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Could you take a picture?

The work features a series of modified, upcycled LCDs of different brands and models. Each of these screens, through direct sight, emits a full and colored light without showing any content.

The Led lighting system, which is normally used to display visual content in LCDs, is replaced with a custom one and controlled by an integrated circuit that creates interference patterns that are only visible through the camera of our smartphones.

The visual outcome is created by the interplay between the default rolling shutter speed of the camera and the duty cycle of the led system installed inside the screens.

Documenting all sorts of moments that happen in front of us is a relatively recent habit. This sometimes positions us as a kind of analytical observer, more concerned with producing souvenir images/videos, than paying attention to the lived moment. 

"Could you take a picture?" invites viewers to contemplate how this shift in perspective affects our memories and feelings about an event. By asking us to look through another screen to experience the work, the piece challenges us to re-evaluate our relationship with technology and consider how it shapes our perceptions of the world around us.

Exhibitions

  • Lab30 Augsburg ( DE ) | 27th-30th Oct 2022 

  • Np Art Lab Padoval ( IT ) | 22nd Oct- 26th Nov 2022 

  • Easten BlocMontréal ( CA ) | 25th June 2022 

Featured

[IT] JULIET ART MAGAZINE

Material
Modified LCD screens, Electronics

Size
Variable

Info&credits

Technical consulting: Lucas Paris 

Production design consulting: Pipo Pièrre Louis

Research funded  with the support of  the

Canada Council for the Arts

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