Mirage is a profound exploration of the ego’s fragility and the malleability of self-perception, a visual meditation on the infinite, shifting nature of identity and the subconscious mind. The work journeys through the elusive spaces where perception dissolves into reality, and where the boundaries between the conscious and the unconscious blur, unraveling the illusion of a fixed self.

A solitary figure steps into the mirror, a threshold where the known confronts the unknown. The mirror, fluid and mercurial, becomes both a gateway and a trap, absorbing the figure and erasing the boundary between ego and reflection. This act of dissolution is not simply physical; it symbolizes the ego’s disintegration, the peeling away of layers that constitute the illusion of a solid self. It is within this dissolution that the self-encounters its most vulnerable form an endless expanse of uncertainty, doubt, and transformation.

The black water and vast void into which the figure ventures are metaphors for the subconscious; an expansive realm of memories, forgotten desires, and suppressed fears. The water’s transformation into an ocean mirrors the boundless nature of the mind, while the reflection’s multiplication becomes a haunting echo of the fractured ego. Each new reflection is an echo of a past moment, a choice, a decision, suggesting that identity is not a singular construct, but a complex interplay of infinite selves, each one shifting and evolving in response to the currents of the unconscious.

The fluidity of mercury, the infinite depth of the ocean, and the abyss of the void come together to form a surreal, dreamlike landscape, one that invites the viewer to journey inward, questioning the solidity of their own sense of self. Mirage is a mirror held up to the subconscious, where the ego is revealed not as a fixed entity, but as a fragile, ever-transforming reflection in the vast, uncharted waters of the mind. It is a confrontation with the self, a disorienting encounter where the observer and the observed cease to be separate, and the true nature of identity is both fragmented and infinite.