Awaiting Oblivion explores the collapse of simulated reality in The Last of Us II, revealing spaces where traditional boundaries between representation and existence dissolve. As the world fractures into glitches and voids, it exposes the instability of meaning, unmasking the illusion of coherence and confronting the observer with absence at the core of perception.
The camera (photo mode) becomes a critical tool, transforming observation into active engagement. In a collapsing world, where perception falters, it is the only apparatus capable of making the invisible visible, exposing fragmented landscapes that exist solely through technological mediation.
Awaiting Oblivion conceptualizes collapse as both existential and transformative — a confrontation with absence that acts as a threshold, redefining perception, presence, and being. These ruptures are invitations to reimagine reality, where the void is not an end but a generative space.
Digital video (machinima) 17:10min, series of photographs.
Made with The Last of Us II (Naughty Dog).
2024/2025
Awaiting Oblivion, photographs.