POLYMER
Structures are always changing
Between matter, memory, and perception
We are surrounded
by an overwhelming amount
of images, colors,
and information
Yet the structures
behind them
are becoming increasingly
invisible
Images are consumed instantly
and replaced
before perception
can fully settle
Perhaps
we are no longer
truly seeing the world
We are learning
to process it
For me, making work
is an act of unsettling
the contours
of the visible world
once again
I try to slow
the speed of perception,
even slightly
in order to observe
the moment when invisible
relationships and sensations
quietly emerge
from behind
what we think we see
Between the visible
and invisible
between matter
and memory
perception continues
to fluctuate
1839 Contemporary Gallery Taipei, Taiwan
Within that fluctuation
I feel
that a small residue
of humanity’s
still-unlost
purity of perception
quietly remains
I spent more than 25 years
observing polymer structures
through electron microscopy
That experience continues
to influence
the act of seeing itself
in my work today