BabyCake no. 14

In the realm of the surreal, BabyCakes seeks to unravel the artifice that permeates the lives of today's youth. These edible monuments are reimagined to an extravagant scale, challenging the viewer's perception of normality and excess.

The oversized pastries stand as metaphors for the magnified personas teenagers curate in the digital ether, each layer of buttercream a layer of constructed identity, each embellishment a curated post aimed at harvesting likes and approval. Just as a cake's extravagant facade can hide a hollow core, so too can the seemingly perfect lives broadcast on social media platforms.

BabyCakes seeks to not only captivate with its grandiosity of scale, but also to provoke a discourse on the authenticity of our social interactions. The dichotomy of the miniature and the massive might serve as an allegory for the disparity between our true selves and the personas we project. Through the lens of pastel fondants and towering tiers, we are invited to question the sweetness of social media's allure and consider its implications on the adolescent search for identity.

An invitation to gaze deeper than the sugar-crafted surface, to explore the complex layers of representation and reality, and to reflect on the weight of the roles we assume under the watchful eyes of an ever-present audience. It is a call to recognize the artifice, to find beauty in the genuine, and to nurture a sense of self that thrives beyond the digital facade.

BabyCake no. 6