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Sensors I (2024)
16mm b/w film loop, 16mm film projector on floor, custom-built projection screen on floor
and hanger/roller device from ceiling, dimensions and duration variable


Classic Greek sculptures (V sec. BC) would often feature detailed representations of eyes, either by means of miniature paintwork or with inlays crafted with precious materials. This was intended to make the statues look alive, real.
Over time, these eyes turned into faded traces, holes, scratches.
Shot in the Greek section of the Louvre Museum, Sensors I is a first attempt at capturing the decay of such realistic depictions of eyes through the material specificities of analog film, crafting a layered reflection on representation and its materiality, and a contemplation of a deeply human relation between seeing and being.




Sensors I was made at Filmwerkplaats (special thanks to Esther Urlus and Erwin van t’Hart).
It was made as part of BLIND SPOTS, LIGHT TRICKS/TRACES, FLASHES AND FAILURES (2024)