Smoke Screen Shuffle
Intermedia (Freeform Circuit Sculpture)12.87 x 12.87 x 2.82 in / 32.69 x 32.69 x 7.16 cm
2023
"Roan Alvarez’s practice interlinks an intimacy with identity, thorough investigations into the psyche of the Filipino internet user, and the invisible structures that influence such. Smoke Screen Shuffle, a 256 freeform LED matrix, randomizes images and videos culled from the vast network of historical revisionist narratives online. Alvarez borrows from while simultaneously blurs the themes and motifs perpetuated by these narratives as a counteracting technique. In this age of hyperawareness and hyperactivity, where fake news thrives and questionable information is streamed through free social media, Alvarez attempts to resist. How might we still rely on what we are viewing and how might art (and artists) respond?"
—words by Eya Beldia
—words by Eya Beldia
