Portal II

Portals revolves around the moments when social media platforms accidentally record someone's death. Social media apps are now recording our every waking moment, including sometimes the accidental capture of the recorder's own death. Their lives are put on display using apps like Periscope, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook. These videos are recorded from a first person perspective, from the eyes of the victim. What interests me is not the actual moment of death, but what the device captures after all movement has stopped. Typically these videos are shaky and chaotic, but then once the device reaches its final resting point, there is this eerie stillness about the video. What is captured is usually a crisp blue sky, with clouds passing by. Is the victim still conscious at this moment and viewing the sky with us? Is this the last thing they saw before they died? Can this sky be viewed as a portal in a sense to the next place for this body? By making the viewer aware of these moments in between life and death, we can cope with our understanding of the physical process of death.