Blue Screens (2024)
“Blue Screens” is a site-specific installation focusing on unusable digital screens. Friedrich Böll examines the interplay of light and technical material when digital processes no longer control the light image. The installation uses the basic building blocks of digital monitors – light sources behind polarization foils – to critically look into digital imaging and its invisible systems.
The title “Blue Screens” alludes to the well-known error message in Microsoft Windows operating systems, where the screen turns blue after a critical system error. This symbolic link between defective digital devices and systemic problems in our technology-dependent society forms a central aspect of the work.
Using electronic waste as artistic material, the artist creates space to examine the down sides of our digital age and encourages a more conscious approach to electronic devices. “Blue Screens (2024)” thus symbolizes the need to find innovative solutions to the growing challenge of electronic waste. The rapidly growing mountain of electronic waste is a pressing global problem. The amount of electronic waste generated worldwide has almost doubled since 2010. What is particularly alarming is that more than three-quarters of this waste is improperly disposed of or recycled. “Blue Screens (2024)” is a commentary on the throwaway mentality of our digital society and a call to think about the life cycle of our electronic devices.
ARTISTIC PRACTICE
Media Art, Media Archaeology
EXHIBITIONS
2023 | Cologne (de), ON PLINY’S PATHS
2023 | Wiesbaden (de), WALKMÜHLE Künstlerverein
2023 | Berlin (de), RADIAL SYSTEM
2022 | Cologne (de), Kunsthaus Rhenania
2021 | Arnsberg (de), DARK
2021 | Tunis (tn), INTERFERENCE
2019 | Manizales (co), FESTIVAL DELA IMAGEN
2019 | Halifax (ca), RESPONSIVE
2018 | Leeuwarden (nl), LUNA YOUNG MASTERS
2018 | Augsburg (de), LAB 30
2018 | Linz (at), ARS ELECTRONICA
2018 | Cologne (de), COLLUMINA
RESIDENCIES
2019 | Bogota (co), DAAD Exchange
STUDIES
2015 — 2021 | Cologne (de), Media Arts Academy Cologne
2005 — 2008 | Remscheid (de), Trainee IT Systems Electronics
BIO
Lives in Cologne
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