Have you ever peeked into the rooms of your friends and family members in the evenings and observed how they spend their time in front of screens? Have you paid attention to the portraits that emerge in the otherwise dark rooms due to the illumination from these screens?

Today, no one is truly alone in their own four walls, even at night, as digital media immerse people in a virtual world, serving as their constant companions. Through social media, they get the illusion of being needed, loved, addressed, and entertained, and they experience a sense of security, social connection, and community – while in reality, a quiet loneliness often prevails. With the advent of the age of artificial intelligence, this contradiction becomes even more grotesque: people share their most intimate thoughts and feelings with "intelligent machines" because they lack real-life counterparts. The screen and the machine become a stand-in for another person.

On the other hand, humans are losing the ability to actively experience times of solitude, idleness, and silence, which are equally important for their mental well-being, as constant distractions from screens hinder them. The silence has become unbearable for them, as it makes them feel their true existence.

In the photo series "Discrete," people are photographed in their private atmosphere, with the screens of digital devices being the sole source of light.