2022
OUR MIND AS A HOST
Video Installation
[Database with 1866 images,
321 sounds of parasites
and surveillance technologies]
750 x 300 cm
Documentation video
Our Mind as a Host explores the unsettling overlap between parasites and surveillance systems, revealing them as new species that feed on human bodies, behavior, and perception. The viewer becomes the host for the works’ parasitic form, a subject of manipulation rather than a passive observer.
‘‘New species are entering our world and living at our expense. As parasites, hidden surveillance technologies are preying and feeding on us. When they find a weak spot, their biometric algorithms crawl under our skin without consent. They modify behavior, interpret and maybe even shape one’s being, often without us noticing.’’
Drawing on a hand-assembled archive of 1,866 images and 321 sound samples, Our Mind as a Host forges a taxonomy of control. It compares the form and behavior of parasites and surveillance technologies, from facial recognition cameras to biometric sensors
The result is a psychovisual experiment: an a-rhytmic fast-moving montage in which image pairs are arranged by mental association, controling the viewers eye over the screen. Just as surveillance and parasites can reshape behavior, Our Mind as a Host manipulates the viewer’s perception, producing a “third image” in the brain, and use our mind as a host.