Reciprocity of reality

An incomplete investigative project focussing on experience and the marks that it leaves behind.

It began with a drip that appeared from nowhere on the roof of the abandoned hospital I was living in, in Kings Cross. I became obsessed. While researching the Perennial Philosophy and thinking deeply about perception, I also found myself fixated on a seminal experiment in quantum physics. The combination of sleeplessness, obsessive thinking, and a collapsing sense of certainty led me to start unpacking my reality and questioning the origins of it altogether.

What stayed with me through this process was the idea of the forgotten. That which is no longer seen, if it ever could be. I began thinking about what can and can’t be perceived in our everyday experience of the universe. This sparked an interest in the properties of light and the relativity of experience, leading me further into quantum theory.

The research led to an idea: trying to see through the light, or behind the photograph. I began experimenting, and over time, a theory started to form. Its shape felt supported by the abstract results of the work I was making.

The ambiguity of these results is part of their meaning. They push against the idea that reality is fixed or objective. The desire to prove something can distort what we see. In trying to prove something about experience, the experience itself shifts. You can end up seeing what you want to see, not what’s actually there.

This is why the project remains an open question. Everything is relative. What I offer is my relativity. I’m asking for yours in return.