The 16 photos and 8 videos were taken between 2010 and 2022 in various countries, while traveling, on walks, during visits, at parties, or simply at home, see QR-Codes.
Looking back, the captured moments form a random selection of places where I was either frequently, mostly happy, or both.
All of them were taken by chance, through what is known as “ghost touch”, a term used to describe when a cell phone seemingly takes photos or videos on its own while inside a pocket. This series was therefore not planned, but came about randomly as a casual collection of unintentionally documented moments.
By extracting the EXIF data, each photo and video could be assigned to a specific location, date, and time. Every image is paired with a QR code linking to its corresponding spot on Google Street View. These details are made available alongside each work in the exhibition.
In this way, each image becomes a reference to a specific place which — detached from any fixed moment in the past — exists only in the imagination of the viewer.
Due to the fact that the frames of the photos are adapted to the appearance of the digital displays and the content is either black or nearly black, it is not immediately clear whether one is looking at a photograph or a video. Only the presence of sound reveals a video, though even then the clear identification remains ambiguous within the setting of the neighboring images. One video interrupts this concept. It shows the flickering of a faulty streetlight in Forio on Ischia at night.
For exhibition purposes, any number of images may be selected.
