Contemporary image culture is often described through excess, whether through Guy Debord’s conception of the spectacle, Jean Baudrillard’s simulacra, or contemporary discourse surrounding the endless recursive circulation of algorithmic media.
hyperreality
The Irony Epidemic: Ethel Cain and the Death of Sincerity in the TikTok Age
In a world seemingly addicted to irony, where dark humour and absurdity have become daily forms of cultural currency, it’s hard to shake the sense that genuine emotion is increasingly seen as cringe or passé in contemporary discourse.