SELFIE

Selfie features a phone held at arm's length, poised to capture one of those now-familiar self-portraits. Yet, the image displayed on the screen appears to come from the front camera, and the face of the person holding the device is invisible. It is only when their thumb reaches for the shutter button that their reflection appears fleetingly, superimposed in a blueish transparency over the previous image, before disappearing as soon as the finger is removed.

This spectral apparition inevitably evokes the role of social media, where self-representation becomes a permanent staged performance. The work thus resonates like a disturbing echo to individuals who, harassed or in distress, can no longer bear the image they project online—an image that has often become inseparable from their own perception of themselves. This phenomenon tragically recalls Sartre's famous phrase in No Exit: "Hell is other people."

This work is entirely without digital retouching. The visual effect is created by a play between a one-way mirror and a bedside lamp, while the video is captured with my personal phone. The gesture of the finger pressing the shutter button, as if to take a photo, is thus part of a purely theatrical staging.