From Unfolding the Digital Self series. The focus is on the compound experience of the physical and the virtual. As every physical encounter is personal, reflected by the individual self, so the virtual being is moderated by the digital self. However, the body responds in the same ways to physical sensations, and to virtually simulated ones. I am fragmented while still keeping it together. I live both here and there.

Combining work done by hand with digital fabrication, I am exploring the specific ways in which the virtual “me” would be dissolved and reorganized. By looking at the self, I am mapping its connections to everything else. I’m fascinated to materialize the invisible, to experience and suggest a broader reality.

Communication with others is essential to the way we see ourselves. In the realm of the digital direct communication is conducted mainly through chats.

Points of Contact is a condensed sum of all the images from a chat conversation for a month. In some cultures people exchange hugs or kisses, in chats people often communicate with funny pictures.

Kindly supported by Art Promotion Center Finland.

Material: dibond aluminium print Size: 120 x 80 cm Year: 2021