Hall of Mirrors
Hall of Mirrors explores the intimacy and discomfort of perceiving the self as a digital shadow. Webcams and custom software create a series of reflections that range from acute to abstracted. The reflections become mirrors for their subjects, dissolving the boundary between privacy and performance. Hall of Mirrors considers visibility within a digital network as a double-edged sword, questioning what it means to be visible in a world where we are becoming easier to track.
In a world where many of our intimate moments exist within the boundaries of a screen and our memories are stored in a database, visibility takes on a double meaning. The implications of visibility within a digital system relates to both a user’s reflection on a screen, and that user’s privacy within that network. As social networks increasingly become the primary mirror through which we see ourselves, we must ask how our reflections are distorted by a digitally mediated lens, and how these distortions inform our sense of self.
Hall of Mirrors was originally featured in the event “Organic Abstractions,” as part of a residency with Denver Digerati at the Evans School.
