Avatar Stitched Up by bob schroeder

The digital graphic shows an avatar from the internet with a stitched laceration on the forehead and a roughly embroidered cross-stitch heart on the cheek. The thread of the stitching is only loosely knotted. The reason for and circumstances surrounding the injury remain unclear. The drawing appears surreal and is reminiscent of a comic illustration. It is deliberately minimalistic and sober in style. The mood is cheerful to ironic. The colours purple, violet and blue dominate. 'Poste deinen kleinen Finger, und sie fahnden international nach deiner ganzen Hand', brummte Herb verdrossen und schabte seinen nackten Knöchel am blechernen Warnschild vor der seit Jahren stillgelegten Rolltreppe zur spendenfinanzierten Beratungs- und Hilfestation für Rat- und Hilfesuchende. 'Nur gezielte Modifikation macht globale Gesichtserkennung unwahrscheinlich bis unmöglich, und DIY fordert die kollektive Kreativität.' I nodded, shivering and doubting. Somewhere in the semi-shadows of the long-unpassable elevated road to a more desirable future, the mechanical widows lurked, obsessed with the unattainable happiness of early morning evening entertainment on their handheld implants, the forced discount, the assured fit of indispensable devotion. A stray drone buzzed in circles above the stretched camouflage nets of the resistant contemplation refusers and never let itself be shaken off again.