Visual Studies / 002

Signs, Gaze & Simulation

New York City and Los Angeles

2023–2026

11 images

Psychic City

The eye as a conduit between perception and the city.

Midtown, New York City.

Psychic City follows eyes across bodies, signs, patches, murals and spiritual symbols. Repetition turns the eye from an organ into a charged urban motif.

Pierre and Josh

Each appearance carries a different relation to vision. Some eyes look back; others promise surveillance, protection, intuition or access to what remains hidden. The photographs do not collapse these meanings into one symbol. They ask why the eye so readily gathers ideas about consciousness and power.

The series maps the distance between biological sight, the social exchange of the gaze and the desire to perceive beyond surfaces. In the city, looking is never one-directional. To see is also to enter a field in which one may be seen.

Photographs on the map

Finding geotagged photographs…
Waiting for gallery