Anna Vasof: Missing Piece

Video in an endless loop, 2020

"Missing Piece" stages a puzzle from which a single piece is always missing, although the hole is constantly being closed. It stands for those of our needs that, even if they are constantly met, always remain unfulfilled. The work is based on a simple trick that creates an optical illusion while at the same time giving the audience an insight into what the illusion is based on. The deception is in the foreground over its explanation. Unlike a magic trick, this reveals the secret behind the deception, making the illusion even more magical.

ANNA VASOF

Lives and works in Vienna

Anna Vasof, born 1985, is an architect and media artist. She studied architecture at the University of Thessaly in Greece (2010), and then Transmedia Art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna (2014). Her videos and short films have been shown at various festivals since 2004, some of which have won prizes. In 2020 she completed her doctoral thesis on an audiovisual technique that she developed under the title Non Stop Stop Motion. She is currently working on the design and creation of innovative mechanisms for the production of critical and narrative videos, actions and installations.