Fool, 2009

This print edition by Tony Oursler presents a vertical sequence of circular images – all stills taken from his 2006 video Fools, created for the Door Cycle edition. Each orb-like frame captures a distorted, disembodied face or symbolic form, rendered in vivid, almost fluorescent colors. Arranged like a column of blinking eyes or surveillance lenses, the images evoke a sense of psychological fragmentation and voyeuristic intensity. In typical Oursler fashion, the faces appear warped, stretched, or eerily animated, merging digital manipulation with the artist's interest in subconscious fears, media saturation, and pop-cultural detritus. The result is a totem-like strip of visual disturbances – part dream, part nightmare – that reflect the artist’s fascination with fractured identity and the uncanny in contemporary life.