video portraits for vertical televisions

Watch Sebastian.

Watch Paulina.

Watch Alex.

Watch Blandine.

Watch Portrait of the Curator.

These works are about built in obsolescence. They are about the glory of painting. The in built failure of technology and about false promises. They also are about the internet and new ways of transmission of information since the videos are made with digital compression errors. I have to stress that the process used tip produce the videos is based on the same video artifacts that occur when one is watching digital television or video conferencing with skype. Its also about the mirrors and the reflection of the self, the blurry self. The crisis of subjectivity. They are about recycling and the just passed, what critic Walter Benjamin considered as ultimately subversive. It is about television also the treatment of television sets as talking heads, although in this case the heads are muted. They are about the irreconcilable association of new technology and traditional art crafts. Finally the videos are about fireplaces videos, the videos that turn televisions sets into fireplaces, something that should be done much more frequently.