luca tornato

In A Life in a Camera, a laser interacts with a CCTV camera, with the output displayed on a CRT TV. By directing the laser onto the camera’s image sensor, the “eye” translating light into electronic signals, dust and microorganisms on the sensor surface become visible, revealing patterns formed over years of surveillance. This media-archaeological approach uncovers the camera’s internal traces, embodying the concept of the ‘Material Witness’ by Susan Schuppli: matter that holds both evidence and the means of recording. Stepping into the work, you are invited to see the connections between the life of decommissioned technologies, and its decay in the face of organic matter. 

About the artist
Luca Tornato is an interdisciplinary media artist working across video surveillance, artivism, and light design, exploring the politics and materiality of light-mediated practices. Through installations, AV performances, workshops, and public interventions, he investigates how non-human agents, legal systems, and spaces operate. His work examines technological devices as carriers of decisions shaped by dominant ideologies. By dissecting these devices, Luca reveals how they influence their environments and expose their hidden, non-human agency, offering critical insight into the unseen forces shaping our world.

Instagram: @lucatorsera