Clayton Harris
b.
My practice explores the tension between the online and offline self in a culture defined by speed, simulation, and spectacle. I’m drawn to the fragmented, incoherent narratives produced by our digital age—stories told through infinite scrolls, algorithmic intimacy, and pixelated memory. In this environment, identity becomes unstable, constantly shaped by parasocial relationships and mediated performance. It’s a space where we’re always seen but rarely known.
I collect visual fragments from online archives, pop culture debris, screenshots, and digital ephemera—bits of media that feel both disposable and sacred. Through digital collage and physical translation onto canvas, I reassemble these pieces into disjointed tableaux that mirror the emotional dissonance of existing in a hyper-mediated world. The results are both playful and haunted, oscillating between irony and sincerity.
My work is less about clarity than it is about feeling through the blur—the dissociation, the longing, and the weird beauty of trying to be real in a world that keeps buffering.