To view this work please visit our Currents Virtual Festival site on the Ohyah platform. Click on the External Media link above. Once you board the train get off at the Desktop Experiences Video stop.

“Biography of a Portrait” is the story we tell ourselves about who we are and where we belong, not necessarily based in reality. This project combines online and desktop signifiers to navigate a conceptual triptych—“Today”, “Tomorrow”, and “Yesterday”—ideally viewed on a mobile device. The website is an introspective experiment I made in quarantine where I considered forms of representation, segments of time, and processes of loss. The intention for these works was to create an aesthetic experience accessible online in response to the current circumstances. For me, 2020 carries an important message—change is present, possible, and necessary.

Note: No personal information is collected during this experience, all decisions are purely aesthetic.

Collaborator: Amay Kataria