Anxiety (v1), 2021

Dimensions Variable

Electronics, LEDs, Brass Wire

Spatial interaction has always piqued my interest. In artistic exploration and experimentation, they manifest themselves with the help of light and human interaction. Anxiety (v1) is an exploration of an object’s interaction with space. Inspired by a combination of pop culture references (Marvel’s “Tesseract”/ Space Stone), freeform electronics and artists such as Olafur Eliasson, Einar Thorsteinn, Adam Frelin and Eirik Brandal, Anxiety (v1)’s tesseract, caged form acts both as protection and constraint for its delicate electronic interior, yet light and its sensor intangibly permeate beyond the bounding cube casting shadows on its surroundings. Its initial soft glow seeks to make its presence known, giving it an artificial life of its own. As viewers draw closer to warm breaths of the cube, the lights gradually beat at an accelerated rate, its lights drastically brighten to relatively blinding proportions. Is it out of fear? Or in acknowledgement of gaining attention?  

 I would be more specific here – are you talking about two spaces interacting with each other? The interaction of a person with space or two people interacting through spaces or the interaction of an object with a space?

Anxiety (v1) was presented in the following zine and virtual exhibition: