The Anatomy of Perception | تشريح الإدراك الفكري
This project was created as part of the Virtual Collaborative Program for Emerging Artists, co-organized by Postscript Magazine and Exit 11 Performing Arts Company. It is a three-week virtual residency pairing emerging artists in an interdisciplinary setting.
“There is no such thing as an objective reality.”
In essence, there are two perceptions of reality: Objective Reality, and Subjective Reality. A contradiction in the previous statement could be that one cannot prove the existence of objective reality; we can only learn its properties through observations, which of course, are subjective.
The definition of art is as fragile as reality; just as art, it has so many variations and contradictions. They both depend on individual perception, making their meanings fluid, folding to expandable layers.
Translating reality to an entity that is simple and comprehensible is to create a world of dream within it.
This installation explores the fragility of reality through the medium of Augmented Reality. The experience encourages individuals to be participants rather than just viewers, through a child like exploration.
It is an interpretation of the dreamworld in real life, creating a state of dreaming, while still being in your current surroundings. - urging you to be present in the space, even though the installation is not physically there. By creating a subconscious experience in consciousness (in real life), you automatically alternate your view of what true perception is.
Photography has always been a medium that presented reality as what it is. The photo series developed pushes the boundaries of realism, exploring a new understanding of perception, telling a story about an individual and their interpretation of what may truly exist around them.
The form of the installation taps into the space-time continuum, visually translating a complex theory into an experience via shapes, colors, and the circular setup of the installation itself. Each shape was hand drawn in VR, manipulated in 3D modeling software, and finally exported to AR further highlighting that just because something is not physically there doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
The installation can be accessed as an Instagram filter here.
Additionally, access the VR filter via Adobe Aero by scanning the code below, or visiting this link, to create your own dreamworld:
Participating in this Virtual Collaborative Program and starting this project earlier this year, factoring in Covid-19, the unfortunate fact of not being able to display our installation physically, and also that we both live in two different countries, our goal was simple: we wanted people to still be able to engage with what we produced, to connect with art within their own spaces, thus creating individual and unique experiences.
Behind the project (click through):
Israa Mahmood Al Balushi is an Omani visual artist. She has completed her studies in Urban Planning and Architectural Design back in 2019 and she is currently working as a Creative Designer. She has been experimenting with photography since 2018. Her multimedia work often explores the relationship between urbanism, art, and culture. She often documents the urban identity of her surroundings, in hopes of giving an intimate insight into the existing architecture and its connection to people through everyday moments and the fluidity that exists in-between.
Dominika Jezewska is a multidisciplinary artist and designer. She graduated from Parsons School of Design in 2016 with a BFA in Fashion Design and has an extensive background in fashion and 3D visualization. Forever immersed and fascinated by the world, she spends her time exploring realities + everything in between in her art practice, imagining and dissecting the relationships between humans, objects and space. Especially interested in the little things and subtle messages which make up the fabric of the subjective realities we exist in, she explores the possibilities and what ifs crafting pockets of alternate realities which exist at the intersection of art, design and technology and appear in different forms ranging from wearable avant-garde fashion art pieces to installations and mixed reality environments.