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      • Self-Soothe // Chelsea Clarke // MFA Thesis Show
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    • MFA show 2021
    • The Problem Body // Dimelza Broche
    • 2021 Digital Media Design Capstone: What Lies Here, What Lies Ahead
      • Megan Andrews
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      • Kleine Powell
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      • Lily Turner
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    • Art Studio Senior Exhibitions
      • exit strategy // group exhibition 2021
      • smudge // Julia Andrus
      • a collective change in circumstances // hope bennett
      • Ties to Tunes // Allyson Cain
      • Identity // Margaret Dostart
        • Margaret Dostart // Sculpture
        • Margaret Dostart // Photography
        • Margaret Dostart // Screen Printing
        • Margaret Dostart // Drawing
        • Margaret Dostart // Painting
      • title to come // grace farish // bfa solo show
      • Things aren't always as they seem // Shelbey Nicole Fox
      • Psuedosovereign // Ellan Luna // bfa show
      • Rose Colored // Madison McGill
      • REASSEMBLY // Abi Peck
      • the others // terence powell
      • on the ground // reagan profit // bfa solo show
      • Sentient // Courtney Smith
      • Cities on Fire So Skate // Al Theiss
      • OH SO DUMB // Mackenzie Walden
      • Perfectly Imperfect// Mark Wynn
      • Foundations Show 2021
      • You Stole My Hat // Jenny Ustick
      • Archive of Past Shows
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  • Home
  • SECAC Members Juried Exhibition
  • Tony M Bingham // SECAC Fellowship Award
  • Spring 2021 shows
    • MFA Thesis Shows
      • Flowers for the Saints // Amalia Galdona Broche // MFA Thesis Show
      • bad infinity // hannah smith // mfa thesis show
      • Scarcity // Frank Geiser // MFA Thesis Show
      • Self-Soothe // Chelsea Clarke // MFA Thesis Show
      • Tied to the Land // Jonathan Forrence // MFA Thesis Show
    • MFA show 2021
    • The Problem Body // Dimelza Broche
    • 2021 Digital Media Design Capstone: What Lies Here, What Lies Ahead
      • Megan Andrews
      • Ambre Armstrong
      • Mariah Beegle
      • Mya Grace Bevis
      • Dixie Browning
      • Kelsey Clark
      • John-Michael Crawford
      • Maddi Echsner
      • Angelique Embry
      • Karley French
      • Kendra Graham
      • Abby Green
      • Madison Haven
      • Kyle Israel
      • Emily Johnson
      • Cassidy Justice
      • Chevin Kennedy
      • Sammie Kiewel
      • Julia Meyer
      • Jean Carlos Pena-Lozada
      • Ashley Poore
      • Kleine Powell
      • Jordan Pullen
      • Jake Reese
      • Stuart Rice
      • Nora Smith
      • Bryce Stevenson
      • Lily Turner
      • Nicolas Volosky
    • Art Studio Senior Exhibitions
      • exit strategy // group exhibition 2021
      • smudge // Julia Andrus
      • a collective change in circumstances // hope bennett
      • Ties to Tunes // Allyson Cain
      • Identity // Margaret Dostart
        • Margaret Dostart // Sculpture
        • Margaret Dostart // Photography
        • Margaret Dostart // Screen Printing
        • Margaret Dostart // Drawing
        • Margaret Dostart // Painting
      • title to come // grace farish // bfa solo show
      • Things aren't always as they seem // Shelbey Nicole Fox
      • Psuedosovereign // Ellan Luna // bfa show
      • Rose Colored // Madison McGill
      • REASSEMBLY // Abi Peck
      • the others // terence powell
      • on the ground // reagan profit // bfa solo show
      • Sentient // Courtney Smith
      • Cities on Fire So Skate // Al Theiss
      • OH SO DUMB // Mackenzie Walden
      • Perfectly Imperfect// Mark Wynn
      • Foundations Show 2021
      • You Stole My Hat // Jenny Ustick
      • Archive of Past Shows
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Michael Amato
​michaelamatophoto.com
Picture
Grandma's TV Room, October 2014, Archival Pigment Print, 13" x 19", 2017
Picture
Jane's Party Barn, October 2017, Archibal Pigment Print, 16" x 20", 2017

“I call this peculiar form of self-hypnosis Narcissus narcosis, a syndrome whereby man remains as unaware of the psychic and social effects of his new technology as a fish of the water it swims in. As a result, precisely at the point where a new media-induced environment becomes all pervasive and transmogrifies our sensory balance, it also becomes invisible.”
-Marshall McLuhan

​Fear Culture, USA (Narcissus Narcosis) is a photo essay that examines the prevalence of the 24-hour cable news cycle in the life of the average American. This series of photographs attempts to highlight how omnipresent the television and cable news are in the everyday public and private environments we inhabit. In these photographs imagery from newscasts of past, recent, and current events are contrasted by happy homes and relatable everyday settings. My purpose in developing this project was to draw attention to how a constant stream of breaking news and imminent threats might have a lasting effect on our collective conscious.

This body of work further serves as a reminder to think critically and act rationally in times of national or international crisis. As a society, we cannot allow ourselves to react to sensationalized news coverage of events similar to those featured in this photo essay, or the crises themselves, with racist or xenophobic tendencies. We cannot allow ourselves to be consumed by fear.
  • Home
  • SECAC Members Juried Exhibition
  • Tony M Bingham // SECAC Fellowship Award
  • Spring 2021 shows
    • MFA Thesis Shows
      • Flowers for the Saints // Amalia Galdona Broche // MFA Thesis Show
      • bad infinity // hannah smith // mfa thesis show
      • Scarcity // Frank Geiser // MFA Thesis Show
      • Self-Soothe // Chelsea Clarke // MFA Thesis Show
      • Tied to the Land // Jonathan Forrence // MFA Thesis Show
    • MFA show 2021
    • The Problem Body // Dimelza Broche
    • 2021 Digital Media Design Capstone: What Lies Here, What Lies Ahead
      • Megan Andrews
      • Ambre Armstrong
      • Mariah Beegle
      • Mya Grace Bevis
      • Dixie Browning
      • Kelsey Clark
      • John-Michael Crawford
      • Maddi Echsner
      • Angelique Embry
      • Karley French
      • Kendra Graham
      • Abby Green
      • Madison Haven
      • Kyle Israel
      • Emily Johnson
      • Cassidy Justice
      • Chevin Kennedy
      • Sammie Kiewel
      • Julia Meyer
      • Jean Carlos Pena-Lozada
      • Ashley Poore
      • Kleine Powell
      • Jordan Pullen
      • Jake Reese
      • Stuart Rice
      • Nora Smith
      • Bryce Stevenson
      • Lily Turner
      • Nicolas Volosky
    • Art Studio Senior Exhibitions
      • exit strategy // group exhibition 2021
      • smudge // Julia Andrus
      • a collective change in circumstances // hope bennett
      • Ties to Tunes // Allyson Cain
      • Identity // Margaret Dostart
        • Margaret Dostart // Sculpture
        • Margaret Dostart // Photography
        • Margaret Dostart // Screen Printing
        • Margaret Dostart // Drawing
        • Margaret Dostart // Painting
      • title to come // grace farish // bfa solo show
      • Things aren't always as they seem // Shelbey Nicole Fox
      • Psuedosovereign // Ellan Luna // bfa show
      • Rose Colored // Madison McGill
      • REASSEMBLY // Abi Peck
      • the others // terence powell
      • on the ground // reagan profit // bfa solo show
      • Sentient // Courtney Smith
      • Cities on Fire So Skate // Al Theiss
      • OH SO DUMB // Mackenzie Walden
      • Perfectly Imperfect// Mark Wynn
      • Foundations Show 2021
      • You Stole My Hat // Jenny Ustick
      • Archive of Past Shows
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