Expanding Windows
2020
Initiated during the 2020 pandemic lockdown, this project explores the notion of the interior in architectural and artistic contexts. It focuses on the laptop screen, a prominent tool during the pandemic due to the increased use of Zoom meetings. The screen and Zoom software function as thresholds, merging to connect individuals and their interiors.
To examine the idea of transgressing boundaries, the interior of the screen was explored. Opening the screen was deemed ineffective, as it consists of layers of fiberglass and lights that reflect pixels. Instead, the screen was intentionally cracked to reveal lines and pixels illuminated by light. The perspective and depth in the cracked screen were intriguing, resembling abstract frames connecting different interiors.
The frames created by the cracked screen were perceived as a series of “expanding windows,” intersecting a wall (the laptop screen itself) and acting as thresholds connecting two spaces—behind and in front of the wall. These windows serve as pathways, allowing individuals to see each other and their surroundings through glass shapes from different levels, yet limiting them to their own frames. This mirrors the Zoom meeting experience, where participants can see and hear each other but remain confined to their individual frames.
Windows are all we have left,
All that binds us apart from ourselves
Sometimes to a blossoming tree
Sometimes to each other’s homes
Sometimes to each other’s souls
How late we realized the windows!
Only when we were imprisoned in cages made by ourselves!