Acri
Colored pencils, PVC, silicone
22 × 18 × 6 in
2018
Acri was created for a second invitation to participate in The Brain Project, a public art initiative organized by Baycrest Foundation in Toronto to raise funds for brain health research.
Rather than working directly on a cast brain, I constructed the form from hundreds of colored pencils arranged in a precise grid. Varying the length of each pencil gradually reveals the shape of a human brain, allowing the image to emerge only as viewers move around the sculpture.
The work was exhibited throughout Toronto before being acquired by a private collector, with proceeds supporting The Brain Project.
Field Notes
Sometimes an image doesn't exist
until you move.
I wanted the brain to appear slowly.
Not all at once,
but through attention.
The individual pencils are simple.
The form only exists because of their accumulation.
Memory feels similar.
No single experience defines us.
Together,
they become a life.
This was one of the first works where perception depended on movement.
The sculpture changed because the viewer changed position.
I've returned to that idea many times since.