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Box of Mirrors
This interpretive piece was an attempt to visualize and convey some of the emotions experienced by paranoid schizophrenics, in response to one of my favorite novels, Martian Time Slip by Philip K. Dick. The piece is composed of a hexagonal box, with an inwards-facing mirror on five of the six walls, and a plaster mask imbedded in the sixth. One of the five mirrors is broken. Draped over the open top of the box is a piece of black burlap.
The Box of Mirrors is an experiential piece. To truly understand it you need to be able to put your face to the plaster mask and see your own reflection. What is reflected back to you is a shattered vision of yourself. Most people who have seen it experience a sense of being lost, trapped, or mesmerized in the reflection of their own eyes. It is an identity shaking experience.
Box of Mirrors
This interpretive piece was an attempt to visualize and convey some of the emotions experienced by paranoid schizophrenics, in response to one of my favorite novels, Martian Time Slip by Philip K. Dick. The piece is composed of a hexagonal box, with an inwards-facing mirror on five of the six walls, and a plaster mask imbedded in the sixth. One of the five mirrors is broken. Draped over the open top of the box is a piece of black burlap.
The Box of Mirrors is an experiential piece. To truly understand it you need to be able to put your face to the plaster mask and see your own reflection. What is reflected back to you is a shattered vision of yourself. Most people who have seen it experience a sense of being lost, trapped, or mesmerized in the reflection of their own eyes. It is an identity shaking experience.