UNMASK is a study into Digital Brutalism.

UNMASK is the result of a thesis study done for the conclusion of my undergraduate degree from OCAD University. The resulting installation was show at OCAD University’s DF Open Show 2019, as well as GradEx 104, where it was awarded the Digital Futures Medal for outstanding work. I gave a presentation about the project at ISEA 2020, a recording of which is featured above.

It is a study into how the practices and principles of Brutalist architecture could be expanded beyond the limits of concrete and construction. Beginning with the development of a brutalist methodology, focusing on the elements of ruthless honesty.

Following the methodology lead to the creation of a multichannel installation piece based around my own struggles with memory distortion and mental illness. A chain of data where you can see each phase of its degradation and distortion through the warm fuzz of cathode-ray tubes.