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Still Here, Vanishing (Dutch working title: Met Open Ogen Zie Ik Niks Meer) explores the fragile relationship between seeing and perceiving. Drawing on the Troxler effect, a perceptual phenomenon in which visual information can fade during prolonged fixation, the project investigates how something can remain physically present while disappearing from our awareness.
Developed in dialogue with perception researchers Prof. Chris Paffen and Prof. Sjoerd Stuit at Utrecht University, the research explores how sustained attention, visual interference and eye movements affect what we see.
Early experiments combine a live camera feed with moving pink noise. A first installation test was presented at Utrecht University's Helmholtz Perception Day in November 2026, inviting visitors to observe their own image gradually dissolve and reappear.
These initial tests form the starting point for a broader artistic investigation into how moving images, duration and the act of looking can challenge the boundaries of visual perception.
Early experiments combine a live camera feed with moving pink noise. A first installation test was presented at Utrecht University's Helmholtz Perception Day in November 2026, inviting visitors to observe their own image gradually dissolve and reappear.
These initial tests form the starting point for a broader artistic investigation into how moving images, duration and the act of looking can challenge the boundaries of visual perception.
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