My Little Edward Scissorhands (3rd. edit.) - SEMI-FINALIST

Mari Kasurinen

Category: Sculpture

My Little Pony, mixed media

Exploring the popular culture, especially the pop icons who are presented to us, still interests me.
These famous icons are presented to us as examples, ideals, even as authorities.
The land of opportunity, which formerly was known as The United States, has widened - today we can already talk about the world of opportunity. Unfortunately the promised opportunity has altered into a necessity, a compulsion.
We live in a visual culture and are treated as if we were starring in a reality tv-show. Our external appearance has to and will represent our inner qualities. Features which are not approved by the media such as ugliness, overweight or abnormalness are forbidden and will be comforted with aggressiveness or total denial. We are all expected to be super stars - to look like one and to live like one. Why? Because we can. The opportunity is there. And also because someone will make a lot of money when we try to.