Jonathan Joosten: Erase / Rewind examines how reality, value, and meaning are produced through framing, repetition, and symbolic attribution rather than being inherent. Drawing on cinematic simulation — particularly Fassbinder's Welt am Draht and its remake The Thirteenth Floor — alongside consumer display and architecture, Joosten traces constructed realities and the concealment of absence. Empty storefronts and the missing thirteenth floor serve as recurring ruptures within systems that appear stable, revealing the erasure embedded in everyday environments.
