A work series exploring the intimacy of touch on mobile device screens.

The 2020 COVID Election Diaries

This work is only available as a series of 21 "mini" digital fine art prints, 14x19.5cm floated on 21x30cm Hahnemühle Baryta paper.

In the first year of the coronavirus pandemic it was thought that transmission was primarily through physical contact. We were hyperaware of the surfaces we touched and of the traces that may or may not be on those surfaces. Indeed, for those alone in self-isolation, our mobile devices were the surfaces we touched and stroked most intimately and most often.

These are prints from my 2020 Election Diaries, records of my frantic "doomscrolling" on news sites and Facebook on key days around and after the 2020 election, as Trump and his GOP allies attacked the landslide win by Biden and Harris that knocked him out of office. Living in Europe, isolated from the events in the USA by time and distance, trying to make to make sense of the weird events and the weeks of uncertainty and suspense, and seeking solace in my online community of friends and media analysts.





















































I had originally plan to conclude this series with the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as President and Vice President on January 20, 2021. I couldn't resist adding images from Trump's second impeachment trial, however, since it is directly the result of the attack he supported on the Capitol Building as Congress was verifying the results of the Electoral College vote.