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At zero zoom, our eyes are in the dirt, we are inscribed in the map. This at the expense of vision. At the other end of the continuum is the view from the outside, the all-consuming gaze.

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At zero zoom, our eyes are in the dirt, we are inscribed in the map. This at the expense of vision. At the other end of the continuum is the view from the outside, the all-consuming gaze. This at the expense of the body. Meanwhile, the curved horizons of Earth are swallowed up by square horizons - those screens, speakers, documents, and images. The world rendered phenomenal by the artificial, the globe made sharp with corners. The title The Artificial Magic Of The Wondrous Effects Of Optics Through Direct Vision reflects the oscillation of this mad zoom, from the earthbound blind to the cosmonaut, from darkness to light, from the weight of the world to the vacuum of space, from the curved horizon to the circle to the square.

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McTernan, Elizabeth
Elizabeth McTernan is an American artist based in Berlin. Since 2003, she has been pursuing research, over land and sea, in North America, Europe, Russia, Central & Southeast Asia, and India, processing it via actions ("non-vicarious encounters"), drawing, video/audio installation, storytelling, and printmaking. She exhibits internationally and has been invited as an artist-in-residence at numerous reputable institutions across Europe and the United States. Also, she once saw someone slip and fall on a banana peel in real life.

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