These NASA images of the comet 3I/ATLAS appeared on my news feed yesterday and I instantly noticed a connection to the perceptual phenomena and artist research I’m doing.
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Kinetic artists that engineer perception: Carlos Cruz-Diez
Throughout his career Cruz-Díez has focused on four types of self-defined Op art categories: Physichoromies, Chromo-interferences, Chromosaturations and Transchromies.
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Kinetic artists that engineer perception: Victor Vasarely
Vasarely created “startlingly precise, often hallucinatory images producing a kind of optical vibration on the surface.”
His paintings exploit “illusion as a function of sensory response”—the work operates directly on perception through systematic manipulation of colour and geometry.
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Kinetic artists that engineer perception: Jesus Rafael Soto
According to Jesus Rafael Soto, “The immaterial is the sensory reality of the universe. Art is the sensory knowledge of the immaterial.” His mechanism: superimposed hatched surfaces producing perceptual dissolution where solid elements appear to dematerialise.
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What makes James Turrell’s work so powerful?
As one of my favourite artists, I wanted to cover this analysis early in my MA to act as an ambitious ‘north star’—not as something to replicate, but to inspire.
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Traditional vs modern techniques for altering perception
A summary of traditional yogic techniques for altering perception/consciousness and their modern scientific equivalents.
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Immersive yantra installation: Investigating sacred geometry as perceptual technology
An installation idea examining how yantras encode specific mechanisms for altering visual perception — using controlled light environments to test in three-dimensional space.
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Research notes: Yantras as spiritual technology & neo-tantra artists
Exploring how contemporary artists transformed yantras from ritual diagrams into modern visual languages while retaining their perceptual power.
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Op-art as modern yantra: Toward a ceremonial viewing experience
While reviewing my highlights from Frieze, I noticed there were some clear themes that connected to the perceptual alteration research I’ve been doing.
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Frieze 2025: Visual highlights
Artwork from Frieze that inspired me, grouped by recurring core themes that I was drawn to.
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