Throughout da Vinci’s notebooks, he writes to a phantom ‘you.’ You performs experiments, lifts hypotheses to conclusions, and wages silent arguments against him. You’s identity is a shifting one: at times you operates as a mirror to da Vinci himself, at other times a student, a reader, or an actor. This piece takes text from da Vinci’s notebooks, and reworks it; making you the active subject, rather than a phantom one.
Surface essay was originally exhibited in This Works Differently’s online quarantine exhibition, 25 April 2020.
Surface essay was originally exhibited in This Works Differently’s online quarantine exhibition, 25 April 2020.
