Mood Disorder
David Horvitz
American, born 1982
2012–22
An inkjet photographic print that turns a screenshot of a medical-opinion blog post into a gallery object, prompting reflection on how online formats shape feelings about illness and professional burnout.
A precise rendering of a browser window—complete with URL bar, site header and sidebar book covers—centers on the bold headline “An Epidemic of Disillusioned Doctors?” above a photograph of a person clutching their head, with dense columns of text and navigation elements receding into a pale, neutral margin.
Working where photography meets internet art, the piece translates an ephemeral web page into a physical object to make visible how digital layouts and circulation shape narratives of mood, care, and labor.
Medium
Inkjet print
Dimensions
17 3/4 × 12 5/8" (45.1 × 32.1 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr. Fund
Accession
545.2022.16
Palette
Exhibitions
