Drill 2019

Hito Steyerl’s Drill, is a multimedia installation that’s all about seeing and being seen, and how images can shape our perceptions. The multiple projections of people playing instruments create a fractured, almost Cubist vision. I imagine Steyerl, like a painter, layering images, sounds, and ideas, intuitively building up something complex and resonant. It makes me think about how artists like David Hockney or Gerhard Richter play with perspective and representation, but Steyerl uses video and technology. She is not pushing paint around, but pixels to explore similar ideas about perception, reality, and the role of images in our lives. You can see how artists are always in conversation, responding to and riffing off of one another. It’s like one big jam session across time and space! Ultimately, Drill is a powerful reminder that seeing is never a neutral act, but an active and engaged process of interpretation and meaning-making.