2024
3D prints, 26 pcs., drawings on wall, prints on plaque
The project Algorithm for a Peculiar Coping with Reality deals with the topic of the mechanisms that people choose in the process of perceiving the events, happening to them and especially the inevitable emotional results caused by these experiences. In this sense, the author chooses an unnatural approach - to "compress" her own emotions by applying a data archiving algorithm.
This absurd thesis leads her to the Fourier transform. In physics, engineering, and mathematics, the Fourier transform (FT) is an integral transform that takes an output function and outputs another function that describes the degree to which different frequencies are present in the original function. In this way, the movement of information goes in both directions and the original one can easily be resumed.
Over the course of a month, the author collects biometric data from her own heart rate, wearing a smartwatch, and with the help of the programmer Nikola Stoyanov, applies the Fourier transformation in question. The end result is cubic shapes that resemble embossed, almost tissue-like, structures with peaks and troughs that, however, do not correspond to those of her heartbeat. The final object does not provide information about the heart beat, but represents their compressed view. The result is a convoluted narrative- a combination of formulas and interrelationships and reflects the state of overthinking that people often unwittingly fall into in their quest to clarify a situation.
During this time-consuming process, the need to adopt a safe attitude towards reality, born of a sense of self-preservation, is brought forward, which actually leads to more problems than solutions. In this way, the project draws attention to the topic of the ecology of the body and mind and to what extent it is affected in our daily lives.
The project is developed for the Ecology/ Technology Festival, initiated by Arosita Gallery, Sofia.
