The series, Unknown, explores our perceptions of war in the digital age. The work is derived from aerial videos captured by drones in the Ukraine-Russian War and downloaded from social media. The soldiers documented in the footage are transformed into ghostly white silhouettes and screen printed on a thickly painted gray background. The brushstrokes on canvas appear to whisk away the figures and signify both the chaos of the conflict on the ground and the impermanence of human life that existed in the moment the video was captured. Further, the brushstrokes – left to right or top to bottom –  are suggestive of our passive viewing – scrolling and swiping through content. 

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