Obscure is a video installation exploring perception and ambiguity. Through frosted glass distortions, it questions how we interpret reality when clarity is withheld.

This project began with a memory—the sensation of standing before a wall of frosted
glass. Behind it, people moved through their daily routines, their shapes and voices softened and blurred by the glass’s opacity. The distortion teased perception, playing with the boundaries of understanding: offering just enough detail to compel attention, yet never enough to fully decipher what lay beyond. It was this interplay between clarity and ambiguity that sparked the initial curiosity.

The video installation aims to immerse the viewer in a sensory experience. By distorting the visible and limiting clarity, it explores the nature of perception, interpretation and understanding of reality. Can we ever be certain of what we perceive, or is our understanding always subject to interpretation? The installation encourages the viewer to engage with the tension between what is seen and what is unknown.

This isn’t about blurry images – it’s about how we deal with uncertainty. We’re all kind of making up reality as we go, filling in blanks with our own biases and experiences. The installation just makes that process obvious. What if we stopped pretending we ever see things clearly in the first place?