Pile an extra layer onto reality to make it collapse

Viewers cast unexpected shadows that evoke atmospheric effects, such as seeing one's shadow cast onto fog. Because of the unusual method of generating the scenes that is different from what viewers normally associate with moving imagery — even while standing right next to the halogen lights, viewers reflexively think that the imagery originates from a projector at first. However, the imagery originates not from reality but from more humble means, for instance, the whole aurora scene is created from a small fold in the material. Using the material as volumetric reflectors makes it possible to create unpredictable (as the reflections are nonlinear) and complex scenes from simple shapes.

This work is in the Undo Constructs series and engages metaphorically with the nonlinear way that one images oneself. As an image machine — an apparatus of representation — that constructs images and self-images, one produces and reproduces meanings, values and ideology in both sociality and subjectivity.

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