The video work „through the cracks“ allows us to see beyond what our eyes are capable of perceiving. Seeing is a sensory practice that guides us through the world, making it accessible and tangible. It serves as a means of constructing knowledge and fundamentally shapes our understanding of reality. But how do we see, how do images enter our consciousness and how are they altered? And what does it mean when seeing is no longer a natural process? Drawn in by a wavering light and a soundscape of algorithmic sounds, extracted from the technical parameters of the video works and transformed into synthetic sounds by the noise artist Daniel Door we encounter an initially blurred video projection, which after a while reveals a rotating eye undergoing laser surgery. For centuries, tools have been developed to enhance vision. Telescopes, spectacles and microscopes have expanded the human gaze.

Nowadays, however, modern technologies, such as laser surgery, are used to intervene directly in the eye in order to optimize or restore its visual ability. With this piece, the video work „through the cracks“ references surgical procedures that no longer merely correct the body medically but actively expand perception through digital technologies. They function as visual filters that reveal the structural conditions of seeing and deciphering the mechanical process. Such technologies not only imitate the physiology of the eye but also extend it, pushing the ontology of the image beyond the realm of purely human perception. The images take on an operative function by acting within automated and technical processes.