Screen Lovers

Posted on by Sarah Rara

A monumental video projection onto a windowless wall of a five story building with downtown Los Angeles skyline in the background. The video shows an extreme closeup of a human eye filmed through a vibrant colorful array of screen reflections, it is ambiguous whether the eye is emanating light or receiving light.

SCREEN LOVERS

4k color video with sound, 2022

Through a series of extreme close-ups, Screen Lovers (2022) examines the way we modulate ourselves between onscreen and offscreen realities—as attention, intimacy, and surveillance operate across digital and physical space. Tracking the gaze, Screen Lovers (2022) attempts to discern forms of shelter, thought, and fluid time that are produced via screens and projection. Screen Lovers (2022) questions how we might participate in these hybrid encounters, authoring greater agency for ourselves– navigating welcome and unwelcome forms of visibility, and fissures between identity, technology, and the body.

A monumental video projection onto a windowless wall of a five story building with downtown Los Angeles skyline in the background. The video shows an extreme closeup of a human eye filmed through a vibrant colorful array of screen reflections, it is ambiguous whether the eye is emanating light or receiving light.
A monumental video projection onto a windowless wall of a five story building with downtown Los Angeles skyline in the background. The video shows an extreme closeup of a human eye filmed through a vibrant colorful array of screen reflections, it is ambiguous whether the eye is emanating light or receiving light.
A monumental video projection onto a windowless wall of a five story building with downtown Los Angeles skyline in the background. The video shows an extreme closeup of a human eye filmed through a vibrant colorful array of screen reflections, it is ambiguous whether the eye is emanating light or receiving light.
A monumental video projection onto a windowless wall of a five story building with downtown Los Angeles skyline in the background. The video shows an extreme closeup of a human eye filmed through a vibrant colorful array of screen reflections, it is ambiguous whether the eye is emanating light or receiving light.
A monumental video projection onto a windowless wall of a five story building with downtown Los Angeles skyline in the background. The video shows an extreme closeup of a human eye filmed through a vibrant colorful array of screen reflections, it is ambiguous whether the eye is emanating light or receiving light.