Landscape: Lens
2019 - 2020
Landscape: Lens turns a glance into bodily performance.
Images on the mirrors are imaginary landscapes composed of the anatomical images of the eye, such as the optic nerve, vitreous body, and retina.
The works induce subtle movements of eye muscles that occur when viewers focus on the image of the work and refocus on their reflection in the mirror. Through this, the images on the mirrors serve as a medium analogous to a lens to make the viewer aware of the moment of observation physically, continuously contracting and releasing the muscle around their iris.
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Landscape: Lens is aligned with my long-term exploration of aesthetic experience and the act of seeing. This line of thought elucidates our internal system to perceive the outside world, the system that conditions the mode of perception and the status of entities.
To learn more, please refer to Gaze - 2 1/2 - Landscape: Lens - On Observation.