Fractals
In
an attempt to merge the visceral with the mindful, mirrors and rays become
fractals throughout space. Why do we need mirrors? Why do we need to look at
ourselves? Is it to reassure ourselves that we exist? To reassure ourselves of
our own identity? Is this something within our DNA? The reflections start
oscillating into double helixes, reminding us that we are only strands of
carbon and hydrogen, only existing on the physical level. Helixes refracting
over each other, concaving and convexing like a mirror. We only bleed red when
punctured and we only bleed blue when we hurt ourselves.
My
research topic deals with how the body affects the development of our
personalities and whether we can develop our identities free from any
influences of the scrutiny of our bodies. This is essentially trying to find
the separation between mind, body, and spirit, and whether either one can exist
without the other. The original motif is based on the image of a concave
mirror, which distorts the light waves that it reflects. If someone were to
look into a concave mirror, he or she will see a distorted image of their face,
and thus a distorted image of their identity on a physical level. This brings
in the question of whether the person is sure of his or her own identity and
existence without the need of seeing it physically with the mirror, since
looking through the mirror distorts the identity and gives false information.
The motif is then arranged to look like a double helix, the very
"language" that our bodies are written in. This then merges the
mental idea of identity with the actually physical, raw materials that we are
made of.
