A supercut compilation of webcam videos of frustrated gamers, having violent outbursts, screaming and convulsing while physically attacking technology. The degraded video runs on an old computer ruin scattered across the floor.
Installed at Plug In, Basel
Installed at Fondation PHI, Montreal
Installed at Fotomuseum Winterthur
Installed at Site Gallery, Sheffield
The collage is an attempt to capture the overflowing, hysterical emotions of adolescents in their now private-public bedrooms. The supposedly entertaining activity of playing games is here linked to disturbing feelings of sadness, violence and depression. But it also mirrors the frustration we can all feel about life amidst so many networked devices and so much data.
Screenshots from video