The Power of 'Out of Context' in Visual Storytelling

The 'out of context' technique allows us to create surreal situations. 

Sometimes, to place an element out of context, we can play with exaggerating its size, making something absurdly large or unusually small and then placing it in an improbable setting.

In this case, the bird on the power lines is disproportionately tiny compared to the woman using her dental floss.

Another detail to notice: here, the 'out of context'  is also based on the 'blending or joining' technique. The wire where the bird is sitting is also the floss the woman is using. A single element becomes two things at once.

Now, what does this absurd scene mean? Whatever you want it to mean.

When we don’t assign captions to our images, we leave space for the audience to create their own interpretations.

What does this metaphor mean to you? Can you describe it in a single word or a short phrase?

Thank you,
Dario Paniagua
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