“Fullscreen” is currently in development for 2026. This sketch shows the current state of the work – the video composition is still in post-production, the sound composition is being further developed in collaboration with musician and sound artist Simon Berz, and the text will be narrated by Annie Ellicott.

 

“Fullscreen” examines how media have shaped our perception of space and time throughout history. An endless camera movement expands from the vanishing point, revealing layer by layer twelve stations of media history: from the Big Bang through cave painting, ancient theaters, medieval stained glass, Renaissance perspective, to digital interfaces.

For each epoch, screen sets are arranged and filmed in the studio. The screens display a white, empty image. Through their white balance settings, a subtle coloration emerges, moving from violet through the light spectrum over the course of the video. The abstract screen spaces reflect how space was perceived, constructed, and represented in each era. The image-within-image principle makes representation itself the subject: screens show screens show screens, a “mise en abyme” of our mediated perception. The visible construction undermines the illusion of the image space and points to the medium itself.
Reflections from thinkers of each period have been woven into the text written by the artist—from Plato through Hildegard von Bingen to McLuhan and Luhmann. The text is spoken by Annie Ellicott and accompanied by a soundtrack created in collaboration with sound artist Simon Berz. He plays materials from each epoch: from stone and glass through metal to plastic and touchscreens.

With each epoch, the work gains in density and tempo until it arrives in the present. Towards the end, the screens fade to black from back to front and the loop closes. The viewers are referred back to their own position in this endless chain of representation.

 

 

Recording setup in the studio with camera and screens.