tablets
finally, something you can touch
My relationship with screens has changed so much.
i often find it hard de-tangling what parts of that relationship are healthy or realistic and what parts are toxic behaviors and coping mechanisms i've adopted to help me conceptualize this thing called "technology" and its inescapable grip on my reality.
Post-COVID, i feel trapped in a world of screens,
stuck sitting in front of a screen for hours on end.
The whole time, all i want is a connection;
but when i’m on my own time,
i just move over to another screen and stare some more.
I’d like to say that things were different before the pandemic,
but i had already been mindlessly using them for a while
this disconnect makes me feel uneasy
I remember when i was younger and my dad would sometimes let me play games on his phone.
Looking back, the screen was tiny and the games were simple, but in the moment it also felt magical.
I was completely engrossed and engaged and it was with something as simple as Solitaire.
This series reflects my journey backward to find that magic again.
It feels like so much of life today is trying to remove the physical interaction from things-
turning experience into a virtual one that’s timeless, location-less, and without without definite form.
I believe some of the magic comes from holding a work of art and interfacing with it directly,
developing a connection with it instead of just staring through it.
That’s why these tablets are meant to be touched and understood
not just viewed as images but also as objects: rough textures, activated edges, and all.
One day, we we’ll all be gone. And years later, all of our possessions will follow us into the abyss, replaced by fossils and dilapidated records.
This work evokes that consciousness, that understanding of ephemera and its precious simplicity;
existing in a space that’s neither past, present, nor future, but all at once.
A space to simultaneously assimilate and isolate.
To become one with a grander narrative, while simultaneously shrinking away from the outside world to learn these wonders.
A space to represent that chaotic and wonderful hyper-realm we call The Internet and how little we’ve truly changed through the ages.