Sam Cohen’s electric city magic valentine, featured in the hall gallery, is a 3-minute-long animation where daydreamt scenes are created in a ceaseless chase to reconnect with lost time. I arrange sentimental objects in a not-so-still life through my own subconscious, a self-generated game in coping with the many complexities of grief. These objects become game pieces within a puzzle I attempt to solve through pattern recognition and risk. The visual reference to retro video games and optical illusions such as Rubin's vase and Q*bert is used to create a meditative backdrop. Through pattern, sound, and object(s) I invite viewers to tune in to surrealist gameplay: to immerse themselves into a risk-reward shuffle, and my own acceptance of randomness.

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