Telescope Tondos, 2021
A series of Live Photos taken using my iPhone and a telescope during Covid lock down. They are a response to dislocation and social distancing. Each composition frames a potential story about a community or place I am not interacting with.
Telescope Tondos (2021) consists of a series of live images taken using my iPhone and a telescope from the window of an apartment in Brooklyn, NY, where I temporarily lived because of Covid. These moving vistas capture the ever-changing sky, urban street scenes, and views into the private residences of my neighbors. They are a response to dislocation and social distancing. Each composition frames a potential story about a community or place I am not interacting with. The moving imagery is otherworldly as the telescope flattens and flips the space. This body of work asks: in the time of Covid and beyond – where everything is mediated by screens – can digital voyeurism stand in for intimacy and community?
Over time this project has taken the form of an instagram feed, videos, posters, and this website archive.
https://sofie.space/telescope-tondos
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