Space

All arranged
In a way
That suggests

We overcome obstacles and strive for creation.

“One should not wish to erase from life its wild and wicked features; one should know how to use them for advantage.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

Conversation murmur
Inebriating dance
Of consciousness

Hovering on the edge emphasizes the importance of intentionality, the way that our consciousness is always directed towards something.

“An idea is an inheritance complicated by private experience.” – F Scott Fitzgerald

Toy robot
Encased in
Transparent plastic

The mint robot can be understood as an actual entity existing within a complex of experiences.

“The actual world is a process of becoming, and… these becomings are not independent of one another. They require each other’s natures for the determination of their own natures.” – Alfred North Whitehead

Inert depictions
Negative space
Experience elements

The specific qualities we perceive are all constituted by our consciousness.

“Negative space is magical – create it, don’t just fill it up!” – Timothy Samara

Functional
Object
Transforms

Husserl, the father of phenomenology, emphasized the importance of bracketing out assumptions and returning to the essence of an object or experience through intentional consciousness.

“The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and adding his own contribution to the creative act.” – Marcel Duchamp

Points on a line
Clear partition
Slice of space

A continuous flow of experience constitutes consciousness.

“The present is big with the future, the future might be read in the past, the distant is expressed in the near.” – Gottfried Leibniz

Creepy doll
Seems to possess
Disquieting sentience

The vacant eyes, devoid of true sight, hold a gaze that seems to pierce through time.

“Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever.” – George Berkeley

Within sterile confines
Silent narratives
Cultural significance

The display case acts as a barrier, separating the viewer and blurring the lines between authenticity and artifice.

“Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector’s passion borders on the chaos of memories.” – Walter Benjamin

Deep focus
Hexagonal openings
Reverse twist mesh

A roll of lightweight metal fence material designed to keep domestic chickens or peacocks in designated aviary areas is discarded.

“Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world – people who will cause trouble if the government doesn’t restrain them.” – Harry Browne

Object materiality
Warm glow
Slow decay

A close-up of a metal structure with multiple planes of focus.

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau