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Artist Statement, continued

... unfixed entities, the signals competing for their attention. In scientific terms, the spectators' own brains may be affected quite directly, through a process called "entraining." The electronic pulses, visualized as beating light, are based on patterns that have been claimed to be the timing of neurons firing in certain areas of the human brain. The firing patterns used in this work correspond to states of haunting, or abject fear, and benign enlightenment or rapture. These emotions might be understood as two sides of the same coin, a habitation of something that feels other than oneself. One may sense instability of the boundaries between the self and the conditions created by the objects in the work.

I made this piece after Charged Hearts, working again with images that are almost not there. In one sense, as glowing, fragile objects, they might seem hyper real, yet they suggest something that isn't visual. Again, the spectator becomes a performer moving from observer status through a series of transgressions linked with the object. Like Charged Hearts, this piece simulates interactive intimacy. It is the continuation of my thinking about emotions, new technologies, and ...   >>>>