Generation 2023

The painting series Zoom faces is a part of Generation 2023-triennale at Amos Rex museum, Helsinki.

How to create meaningful human connections online, when even the internet connection keeps crashing?

Since the start of the pandemic, the feeling of being isolated, bored, and out of focus has been growing on me. While staring at faces on yet another video call, I felt captivated by the moments when a picture freezes in motion, so that a person becomes blurred and unrecognisable. Struggling with the internet connection we try our best to hear and understand each other, which often shows in how we express emotions on camera. Noticing these things in others, I have found many of my own habits in my digital reflection.

With my paintings, I offer a way to look at these challenging times as an opportunity to observe our everyday environment, and reflect on our communicational patterns.

https://amosrex.fi/en/exhibitions/generation-2023/