Brenners Schmetterling 2020 reflects on perception within a digitally mediated reality. The work addresses how algorithmic information systems and social media environments increasingly shape the ways individuals interpret the world. Figures appear equipped with virtual-reality headsets, navigating a labyrinthine environment that suggests a perception filtered through technological interfaces rather than direct experience.

Architectural fragments and shifting spatial layers destabilize orientation and blur the boundary between inner psychological space and external reality. It remains uncertain whether the scene represents the protagonists’ subjective perception or the world beyond their awareness. By staging this ambiguity, the work points to the emergence of parallel realities produced by digital infrastructures, where expectations, fears, and algorithmically curated information continuously reinforce one another.