ENLIGHTENMENT
The illusion of disillusionment_2022
Sometimes, rarely, I open my eyes and I glance at what’s behind.
It happens in specific circumstances, it can be a contemplative moment or during an emotionally powerful experience.
I wonder what is hiding behind our reality and our senses, I wonder why it is hiding. I have
too many questions, I hate not having the answers. With dirty glasses I look at the everyday from
a screen. Rarely, the screen breaks and the mind is no longer protected.
It is an overwhelming experience. I hate that for a moment I can see what I do not know. I want to go back where I was before, where my mind was before. I want to worry about my daily non-issues and forget that I don’t have the control.
Here I am again, in my white and black reality, which in the end is simple and organised.
I wonder if there are colours in the unanswered questions.
Process
ENLIGHTENMENT
The illusion of disillusionment_2021
What fascinates me about optical illusion is its ability to be so attractive and at the same time disturbing. It is the exact translation of how I feel in the middle of an existential crisis. On the one hand, it is attractive to be able to step over the invisible barriers between everyday reality and metaphysical reality; on the other hand, it makes me lose myself, as for a moment I realise I am nothing. Because this is annoying and hurts, just like two thin lines vibrating between each other, my eyes will quickly look elsewhere.
I have noticed that many of my projects include black lines. Unconsciously, this led me to become interested in the Moire effect, which in turn led me to look at optical illusions, and to play at discovering new experiences for my eyes.
Process
