Reflections
digital, black and white
2016
It was a lazy Monday evening in a three story apartment in the midst of downtown Florence, Italy. I hadn’t touched my computer all day or received any message from friends and I started to feel very off and disconnected. I kept staring at my black computer screen and thought about the world we live in our devices compared to world we actually experience. We see a black computer screen and stare at it like a black void. I wanted to reflect the true world we experience through these devices that we indulge ourselves in to supplement what we think our reality lacks.
When thinking of this project, I was reminded of Manet’s paintings, A Bar at the Folies-Bergere. It interests me that the most of the painting is actually a reflection. I also thought about the Claude Glass. A little tool that artists used to simplify the tonal range of what they paint. These artists were well aware of how differently reflections can shape the world around them.
These images represent my weeks in Florence being “turned off” and seeing things differently.
These pictures were taken during my weeks in Florence, Italy in collaboration with David Disimile from University of South Florida.
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