"You Can't Look Directly at the Sun" explores our paradoxical desire to observe the sun and our inability to do so directly. The landscape is presented in vibrant, changing colors that shift and blend seamlessly, reflecting ideas of possible future landscapes, bodies, and of this imaginary time-lapse. This visual experience invites viewers to question the limits of perception, the fleeting nature, and the profound mysteries that lie in and beyond our reach.

Being in New York in 2024 has added a new dimension to this experience. I want to incorporate my observations of the city's lack of presence in the moment and its pervasive sense of capitalist control. This work expands on the themes I've been exploring - body, presence, social perceptions, environmental changes, and how these changes affect us. By layering a video of myself and one of my paintings, I aim to bring my vulnerability and presence into this discussion. The New York scenes reflect this state of being by capturing the sun's reflection through the water as a natural element rather than concrete. For me, it related also to this idea of near and far, of what is known and unknown, of what we feel inside and what we present outside, of what we can control, what we choose to control, and what is beyond us. The installation and video are layered because I think everything is interconnected, each element influencing the other. Visually as well, I do enjoy working on layers so I thought I do the same for the video which I thought served more as moving images. This expands on what the painting that was used the first time presented.