Seeing oneself see, 2023

Digital photography on plexyglass.

 

Produced thanks to Olot Photography Grant, Olot, Girona, Spain.

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‘The eyes are the organic prototype of philosophy. Their enigma is that they can not only see but they can also see themselves seeing. This gives them a prominence among the cognitive organs of the body. A good art of philosophical thinking is actually only eye reflex, eye diabetic, seeing-oneself-see’  Critique of Cynical Reason. P. Sloterdijk

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The Purkinje Tree phenomenon allows us to see our blood vessels under certain conditions. In the scientific literature, they have been described as a tree with many branches, which is why they were called the "bascular tree."

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The capillaries of the eye become visible to themselves, thus creating a paradox of vision.

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This involves a superposition of the visual and the experiential, of the real and the abstract that these shapes represent.

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The branches establish a connection between the interior and exterior of perception: between what we see (unconsciously) and what we look at (consciously).

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