The intertwining of real and virtual life is a daily challenge. Both overlap, influence each other permanently: Preserve or creative process, standstill or movement? A questioning by visual poetry.
This collection is a collaboration between Berlin-based text artist Victoria Hohmann and media designer Andreas Vierheller. Together they reflect on being human in the digital age. The result is a visual story in five acts. Each act consists of eight short minimalist video loops.
The intertwining of real and virtual life is a daily challenge. Both overlap, influence each other permanently: Preserve or creative process, standstill or movement? A questioning by visual poetry.
The confirmation of our human identity is required online almost daily and has thus taken on robotic forms. What distinguishes us from artificial intelligence? One click?
Nothing is stainless, painless. A drawing to draw attention on our vulnerability. A declaration of love to the perfection of imperfection.
All possibilities are given to us as the letters of the alphabet hold all possibilities of our linguistic ability. We are called to access, combine, create.
The loneliness of the individual, the "being thrown into the world" is hidden in the word I-solation. A visualization in the form of visual poetry.
The wheel of fortune Social network, the slot machine. The addicts in front of the machine. The network of algorithms.
The vocabulary in the drug milieu and on the Internet are similar. Increasingly, we are becoming more dependent on Likes that provide us with endorphin kicks. Scrolling from top to bottom on social networks triggers the archaic reward mechanism in our brains. Do we reflect our addiction? A visual study.
The personal quest, the epic hero's journey is increasingly shifting to the virtual. We search for everything on the Internet. What do we find? What are we actually looking for? What do we find when we look for ourselves there? A reflection on identity.