In the monumental "Scrolling Apart," 2023, we are invited into the private realm of two lovers who have drifted to either side of a bed, leaving a black chasm in their midst. Intimate worlds, known only to the couple, are revealed by the light of their devices. The scene is somewhat claustrophobic, as if taking place underwater, and the smart phones are a means of escape—a gasp of air.
Dots of red along the border of the painting suggest that recording is in progress and evoke the surveillance cameras of a hotel room. Touborg edges towards a more traditional interpretation of painting, with the uninterrupted picture plane framed by two iridescent bars, whose colours metamorphose under different effects of light.