Unity
An Intuitive Light Exploration
This collection is about unity, something we talk about often but rarely examine with real depth. I started thinking about the things that keep us from coming together: war, starvation, suffering, and racism. So, I did a web search for those topics and projected what I found suitable to convey the message. These are real images, some iconic, some forgotten, that speak to the pain so many people live with daily while the rest of the world looks away.
The name, Double Exposure, is derived from the dual meaning. The subject is exposed, physically and emotionally, while select images are projected onto their body. It’s not about sexuality. It’s about vulnerability. Their exposure becomes a mirror for our own. It asks: how willing are we to face the truth? Unless something external forces us to unite, like a cosmic threat, we have to choose unity ourselves. And we can’t do that while ignoring the suffering happening all around us. That’s why I decided to release this work, even though some parts are uncomfortable.
The first nine pieces in this collection, 2.1 through 2.9, are geometric forms. My love for light, space, science, and technology inspired them. These works are purely visual, open editions meant to be beautiful, balanced, and meditative. They don’t carry a specific message. They exist as art, created through projection and form.
The last two pieces are limited editions that deal directly with famine and war. Only 11 prints are available in each of two sizes, 22 total per image. 2.10 and 2.11 are especially different and are meant to be experienced together.
2.10 focuses on the Sudan famine of 1998. During that time, a severe drought in southern Sudan combined with the ongoing civil war led to large-scale displacement, disruption of farming, and widespread food shortages. In Ajiep, MSF operated a feeding center to serve thousands of malnourished people amid soaring death rates. Ajiep became one of the epicenters of the famine, despite relief efforts by OLS and other agencies struggling to reach all affected communities.
In 2.11, I project a historical image of a child in crisis, caught in a moment of raw fear and chaos. The visual language of both pieces is intentionally jarring. They are not meant to be easy to look at.
If you look closely, you’ll notice blur, pixelation, and shadows left intentionally exposed from the projection. These imperfections echo how memory erodes and how history is so often distorted or ignored. The contrast between the last two and the first nine pieces is deliberate. One is bright and almost deceptively beautiful, the other dark and haunting. Together, they explore duality, light and shadow, beauty and horror, attraction and discomfort, surface and substance. Each of these abstract works is set against a reflective surface that resembles water. I used the same reflective material across the entire collection as a way of connecting the beautiful and the ugly parts of our world. In the geometric pieces, it amplifies the play of light and form. In the narrative works, it becomes symbolic, representing the tears shed by those who have suffered and by those willing to truly see.
The goal isn’t to shock. It’s to connect. I want the viewer to be drawn in by the beauty, the geometry, the light… and then realize there’s something deeper happening. Something more challenging to look at, but impossible to ignore.
Double Exposure is about remembering, about facing what’s real, and hopefully, about finding a way forward together. Also, the collection is a timely reminder of our responsibility to learn from history and protect what we hope to become.
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