Binocular Boxes
Apart from the axiom “the eye is a camera,” many of us rarely consider how we visually perceive our environment. While viewing my own work at close range, I became aware of some of the peculiarities of binocular vision. This has developed into a fascination with visual perception mechanisms. My interests in corrective and compensatory functions that make vision possible have become the primary areas of my artistic exploration. With the creation of these haploscopic works (when viewed at close range, each eye records a different image), I have been considering such questions as:
How do images merge in binocular vision?
What is the nature of binocular rivalry and how does this influence what I see and how I perceive the relative placement of objects in space?
How motion-dependent is my visual attention?
How do I maintain continuity of image when my eyes, head and/or body are usually in motion?
What are the philosophical implications of these considerations? -2001
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