Workshop 1: A box within a box

( Syzergey model constructed from found items)

The first workshop was a 7 hour project to produce a box within a box from found items. 

We chose to take the idea of existence into this project, developing our ideas of memory and triggers. The box contained what appeared to be a random collection of fragments. However, when a light was shone through the box, at the correct alignment and position; a moment of clarity, the fragments aligned and formed a negative box of light on the surface behind the box. 

The technique is known as 'Syzergey',  creating a desired form at a certain point of alignment. This links back to the idea of a 'moment of clarity', the triggering of a memory and creating form and space from it. The piece was a great success and we were very happy with the results. 

The question this piece evokes is quite interesting: "does the box exist within the box, as it is only realised outside of the box? 

I believe the fact that the box is formed from within the box, it does in fact exist from within it, only to be realised outside it once a certain moment of clarity is triggered.