*Truth Visions*
March 2019
Just as the photograph altered the function and objectivity of painting one hundred years ago, the advent of CGI – especially AI-generated imagery – similarly altered our understanding of photography. The implicit assumptions we make of photos and videos, such as the presence of a photographer, a camera, and subject, are destabilizing. The ability of photography to depict truth has been debated since its invention. But what does it mean when we can no longer distinguish a photograph from a completely artificial image? From which parts of our vision can we glean truth? This installation as a whole is a truth-telling device. It relies on the veracity of live footage as well as plain reflections in order to distill “real images.” It features a large television sinking into a mound of sand and displaying a CCTV broadcast of the installation itself. Off to the side are photographs of the installation printed onto clear film, revealing a mirror underlying the images. In all components of the installation, viewers will encounter a form of “real image.”