Tomie Ohtake

Vasco Szinetar, from the series Frente al espejo, 1983-2020. Courtesy: Galeria Nara Roesler

ARCHAEOLOGIES OF THE SELFIE

“Suddenly, unexpectedly, the utmost narcissistic practice of image-making turned out to be the most effective way to reach others, offering testimony, breaching distance, overcoming reclusion and ultimately showing our resilient, living community, as it faces and triumphs over the dread of global illness. No one could have known either that in a matter of weeks the world would confront the pandemic of COVID-19 at a planetary scale, turning the meaning of selfies upside down, from head to toe,”