reaching

Yet, when viewed together, they become poetic in nature, allowing for the constant search of human connection to stand at the forefront of the piece. 

reaching seeks to explore the contradictory nature of online communication platforms like Zoom, which have become essential during the global pandemic. During the past year these platforms have become moments of language and film in and of themselves, but have further formed a key role in the way in which we have attempted to reach one another as a community, sharing existence. reaching functions as a video installation, projected in a public space. The video exists of various groups of people trying to communicate with one another. What seems to be mundane conversations about how they are doing, whether or not they can hear each other, and what they are concerned about in their daily lives can seem fleeting, almost non sensible, or fragmented.