Oculus

The eye wanders. It is drawn towards light, movement, colour. It searches, desires, consumes.
Oculus imagines a body caught between its own impulses and the systems that surround it. Its transparent skin reveals a mechanical interior, where screens become eyes and desire becomes something that can be triggered, directed, and repeated.

What once felt like instinct begins to resemble programming. We move through a world designed to capture our attention, until the boundary between what we desire and what makes us desire begins to blur.
A body slowly becoming machine. An inner cosmos reshaped by the technologies it encounters.

Oculus was presented as part of Kino Club Expanded Cinema vol. 2: Mediations, a group exhibition exploring the ways technology mediates human experience and relationships. Curated by the artist collective Kino Club Helsinki, the exhibition brought together artists working across film, sculpture, performance, and multimedia, transforming the gallery into an experimental cinematic landscape.

The exhibition took place at Gallery Augusta in Suomenlinna, Finland, over two weeks in December 2023.
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Oculus, 2023
80 × 100 × 100 cm
Metal rod, wood-fibre plastic, micro-display, fan, wire
Oculus, 2023-24, Gallery Augusta, Finland
Oculus, 2023-24, Gallery Augusta, Finland
Oculus, 2023-24, Gallery Augusta, Finland