2016-2017

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What happens when bodies become archives, an updated processing of self that is never complete, always streaming, sharing, and saving? Smooth, shifting perspectives navigate through constructed environments populated by silent nonplayable characters called Whales, creatures of the update, or players, who compulsively work to upgrade avatars and gain status within virtual communities, stranded in the low-resolution renderings of progress. Inside and outside is seen simultaneously within a digital landscape while computer models and virtual economies collide. The lives of avatars are entangled among a social space where identity, desire and value are constantly shifting, sustained by habits that have solidified into addiction, and reflecting a system itself addicted to crisis that constantly generates tension to maintain control. 

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HD, CGI, color, sound, 08’56”, 2017

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multi-channel video installation, variable dimensions, duct tape, textile

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