SCREEN TIME 

video installation, 5’, stereo sound, loop, 2025

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Inspired by the popularity of fake fireplace videos, ‘Screen time’ is a variation on this concept using landscapes, staging a fake window view to construct an artificial outdoor scene.

 

The work is an ironic take on this trend—while we find comfort in these digital landscapes and can deeply enjoy the view, their artificiality raises questions about how we experience and consume the world. It highlights the increasing digitalisation of our visual reality, exposing how much of what we see and compare our lives to is fabricated.

 

It also symbolically deconstructs the idea of “the idyllic” as a concept, referencing to how the images we consume are often staged or manipulated, shaping unrealistic comparisons to our own lives and surroundings.

 

What we perceive as an ideal or idyllic life is often a projection of these constructs rather than a truth. To emphasize this, I incorporate footage from my ancestral village in Sicily, a place that appears idyllic but was ultimately abandoned by many for a reason.​​​