Josiah Ritzer

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

My work is primarily experimental with exploratory roots in production and user

experience. I am a graphic designer but for this exhibit I aimed to delve deeper into

exploring human interaction through the creation of multiple mixed media pieces, using

animation, package design, and found objects to explore my central theme, “Beastification of self”.

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“Beastification of self” aims to tell the visual story of how an “idea / train of thought” can

take root in the mind as something small and slowly grow over time into something a lot larger

with damaging personal and social effects. All of my works in this exhibit center around the

retelling of an aspect of a fictional character's life as they slowly lose sight of themselves and

begin to hurt those around them before finally consuming themselves.

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Ultimately my goal with this body of work is to inspire internal reflection. My aim is not

to point the finger and tell the viewer what they should think, but rather encourage them to be

their own mental auditor, and be wary of what may be lurking in their own mental cabinets.