Video documentation of in-situ installation. 2021.
This digital reinterpretation of Bosch’s seminal triptych shows much the same as its muse in a more current depiction: digital sin. The human species has become so reliant on digital devices that an old, outdated piece of technology is almost an insult to our sensibilities, and a punishment to control.
When new technology fails, it does not matter so much. We expect to replace and repurchase until something better comes along. Once the old devices pass through the hands of those who cannot afford the newer technologies, they become merely monuments in a digital hellscape that we choose to ignore or become offended by.
The tenth commandment in the Bible reads “thou shalt not covet” (Exodus 20:17); perhaps if we did not covet this digital existence, we would be better off in our lives outside the screen.
This is digital sin.