because the moon, Installation view at narcissistic clinch, Satellit, Thun, 2023, carpet and drawings by Martin Wittwer
because the moon, still from the 3D animation
because the moon, still from the 3D animation
because the moon, still from the 3D animation
because the moon, still from the 3D animation
because the moon, Installation view at narcissistic clinch, Satellit, Thun, CH, 2023, Carpet and ink drawings by Martin Wittwer
because the moon, Installation view at narcissistic clinch, Satellit, Thun, 2023
because the moon, Installation view at narcissistic clinch, Satellit, Thun, 2023

Dagmar Keller
because the moon
3D animation with sound, 2023

 

Never before have we been so frequently confronted with our own face—or rather, with its image—as in the digital age.nHow do digital technologies infiltrate our self-image and perceptions?
„Are we currently experiencing a new, digital mirror stage?“ the 3D animation „…“ seems to ask.

The 3D animation was created using motion capture technology while simultaneously visualizing this very technique. But who is controlling whom?

A close-up: an avatar holds a mobile phone in front of the left side of its face in such a way that the human face displayed on the screen completes its own. The face on the display and the avatar move and speak in perfect sync.
They speak—with one voice—about the face.

The spoken text was generated in collaboration with an AI text generator. It contains references to Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s „Year Zero: Faciality„, as well as to Jacques Lacan’s concept of the mirror stage. Yet, as a whole, the text remains enigmatic.