The mindmap and idea pool did help solidify things, Out went boxes an in domes, they have far more positive free connotations, I was definitely starting to feel trapped by the box.
The whole idea of what is reality the blur between what is real and what we perceive is a the theme of Magritte that I am going to explore.
A figure with window head resting on a dome of clouds dreaming of reality.
The windowed figure represents myself, and clouds represent my imagination. The window head will be displaying images of reality, namely a camera feed of the environmet the work is in. A camera will be mounted behind the work capturing the work and and the viewer displaying that image in the figures head.
I have purchased a $20 digital camera that will be dismantled, I will rewire the screen to so it can be become part of the figure, distant from the lens.
Am toying with the idea, of running a nice thick ribbon cable back to the rest of the electronics, this will make the figure looked plugged in. Wired up to reality.
I often contemplate what the surrealists would have made of current technology, particularly augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence and the whole concept of cyber space.