Inside my head

Pamela Condello

Collage of screenshots of a virtual reality experience - A room with brown floor and black walls with images on walls. invite the player to reflect upon and expose the issues arising from the utilisation of highly visual social media platforms and the absorption of the content

Inside My Head is a virtual reality experience set to invite the player to reflect upon and expose the issues arising from the utilisation of highly visual social media platforms and the absorption of the content, especially retouched and filtered media, within these platforms. The project was created as a reflection on the current cultural and social context which reflects how the rise of social networking sites has progressively allowed social media platforms to replace traditional media as the main source from which beauty standards and ideals are conveyed. The virtual reality experience brings the player, sixteen years old men and women and above, on a journey through the mind of someone who is progressively affected by social networking sites (SNSs) usage's long-term effects. The player will walk through eight different rooms, following a linear narrative which will portray the decline of the individual mental health, the creation of intrusive thoughts, feelings of appearance dissatisfaction and a decrease in self-esteem, through the use of videos, photographs and animated graphics.

[Video of virtual reality experience 'Inside my head']

Screenshot of a virtual reality experience - A room with brown floor and black walls. On walls are photos of men and women posing in different clothes and positions. These also include where these have been liked as on instagram.

Screenshot of a virtual reality experience - A room with brown floor and black walls. On left and right walls are overlaid computer task buttons with photos of two girls next to them.