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Max Blotas

Crystal clear / Eau de Roche

Installation, 2020

Python; infrared camera with embedded LED, motor, Raspberry Pi, 15″ screen, 12″ CRT display, PMMA box, aquarium pump, water, leaf

A dramatic static image of human hands is transformed via technology conversion into moving guilty shaky hands, revealing vulnerability that was previously hidden from the image.

The static digital photograph is displayed on a monitor. Above the pixelated image, a pump agitates the water inside a transparent container. The image is filmed through the flickering surface and is transferred as a live video onto a CCTV cathode-ray screen a few meters away.
In the center, a motorized leaf propels transparent water-like drops (glycerine) onto the computer that controls it, in a repeated attempt to sabotage itself. The work generates a physical and temporal gap between video technologies. It also tackles the effort to comprehend and accept our own weaknesses through a change in our perspective.

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