Melting Away
Limited edition artwork on museum-quality Hahnemühle Bamboo FineArt Paper (290 gsm, 90% bamboo fibers, 10% cotton), signed and numbered on the front and on the back, embossed with an authenticity stamp, comes with a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.
From my project “Dripping Realities”
As we go about our daily lives, we tend to assume that our perceptions — sights, sounds, textures, tastes — are an accurate portrayal of the real world. Yet, when we stop and think about it — or when we find ourselves fooled by a perceptual illusion — we realize with a jolt that what we perceive is never the world directly, but rather our brain’s best guess at what that world is like, a kind of internal simulation of an external reality. Still, we bank on the fact that our simulation is a reasonably decent one. If it wasn’t, wouldn’t evolution have weeded us out by now? The true reality might be forever beyond our reach, however.
Is space and time in which we think we operate just our VR headset, an interface that we can reverse engineer? What would it feel like to see reality as it is truly is? So far, it seems unimaginable, but at least we can imagine this “reality headset” melting and dripping away.
Inspired by the work of Donald Hoffman, an American cognitive psychologist, Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, and popular science author.
The project emerged from my work on another series, called "Plastic Souls", so the characters look similar.
Available in sizes and editions:
50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7 in.) - 4
70 x 70 cm (27.6 x 27.6 in.) - 4
100 x 100 cm (39.4 x 39.4 in.) - 4
120 x 120 cm (47.2 x 47.2 in.) - 4
Limited edition artwork on museum-quality Hahnemühle Bamboo FineArt Paper (290 gsm, 90% bamboo fibers, 10% cotton), signed and numbered on the front and on the back, embossed with an authenticity stamp, comes with a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.
From my project “Dripping Realities”
As we go about our daily lives, we tend to assume that our perceptions — sights, sounds, textures, tastes — are an accurate portrayal of the real world. Yet, when we stop and think about it — or when we find ourselves fooled by a perceptual illusion — we realize with a jolt that what we perceive is never the world directly, but rather our brain’s best guess at what that world is like, a kind of internal simulation of an external reality. Still, we bank on the fact that our simulation is a reasonably decent one. If it wasn’t, wouldn’t evolution have weeded us out by now? The true reality might be forever beyond our reach, however.
Is space and time in which we think we operate just our VR headset, an interface that we can reverse engineer? What would it feel like to see reality as it is truly is? So far, it seems unimaginable, but at least we can imagine this “reality headset” melting and dripping away.
Inspired by the work of Donald Hoffman, an American cognitive psychologist, Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, and popular science author.
The project emerged from my work on another series, called "Plastic Souls", so the characters look similar.
Available in sizes and editions:
50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7 in.) - 4
70 x 70 cm (27.6 x 27.6 in.) - 4
100 x 100 cm (39.4 x 39.4 in.) - 4
120 x 120 cm (47.2 x 47.2 in.) - 4
Limited edition artwork on museum-quality Hahnemühle Bamboo FineArt Paper (290 gsm, 90% bamboo fibers, 10% cotton), signed and numbered on the front and on the back, embossed with an authenticity stamp, comes with a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.
From my project “Dripping Realities”
As we go about our daily lives, we tend to assume that our perceptions — sights, sounds, textures, tastes — are an accurate portrayal of the real world. Yet, when we stop and think about it — or when we find ourselves fooled by a perceptual illusion — we realize with a jolt that what we perceive is never the world directly, but rather our brain’s best guess at what that world is like, a kind of internal simulation of an external reality. Still, we bank on the fact that our simulation is a reasonably decent one. If it wasn’t, wouldn’t evolution have weeded us out by now? The true reality might be forever beyond our reach, however.
Is space and time in which we think we operate just our VR headset, an interface that we can reverse engineer? What would it feel like to see reality as it is truly is? So far, it seems unimaginable, but at least we can imagine this “reality headset” melting and dripping away.
Inspired by the work of Donald Hoffman, an American cognitive psychologist, Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, and popular science author.
The project emerged from my work on another series, called "Plastic Souls", so the characters look similar.
Available in sizes and editions:
50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7 in.) - 4
70 x 70 cm (27.6 x 27.6 in.) - 4
100 x 100 cm (39.4 x 39.4 in.) - 4
120 x 120 cm (47.2 x 47.2 in.) - 4
Framing:
The artwork is unframed and unmounted. If you would like to get advice on framing or get your print framed for you and delivered ready to hang to your door, please add the “Framing Assistance” service to your order.
Shipping:
Your piece is professionally packaged by a fine-art printing studio with 40 years of experience and shipped by premium delivery services (UPS or DHL). Unframed artworks are shipped wrapped in ink protective archival material, branded gift wrap, and additional bubble wrap in a reinforced cardboard tube. Framed pieces are shipped with plastic or wooden board protection. Your newly acquired artwork will arrive at its new home safe and sound.
