In Split Gaze , Alex Mari obstructed their eyes with Vaseline, and performed unannounced on Instagram Live. On display in the gallery front at B-complex in Atlanta, Alex repeatedly covers their eyes. In natural response, she blinks causing the Vaseline to fall, only to hinder their eyesight again with the petroleum. Alex repetitively revokes their ability to witness their audience, replacing idealized reality with fantastical retreat—the potential for something new. Their continued work investigates invisibility/traceability, romanticizing the mundane, and undoing foundations of societal desire in an emergent future.