2.073.600
2021, Single-screen video and playback software, variable dimensions. Original running time: 5.45.36 hours. Running time for this exhibition: 40 min.
A population of 2,073,600 pixels die one by one every tenth of a second, painting the place of the image black like a virus, until it is completely covered, as a fungus eating up an old photograph. The number of pixels represents the most popular digital video format nowadays (1920 x 1080 px). The operation takes 05:45:36 hours, randomly changing the visual pattern in every time it plays. This is possible thanks to looping on a programming interface especially designed for the project.
The two variables –pixels and time– are measured by a countdown and a stopwatch respectively, both visible in the bottom right corner of the image.
By detaching light from form, the latter dissolves, and is indistinguishable from the dark, flat background that is its final destination. Therefore, the core operation centers around removing the image through a technical procedure.
This “digital vanitas” poses an apparently paralyzed time of representation that only patient observation can unveil. This work is impossible to fully grasp because of its duration. It would require us to spend an amount of time that the imperative of productivity prevents us from having, which poses an urgent reflection on what we are doing “with” and “in” this world.
Argentina, 1971.
Publicist, professional photographer and photography, experimental poetics, digital image post-production, and photography editing teacher.
Awardee of the ELF (Escuchar la fotografía) grant in 2021. Has held several solo exhibitions at MACBA in 2016, and Recoleta Cultural Center and Casa FOA in 2012, among others. Participant of the Sur Biennial in 2023.
Has held over 20 group exhibitions, participated in several art fairs, and won international awards. Her work is part of both public and private collections.
