A continuously advancing log of recorded departures.
A continuously advancing log displayed on a white screen.
Using the device’s webcam, the work detects the presence of a viewer. When a viewer leaves the frame, the system records an entry consisting of:
- a sequential number,
- the phrase
ENTRY LOGGED, - and an ISO 8601 timestamp.
No images are stored. No identities are recorded. The system does not register presence, attention, or duration. It registers only departures.
The log persists across sessions. Returning viewers encounter a longer record than the one they previously left behind. Entries disappear as they reach the top of the viewport. There is no scroll and no retrieval.
Then stop.
No paragraph beginning with “In an era where…”
No explanatory rhetoric about digital surveillance.
No insistence that the work is “asking questions.” Weak artists ask questions. Strong works impose conditions.
The work operates continuously.
The count reflects cumulative logged departures since initialization of the persistent record.