Soul: diorama

Soul: Diorama Exhibition 2017 Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, is a sculptural installation made up of idiosyncratic imagery, processes, and compositions of my art making practice. The work speaks to the idea of the place it was made and stands as a self-portrait of the artist through the manipulated and appropriated German iconography, the Ampelmännchen. The written portion of the Masters’ project explores a cross-discipline investigation and conceptualization of the processes and imagery. Art is a place where the mystics of philosophy and observation of science may collaborate to influence the pursuit of research and final compositional decisions in exhibition. Within the cerebral state, I envisioned the mechanics of particle physics of light and color in the world around us. Cerebral visions of these underlying physics of the everyday led to the surreal paradoxical environment that is Soul: Diorama. I hypothesized on how to create illusionary three-dimensional spaces: Soul: Diorama, Before illusionary effects are achieved by restricting the viewers perspective and applying forced perspective practices of painting to three-dimensional small-scale dioramas. Soul: Diorama, After illusionary effects are the result of screen printed images of light activated ink and programmed LED lights that create a primary hologram reaction.