The Vertical Gaze | 2025 - Ongoing
Supported by CBK I&V Grant
“The Vertical Gaze” is a research-based ongoing project that will unfold a series of captioned paintings. It aims to capture how the gaze is constantly lifted upwards beneath vertical power and militarized airspaces, while also asking, what tools do we have to keep our opacity under vertical surveillance? The project borrows closed captions from cinema to describe sounds from above. These fragments become visual anchors that make top-down violence not only visible but also mutely audible. Central to this project is the politicization of the gaze, posture, and the somatic.
“Neo-Archangels” – Acrylic on canvas, 88x127 cm | 2026
“Sounds Like Another” – Acrylic on wood, 24x32 cm - Triptych | 2026
“When in Panic” – Acrylic on paper, 24 x 32 cm | 2026
“Scenes from a Drone” – Acrylic on paper, 24x32 cm | 2026
“Women and Children” – Oil on canvas, 49x41 cm | 2026
“Undivided Gaze” – Oil on Panel, 140x42 cm | 2025
“Vertical Opacity” – acrylic on canvas, 123x140cm | 2025
“That Which Falls Decides Where We Stand” – acrylic on paper, 20x20cm | 2025
“Figure Eight” – acrylic on canvas,33x33cm | 2025