OFF, 2009
Work in progress

Through digital communication like Facebook, Skype, personal websites, e-mail and digital signatures, the representation of our personality becomes more and more digital. We are reduced to 1’s and 0’s and another simple form of personality with the constant possibility of censoring how others perceive us.

In ’Off’ the persons are only visible through a digital representation, while the surroundings are as analog as possible. These pixelated persons are isolated from the rest of the world and often find themselves in foggy, strange milieus.

These pictures come to life when the viewer move in relation to them – seen up close, the people are blurred and the viewer has to step back to bring the motive into focus. At the same time, the scene in which the person is placed is blurred when viewed from a distance. From a distance you can almost only identify the pixelated part of the image. So you have to move back and forth. The movement is important — metaphorically, too.