The Doors consists of a six-channel video projected onto glass panels set in an artificial garden populated with fake plants, nootropics (“smart drugs”), and an Astroturf cutout of Metatron’s cube—a symbol of sacred geometry often used in nootropic branding. Opening a portal into tech culture, it highlights the industry’s conflation of 1960s countercultural attitudes with neoliberal ideals.
Medium
Six-channel high-definition video installation with eight-channel surround sound; black-mirror screens; artificial grass sigil, plants, and green wall; hexagonal, black-mirror plant pots; neon; black sand; lizard water dish; heated rock; nootropics; and d
Credit
Collection of the artist
Dimensions
Duration: 41:26 min
Date
2019
Artist name
Zach Blas
Artwork location