excerpt from “Digitus”
2016
multi-channel video projection
14 min 31 sec
Digitus is a multi-channel video projection that presents looping, stochastic sequences of gesturing hands, examining the shifting boundaries of meaning in repetitive, fragmented visual forms. Each channel plays sequences that depict familiar, almost generic hand gestures, yet the continuous variations and permutations of these actions gradually destabilize their conventional significance. Through repeated, layered motions, Digitus disrupts the straightforward interpretation of each gesture, allowing singular meanings to dissolve into ambiguous, evolving possibilities.
As the sequences unfold, the recognizable transforms into the abstract, inviting viewers to reconsider the interpretive stability of even the most universal movements. The work explores how, within the landscape of moving images, repetition can simultaneously diffuse and reform meaning, producing interpretations that were never initially conceived. By presenting gestures as mutable and open-ended, Digitus challenges our perception of familiar forms and gestures, suggesting that meaning within visual culture is often more fluid and layered than it appears.
2016
multi-channel video projection
14 min 31 sec
Digitus is a multi-channel video projection that presents looping, stochastic sequences of gesturing hands, examining the shifting boundaries of meaning in repetitive, fragmented visual forms. Each channel plays sequences that depict familiar, almost generic hand gestures, yet the continuous variations and permutations of these actions gradually destabilize their conventional significance. Through repeated, layered motions, Digitus disrupts the straightforward interpretation of each gesture, allowing singular meanings to dissolve into ambiguous, evolving possibilities.
As the sequences unfold, the recognizable transforms into the abstract, inviting viewers to reconsider the interpretive stability of even the most universal movements. The work explores how, within the landscape of moving images, repetition can simultaneously diffuse and reform meaning, producing interpretations that were never initially conceived. By presenting gestures as mutable and open-ended, Digitus challenges our perception of familiar forms and gestures, suggesting that meaning within visual culture is often more fluid and layered than it appears.