excessive use of portraits from online profiles give the work a “neo-Warhol” vibe.

**5\. You can see my work . . .** in my studio on Capel Street and on my Instagram page, [mark\_o\_gorman](https://www.instagram.com/mark%5Fo%5Fgorman/?ref=dublininquirer.com).

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