Together

This work consists of a thin fluorescent tube twisted into a tangled mass, which from every angle appears to be nothing more than a luminous, glowing, meaningless jumble. In fact, however, it is a carefully crafted weave that forms the word together – but the word is visible only from one particular perspective: that which happens to be coincide with the viewer’s point of view.
The title of the work is a reference to the viewers’ momentary sense of relief when they decipher the hidden word in the image, and the accompanying sense of accomplishment. But it carries an ironic undercurrent, too, letting us know that it is only a temporary respite. In this, it is a metaphorical allusion to the human condition, which offers but a few fleeting moments of relief (being together, understanding) in a life that is otherwise mostly one of bewilderness, bemusement, confusion, and yearning for order and logic in the face of the chaotic nature of ephemeral existence.