In constructing our own reality, we assemble fragments into a seamless whole. This project explores the composition of the self through the layered experience of seeing, a play between attention and distraction, focus and dissolution.

Our eyes, the arbiters of perception, shape the world we see. What we choose to fixate on sharpens into view, vivid and clear, while the peripheral fades into abstraction, an illusion of chaos.

At its core, a kinetic ball, a physical manifestation of the center of our retina, moves within the space. The further from the center, the more fragmented and chaotic the environment appears, mirroring the veil of illusion that masks what lies beyond our immediate gaze. The Harvard Art Museum, typically fixed in time, becomes fluid, dissolving and reforming depending on where we choose to look.

The project questions the stability of our perception, the limits of attention, and the fragmented nature of our visual memory.