Mirror Armor
2021
Dimensions Variable
Materials: Plexi mirror, single channel video color, loop
Project Venues:
2021 The Voice of Glass, The Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga
2021 IGLASS, Levant Gallery, Shanghai, China
Since COVID-19, my experience of isolation has caused me to look more introspectively at myself.
Being entrapped in narcissism is like a “self-jail”. Placing the mirror armor fixtures over my nude body causes the viewer to see the pixelated and fragmented image of myself. Usually covering, hiding, pretending to be a version of myself on the outside, therefore, “good looking” seems more of decoration or in itself a type of armor suitable for public viewing.
Will these mirrors of self reflection cause me to wonder who I am on a deeper level? To discover who I truly am, what I am afraid of, why I waste my life without discovering my inner self. I constantly struggle with how I can break this boundary because I want to wake from this oblivion.
Using this illusionistic phenomena, this piece is yet another within my continuous mission of exploring the myth of what is “real”. Perhaps through emphasizing distortion and a twisting of our perceptions, we can uncover the core and reveal the true self.
Visually, this piece dissolves and integrates myself into the environment. While highlighting emerging parts, it also disperses the inner me to my surroundings. I am able to travel between the inner claustrophobic anxious part of my core (both physically and mentally) and the expanded / extended part of myself.
Special Thanks to:
Emily Culver(CAD design), Dana Ollestad( Photo, Video, Editor)
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