In
this installation we explored the disembodied nature of information
and messages as they dislocate and fracture one's sense of self
while simultaneously expanding one's sense of connection. Our
sense of self is no longer created through direct experiences
but instead through mediated and simulated experience. Our senses
continue to extend far beyond the physical limits of our bodies;
virtual spaces and ideas are brought to us not by our fingers,
ears or eyes but by video cameras, satellites, and digital wires.
It is difficult to know where the individual body begins and
our extended senses end. While these technologies amplify and
clarify our knowledge, they also diminish and shrink our sense
of self. The instantaneous quality of the information places
us in a perpetual present. A constant flux. It places us at
the center of an unknown self which is as fleeting as these
electronic pulses. What is concrete are our connections. Indeed,
electronic communications may help us realize that the individual
self is a knot embedded in a relational network of others.