Der Seher - Peter Westphal

The work "Der Seher" explores the perception chain of technically captured visual stimuli from a defined external world.

The protagonist experiences a loss of communication and alienation from his environment in his relative passivity as an anonymous yet interested observer.

Through an unconditional seeing experience via optical recording devices and the renunciation of his own senses, the external world transforms into a virtual reality.

His interpretation of the captured optical surface in limiting excerpts culminates in a visual loop.

Small color photographs display the actual momentary impression of the seer, while the corresponding color histograms on the back confirm the digital origin.

The claim to truth of the perceived is called into question by the viewer.