The Microscopic Analysis of Objectivity
This piece elaborates on the notion of underlying meaning beyond the immediately ostensible. The piece resembles a microscope, oriented at a slight vertical angle, and positioned so the viewer can look down into it.
The bulk of the work is a tapered box with open ends, the bottom one leading following the tapers into a separate piece that comes to a point like a pyramid. This tip is a metaphor of the invisible “thing in itself” that we can never truly see. Inside the upside down pyramid is the end of the tunnel that extends through from the top of the other container. A small disc of mirrored Plexiglas is attached to the bottom, alluding to the inaccuracy of our perceptions that reflect back on the eye of the beholder and rendering complete unbiased objectivity impossible.
A crack down the front allows light to penetrate through the fabric stretched over it. The symbolism of this schism is found throughout my body of work, conveying the rift between each individual that we can only try to transcend through communication.