Interfacing with the deceased and interfacing with moments of grieving is becoming increasingly digital. The flat surface of the screen can house within it the world of mourning, the funerary chant, and the image of the deceased. Previously, one may have experienced the moving images of the deceased through dreams and visions. A magical moment which can now be recreated inside a lit screen.  Digitally, one can actively revisit sites where the deceased has been reconstructed as a virtual avatar, or one can actively visit various virtual sites of play by sitting in front of the screen. Still, imagery of the deceased cannot be separated from the digital mode of display. It is only via the medium of the computer and handheld device that the deceased can be presented as a moving, speaking image. A contradicting site, as the bereaved is so close to the moving body of the deceased, however, nothing is tangible except for the cold smooth screen that houses their image. It is through the tangible experience of touching the smooth screen displaying a moving image of the deceased that the bereaved may experience an ephemeral moment of melancholy.

The works in this exhibition aim to make the viewer pertinently aware of their own bodies in relation to the screen they are interfacing with. The hands gesturing in the Semblance series of drawing make us aware of automatic gestures while scrolling and interacting with your digital devices. While the vast foreboding landscape in the work Quick Response make us aware of the layers of undiscernible data in our everyday vision. Inviting us to ‘scan’, move closer, and decipher.