ARTWORK > I See You Too, Young Bear

I See You Too, Young Bear - 12 “ x 16 “ x 1.5 “ - laminated inkjet print between acrylic sheets with custom-made acrylic shelve

It was in the early 2000s when ICUII (I see You Too) came out, a free video chat program. ICUII was the first in the industry to have big beautiful 320x240 pixel fast video and the first with Video Instant Messaging. In many ways, these became the hallmarks of the early digital space: a seemingly private, members-only society with its own language, codes, and behavior.

The source material of this series, screenshots of my younger self, came unexpectedly back to my life almost 20 years later. I am reclaiming images by photographing them directly from my current computer screen, with a flash, in order to refer to them as a self-portrait series.