Yves Tessier’s Solo Exhibition at Shrine

Opening reception: Thursday, March 9th, 6 to 8 pm

Across the planet, for better or worse, people now live tethered to their computers and cell phones– devices providing us the means to document every aspect of our own lives and the ability to absorb the constant influx of other people’s experiences. We witness the daily minutiae, momentous events and private lives of loved ones and strangers alike. Life can now be lived (and viewed) from behind a camera lens or through a phone screen, obliterating the complex subtleties and nuances of actual human interaction and flattening our perception of our natural surroundings. The intimate worlds of our friends are glanced for a few seconds and then swiped away, no matter whether they are presented in shockingly graphic detail or mundane bursts of repetitive video loops.