Herd Mentality (Plastic cups). 2023. collage with printed photos. 21 x 29.7 cm
Herd Mentality (Cigarette butt). 2023. collage with printed photos. 21 x 29.7 cm
Herd Mentality (Traffic system). 2023. collage with printed photos. 21 x 29.7 cm
Herd Mentality (Fashion). 2023. collage with printed photos. 21 x 29.7 cm
Detail cut
Detail cut
One day walking down the street, I noticed a pile of plastic cups struggling to stay centered on an overflowing trash bin. In that moment, I saw something more than garbage, a small unconscious effort to keep up appearances. The same moment was in the smoking area, tons of cigarette butts half-buried in sand. Personal habits often spread, becoming trends and make everyone look alike. On the road, we excuse our own small rule-breaking but judge others for the same. This double standard moves in lines, clusters, and pulses. It fades, then returns.
My pieces transcend the typical functionality of usage in everyday life and delves into the unique form of crowd’s psychology.
This project doesn’t aim to criticize. It begins with curiosity—an interest in the visual forms and patterns created by collective behavior.
I approached it as an observer, drawn to the unspoken logic that shapes our shared spaces. Repeated unconscious choices form a kind of visual language. Through collage, I tried to rearrange that language, to see what it might say.
The work was built with printed images, some from the internet, others from my personal collection. I printed, cut, and pasted them by hand, piece by piece.
Just as individuals come together to form a crowd, the small fragments combine into a larger mass. In this way, I wanted to explore the relationship between the individual and the collective not through theory, but through form. What began with everyday objects led to unexpected visual rhythms. There’s a power in the patterns we leave behind, often without realizing it.