Doubt about a second

The notion of doubt contrasts heavily with the characteristics of the computer.  A computer cannot be in doubt, nor can he be indifferent, for that matter.  In this work two graphical lines have been assigned two initial values, a positive and a negative value.  When starting up the software, the positive value is initially linked to the color white and the negative value has been given the color black.  While the software is running these values can nevertheless shift, so that black can be positive and white can become a negative value.  The grey values are a visualisation of the software doubting between the two outer poles of  the grey spectrum. The parameters for the thickness of the lines are linked to the speed in which this uncertainty happens.

Stills 'Doubt about a second', 2006

Installation view Hisk, archival print on alu, 100 cm x 100 cm, Ghent, 2007