Hallucinations of the primary visual cortex

Watercolour, gouache, pencil and ink on watercolour paper, with digital reflection.

The primary visual cortex, located at the back of the brain (posterior pole), is the simplest cortical visual area. It is responsible for the processing of spacial information regarding static and moving objects, and is integral in pattern recognition. Hallucinations of the primary visual cortex have been classified into four groups (form constants), all geometric in nature, and include tunnels, spirals, lattices, and cobwebs.

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Work In Progress

Acrylic on board.

 

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Within the Cerebral Cortex IV

Watercolour, gouache, pencil and ink on watercolour paper, with digital reflection. 

 

Rhombus II (◊)  

Pattern, structure, their individual components, and how these fundamental units extend through repetition to form grids or fields.

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ScumSTREETscuM

3.0 Mpx iPhoneography.


Scum Street Scum is an ongoing photo series I commenced earlier this year. It abstracts the dropped, spilled, and discarded products of waste I see in gutters and backstreets from day to day, into biomorphic compositions of space and form. I am interested in these overlooked, abject forms because of the transient space they occupy. When something becomes rubbish because it has been used, broken or accidentally dropped it becomes an object of pure potential, it's purpose ambiguous, and its meaning uncertain.

I will continue with this series and explore within the limitations of the camera-phone. Given the opportunity I would like to carry this series further by working with a higher resolution camera to produce images that capture more of the fine detail I see in these myriad forms.

Visit scumstreetscum blog for all images.

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Being and Becoming •

Watercolour, pencil and ink on found paper. 

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Big Bang: Plastic Expansion

In the cyclic universe theory, universes are created and then disperse into space, one after another, with each cycle lasting trillions of years. From a big bang singularity, this universe composed of plastic and light, unfolds from its dense state with an energetic crackle. The present fades into the past and the future comes into being. The space will continue to expand, growing darker, colder and more diffuse. When the universe eventually becomes flat and featureless it will collapse and come together in another cosmic bang.

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Junk Geode III : Icosahedron

 

Poster board, metalized polyester film, wax.

The icosahedron, one of the five Platonic solids, it is a regular polyhedron with 20 equilateral triangular faces. Plato conceptualized the icosahedron as the atomic form of water, and within his philosophy it was an example of an enduring form, a manifestation of the eternal.

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