Here I Stand

    JG Legion

    Multimedia installation: sculpted embodiments of plaster on wired armature, augmented with sensor-controlled LED lighting

    Can you see me? Really see me? Or am I still invisible?

    Come closer (not too close!) and look. Just stop and look. Now think about who you are seeing. First impressions? No, we need to go much deeper.

    Thanks to the virus, our heightened awareness of proximity and the physical presence of others is where it should have been all along, at the heart of every personal interaction.

    This requires of us an attempt to set aside any built-in bias and preconceived ideas, and engage in a far more subtle, nuanced visual conversation, to understand more clearly who we are conversing with and what they are trying to communicate to us.

    Such multilayered thinking also demands that we look deep inside ourselves, which in turn prompts us to open our minds to encompass the bigger picture.

    Look, see, think. And remember.


    JG Legion

    JG Legion operates in the liminal space between question and answer, physical and computational, to develop forms that explore the concept of identity.

    Finding particular inspiration in the intriguing conversations begun by the Surrealists, Legion builds life-size installations to engage the audience in an evolving discussion.

    Legion's work references the ancient practice of sculpting the human figure, but employs current construction methods, and augments these with computation to create a hybrid form that interrogates the new norms of contemporary life, and their impact on conventional thinking.

    Tags
    Computational resistance  Bodies in relation   interactive  light  narrative  

    JG Legion

    JG Legion operates in the liminal space between question and answer, physical and computational, to develop forms that explore the concept of identity.

    Finding particular inspiration in the intriguing conversations begun by the Surrealists, Legion builds life-size installations to engage the audience in an evolving discussion.

    Legion's work references the ancient practice of sculpting the human figure, but employs current construction methods, and augments these with computation to create a hybrid form that interrogates the new norms of contemporary life, and their impact on conventional thinking.