GREENSCREEN, BLUESCREEN

Greenscreen, Bluescreen is an evolving public project that explores the failures and possibilities of green screen technology for remembering pasts, imagining futures and playing with the hybrid nature of our present. At its core, are Greenscreen and Bluescreen, editioned paintings which function as “faulty” green screens: that is, instead of serving as a smooth chroma green or blue backdrop, the paintings are punctuated by cut-outs and gradations of green and blue brushstrokes, which prevent one from cleanly keying them out. The result is a glitchy image that teeters between the real environment and the digital image it is replaced by. When the paintings are sited in public spaces, they may be activated with historic images that conjure up past lives and imagined futures of that site. When the paintings are activated during experimental workshops, participants are invited to key out the green or blue surfaces, replace them with imagery of their choosing, and create photographic self-portraits in alternative environments.