Threshold of Perception


Threshold of Perception, an eye looking through a cracked surface, by Bonfelle

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An eye peers through a cracked surface, as if it has found a gap in the world and can’t resist looking. It isn’t looking out. It’s looking in, searching for whatever lies beyond what we see at first glance.

I made this piece about that threshold, the thin line between what we notice and what we actually understand.

Most of my work starts the same way: I look at something for a long time, and then I look again. This is what the second look feels like.

عتبة الإدراك

عين تطلّ من سطح متشقق كأنها وجدت ثغرة في العالم ولم تستطع مقاومة النظر. لا تنظر إلى الخارج بل إلى الداخل، تبحث عمّا يكمن وراء ما نراه للوهلة الأولى. صنعتُ هذا العمل عن تلك العتبة، الخط الرفيع بين ما نلاحظه وما نفهمه حقاً. تبدأ معظم أعمالي بالطريقة نفسها: أنظر إلى الشيء طويلاً، ثم أنظر مرة أخرى؛ وهذا ما تبدو عليه النظرة الثانية.

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