Points on a line
Clear partition
Slice of space
A continuous flow of experience constitutes consciousness.
“The present is big with the future, the future might be read in the past, the distant is expressed in the near.” – Gottfried Leibniz
Creepy doll
Seems to possess
Disquieting sentience
The vacant eyes, devoid of true sight, hold a gaze that seems to pierce through time.
“Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever.” – George Berkeley
Within sterile confines
Silent narratives
Cultural significance
The display case acts as a barrier, separating the viewer and blurring the lines between authenticity and artifice.
“Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector’s passion borders on the chaos of memories.” – Walter Benjamin
Deep focus
Hexagonal openings
Reverse twist mesh
A roll of lightweight metal fence material designed to keep domestic chickens or peacocks in designated aviary areas is discarded.
“Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world – people who will cause trouble if the government doesn’t restrain them.” – Harry Browne
Object materiality
Warm glow
Slow decay
A close-up of a metal structure with multiple planes of focus.
“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau
Passive reception
External stimuli
Core tenets
The delicate dance of perception requires us to be constantly aware of our own role in shaping experience.
“The world of appearances is not the world of realities.” – Edwin Abbott
Surface reflections
Optical space
Reverberating
Foreground background relationships resonate.
“Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the finite.” – Arshile Gorky
Still life
Before a window
Vibrant pulsation
The primacy of lived experience is the foundation of all knowledge.
“Art lives in the intuition, not in the concept.” – Benedetto Croce
Pale shadow
Sensible objects
Intelligible world
As the colors that we see in the world around us are sensible, we are able to participate in the intelligible world.
“The soul is a part of the intelligible world that has become trapped in the sensible world.” – Plato
Striated forms
Smooth becomings
Complex tableau
The metal stand striates the smooth glass plate, carving out a territory and marking it as distinct from the rest of the world.
“The smooth has no form, or rather, it is the form of the formless, the line of flight that tears across forms and territories.” – Gilles Deleuze