Cargo

Online life is both an extension of traditional social interactions and a radical departure from it. It is a place where we seek out stories, people, and knowledge – but it’s also a place that distorts and limits those interactions. Cargo deals with connection, looking to the non-place that exists between people and online communication. A space where the subtleties of body language, touch and sound are lost or at the very least compressed. This ongoing body of work focuses on the unseen, playing with memory, imaginary data and visual documentation. Exploring the spaces in between friends and partners, where online communication becomes a third party and mediator in the dialogue of a relationship. Around the time I began this body of work, my partner and I were no longer living near each other. A natural thread emerged in the project, visualising the feelings that arise when we uphold relationships through a looking glass, distorting our understanding of what connection means today.