# ONE-TO-ONE VS ONE-TO-MANY

In a digital culture saturated by selfies, curated identities, and the relentless pursuit of external validation, my artwork asks: Rather than focusing on who we can become, how do we awaken to who we truly are?

This artwork, #One-to-One VS One-to-Many, is a part of a series titled "Selfless in a Selfie World." I travel to coveted selfie destinations, shoot photography, and juxtapose the photographed imagery with abstract symbolism I create that contrarily embodies the selfless state (that of our essence based identity often hidden behind egoic identity constructs).

This work is a part of the Saint Tropez edition. The photography shot (as rendered on floating aluminum parts) is of a lighthouse: a representation of a "one-to-many" selfie world theme, as prevalent on social media platforms where true human connection can be lost. The painted overlay (seemingly levitating at the forefront) is a symbol for the antithesis: a "one-to-one" connection, where individualized intent makes the most precious contact. I use duality as a tool for introspection and the artwork as a whole is an invitation to go within and awaken to a state of conscious intention that can remedy the collective experience.

While this series has been nearly 10-years in creation, the latest evolution of the work into wall sculptures has been the result of a process that took nearly a year to refine due to required testing, engineering, and mechanical design in order to achieve very particular optical effects for realizing a creative vision. 289 hand assembled anodized aluminum parts with photography subtly move with the viewer whilst changing vantage points. The concept of illusion (being that the selfie world is one most illusory) plays a theme, and the selfie world imagery seemingly floats in perfectly machined hemispheres measured to micron (0.001 mm) level precision. The face painted symbol also seemingly floats at the forefront, with all edges precisely ending at the middle of the clear polished acrylic’s radius. The backside is engineered in such a manner with an aluminum mounting system that the artwork as a whole appears to levitate in front of the wall on which it is hung.

Overall, the artwork responds to a rapidly growing social conversation around how humanity is being defined by social media, artificial intelligence and digital technologies, while also exploring how human connection, authenticity, and our collective experience can be remedied. Intricate meaning and a complex creative process merge as artwork that challenges current cultural norms and open humanity to the possibility that the greatest revolution of our time may not be technological, but inward.