For “Shift #2”, Philippe Safire designed a black American flag. An animation—consisting of white squares—emerges within a gaping pixelated hole. The chaotic movement of the animation collides with the organized structure of the Stars and Stripes, affecting its integrity. As an iconic object, the American flag is well known to the viewer, but “Shift #2" evokes a transitional state of tension, where history is reevaluated in the Digital Age.