Self Reflector; Reflector, Observer
Self Reflector is a space filled with reflective forms activated by the presence of the viewer, to produce a sense of uneasiness and self-awareness through a constant play on reflective surfaces and human observation. Visitors’ psychological and physical awareness is heightened, while awareness of their relationship to others is also amplified.
The work demonstrates the reliance on the presence of human bodies, as well as reflective surfaces and ideas around ‘the observer’. Humans are positioned in an environment that provokes self-realisation within a social context. Self Reflector allows us to slow down in this current fast-paced environment and even if just for a moment allows us to stop and think about our position within the world and how, as individuals and as groups we can be positively influential to the world and environment around us.
“In all my work...geometric forms inhabited and activated by the presence of the viewer, and a sense of uneasiness and psychological alienation is produced by a constant play between feelings of inclusion and exclusion.” Dan Graham, “Heart Pavilion,” in Two-Way Mirror Power, p. 173.