"On the Tyranny of Alphabetic Linearity: Underwater" continues my examination of the alphabet as a capture technology.
In the original work, the human figure is held behind vertical columns of letters. Here, the same alphabetic structure becomes an underwater field: less like a prison made of bars, and more like an environment one has already learned to breathe inside.
The work interests me because capture is not always violent or visible. Sometimes it becomes atmosphere. The alphabet does not only stand in front of us as a system to read. It becomes the medium through which thought moves, remembers, and sees.
Single-channel digital video. Silent. Seamless 9.6-second loop. 1/1.
