Voyeur

The series Voyeur is built upon a reversal of the gaze. Instead of eyes subjected to observation, the viewer encounters eyes that appear to observe in return. The spectator, arriving to look at the works, gradually finds themselves placed in the position of the one being watched.

The works present close-ups of eyes that function as autonomous points of perception. Their presence within the exhibition space creates a tension between looking and being looked at, between curiosity and the uncertainty of one’s own position in relation to the image.

In one of the works a hidden camera was used to record the movements of viewers in real time. The captured image was subsequently mapped and displayed within the surface of one of the depicted eyes, producing a visual feedback loop between the work and its audience. The image ceases to be merely an object of observation and begins to respond to the presence of the viewer.

The motif of voyeurism thus becomes a figure through which contemporary image culture can be described – a condition in which the boundary between observer and observed constantly shifts. Voyeur is therefore not simply about the act of looking, but about the tension that emerges when gazes meet on both sides of the image.