Below are series of paper cutouts displayed during class time. Through my work, I wanted to talk about how one can be defined by what they are missing. The carved out holes define the structure of the brain. I think about what this particular subject's brain is missing, and what that would mean in terms of the person's characteristics, patterns of thought, their whole "being." I am not allowed to know anything about this particular subject as the work was derived from research data, but once you get into neurology, there are number of things one can say from looking at the holes in a brain.
It's not presented as well as I hoped to. The slices are not lined up well, and there are difference in the float distance, casting distracting shadows and affecting the overall pristine feel I was going for.
I feel like my ideas on brains, holes, and slices, are better represented in the following pictures:
These are couple stacks of slices on top of each other, with a bright light behind the stacks. The problem is, because of the thickness of the bristol paper, I cannot stack all the slices together. But maybe I don't need to. Installing this may be a bit troublesome.
