Through Feeding the Void, I seek to question the way we feed, sometimes without fully realizing it, social media and digital platforms with our most precious elements: our gaze, our attention, our emotions. The artwork depicts a human hand offering its eye to the cat, which does not simply receive this offering but appears driven by an insatiable desire to devour the gaze. In this dynamic, the cat embodies both the void and the nothingness of social media, a bottomless digital chasm that absorbs everything we give it, never satisfied.

With its piercing gaze and devouring hunger, the cat represents the illusion of a digital space that, while giving us the impression of being a place of connection and recognition, is in reality an empty, unsubstantial entity. It is a space where our images and our attention are offered, sacrificed, in an endless loop of consumption and projection. The human eye, given to the cat, becomes a symbol of this sacrifice: we feed the void with our attention and presence, hoping to find meaning and recognition, but in the end, all we receive in return is an endless abyss, a devouring of our very essence.

Through this scene, I question the relevance of this relationship and the urgency of this dynamic. Why do we give parts of ourselves to these digital spaces? Why do we feed this void, hoping it will fulfill us, when it only gradually consumes us? This work invites the viewer to question the reality of this interaction: are we truly the ones feeding these platforms, or are we, in fact, the victims of a system that feeds on our identity, our gaze, and our time?

The eye offered, sacrificed, to the cat also represents what we lose by giving ourselves to these digital platforms. We believe we are feeding them, but in reality, they are the ones consuming us. This sacrifice symbolizes the gradual loss of our authenticity, of our essence, in a world where attention and image are precious commodities, yet devoid of meaning. The insatiable emptiness of the cat thus embodies the true nature of these digital spaces, where we offer ourselves to a system that endlessly absorbs all we give, but can never be filled. We become dependent on this virtual recognition, but in offering ourselves to this system, we slowly lose our autonomy, our authenticity, and our inner gaze.