Walking on a Path
Walking drawing | Pencil on paper
Two parts, each: 91 x 91 cm
15:23-15:37 EST, 2 Oct, Providence, USA
2018
Two parts, each: 91 x 91 cm
15:23-15:37 EST, 2 Oct, Providence, USA
2018
“Our sensory systems activate only in the presence of change, and our cognitive awareness of heat, light or sound is not of the environment at all, but of the manner in which our own bodies are reacting to the environment.”-Michelle Addington, ”The Phenomena Of The Non-Visual”
Cognition emerges through the dynamic interaction between an active organism and its surrounding environment. The environment, therefore, can be understood as a perceptual order—one that we selectively construct through our capacities for interaction. In perception, abstract information is extracted from its context; once translated into internal representation, it becomes detached from its origin and can be processed or manipulated independently.
The intention of this project is to observe the body’s fluid adjustments and self-regulating responses to space and time. I documented sensations of light, temperature, sound, and spatial conditions in digital data while walking along a street—recording inputs from both my physical body and electronic sensors. These datasets were then translated into varying densities of charcoal lines, revealing that my body experienced and interpreted two distinct versions of the same path.
