Decibel Bleed

After I lost my AirPods, I began to notice that many people wear something in their ears. I soon realized that it wasn’t to listen to music but to avoid connecting and socializing with other people. This epiphany became the inspiration for Decibel Bleed, which criticizes members of our society for voluntarily cutting themselves off from the world to protect themselves from hearing life’s injustices, thus remaining ignorant and self-centered. The black headphones represent isolation, and the two hands made of yarn and Mod Podge represent injustice, and are blocked out by the headphones. The yarn hands are red because this color is associated with life, passion, blood and violence. The string of yarn drapes beneath the hands to give the impression of blood running and dripping from the fingers that are grabbing each speaker of the headphones.