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Everything is alive when matter grows on it, it becomes visible, it becomes tangable.
Phenomenology as a transcendental act with the body in relationship to the tool being and the environmental landscape. Anchoring oneself in a space of knowing, one reaches across a threshold, expanding both self and space into an undivided shared presence, dissolving time and space.
This series births tools that ritualize this transformative process through multi-sensory design, enabling one to inhabit the sensorial space, unknown and transcend it.
These tool beings follow a sequence of known time, such as:
Phenomenology as a transcendental act with the body in relationship to the tool being and the environmental landscape. Anchoring oneself in a space of knowing, one reaches across a threshold, expanding both self and space into an undivided shared presence, dissolving time and space.
This series births tools that ritualize this transformative process through multi-sensory design, enabling one to inhabit the sensorial space, unknown and transcend it.
These tool beings follow a sequence of known time, such as:
6 am: experience of the sun giving birth to space,
9 am: mobilizing space into the outdoor environment through the table
12 pm: embodying mindful silence for the birth and dispersion of thoughts,
1 pm: speculating,
3 pm: breathing presence,
6 pm: experiencing light and the passage of time,
12 am: chalking unconsciousness,
∞ Amrut = undivided space.
To foster an eternal present.
9 am: mobilizing space into the outdoor environment through the table
12 pm: embodying mindful silence for the birth and dispersion of thoughts,
1 pm: speculating,
3 pm: breathing presence,
6 pm: experiencing light and the passage of time,
12 am: chalking unconsciousness,
∞ Amrut = undivided space.
To foster an eternal present.
The process involves studying internal environmental atmospheres, mapping natural phenomena, exploring metaphysics, time, and natural forces. Somatic interactions with natural elements evoke awareness of consciousness and being, fostering a deeper connection with oneself, the environment, and our impact on it. These tool beings facilitate infinite movement of the body.
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