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A sensor within the
sculptural form System 22 measures the CO2 concentration in
the environment. Two fans alternately blow air into and out
of the enclosed form and a thin membrane on a surface moves
in and out, crudely mimicking the process of breathing. The
breathing rate changes proportionately to the CO2
concentration. System 22 developed from a continuing
exploration of the human experience, and questions the
validity of the concept self. A human individual exists both
as an autonomous agent and as an integrated element in a
greater systemic continuum. As with other sentient life
forms, humans experience their existence within an
environment. One begins to differentiate between ones self
and the environment at at early age. This process of
differentiation paradoxically necessitates the passage of
information through the boundaries of the perceived self;
one sees, hears, tastes, smells and feels information from
the environment. Countless feedback loops within the human
nervous system engage these sensory inputs to continually
redefine the self within the ever changing environment. When
one considers that this sensing organism also exists as a
fleeting byproduct of a uniquely assembled genetic code, at
the end or within a chain of genetic information extending
back through generations and potentially into the future,
the assumed boundaries defining the self begin to seem
increasingly arbitrary and constructed. /div>
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