The comic series “stone vs. brick” revolves around the two eponymous main characters “stone” and “brick”—who also happen to actually be a talking stone and brick. By following different conversations between the two of them, it ironically deals with themes of identity, social belonging and group dynamics, satirically commenting on the on-going loss of individuality due to the general popularity of curated, highly idealized self-presentation on social media. In this context, both characters metaphorically represent the two conflicted ways of how we are currently able to build up our personal identity in the post-digital age—with stone acting as a direct analogy for people who have decided to portray their natural, unique identity, whereas brick is characterized as a typical example of a fully manufactured, artificial being without any individual features similar to the growing “copy culture” phenomenon in the virtual space.
Through this, the artist ultimately aims to raise questions for the readers to contemplate about how we really want to exist within this contemporary environment that has been digitally constructed by modern society: as a self-assured, multi-faceted “stone” proudly presenting our complex, authentic personality or as a mere copy of a one-dimensional, default “brick” constantly pretending to conform to the physical likeness of a commonly desired, universal prototype among countless others who are doing exactly the same.
(2026)
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pilot episode: “introduction”
episode 1: “inspiration vs. imitation”