Gallery 0 — Title wall Six works for the unaided eye #000000 / #FFFFFF

Nothing in these six rooms moves the way you will see it move. Each work is a pair of plain instructions — rings, a checkerboard, stripes, spokes, ruled lines, one disc — laid over one another in black and in white. The swelling, the shimmer, the greys and the faint colours that gather at the edges are manufactured behind your eyes. The screen only nudges. Stand close, then stand back.

AdvisoryThese works flicker. A calm version is shown if your device asks for reduced motion.

  1. ISlow InterferenceRings
  2. IIBulgeChecks
  3. IIITremorStripes
  4. IVCurrentSpokes
  5. VFoldLines
  6. VIAfterimageDisc
Enter Room I

Two identical fields of rings. Neither one holds a single curve of the kind you are watching.

I — Slow Interference, synthetic polymer on screen, dimensions variable Hover or tap the work to press on itPressed — tap again to release

Held at rest

Twenty-seven flat checkerboards, stacked like lenses and each a little larger than the last. The sphere is supplied by habit.

II — Bulge, synthetic polymer on screen, dimensions variable Hover or tap the work to roll itRolling — tap again to release

Held at rest

Every stripe is ruled perfectly upright. Only the seams between the bands step sideways, four times a second.

III — Tremor, synthetic polymer on screen, dimensions variable Hover or tap the work to lean on itLeaning — tap again to release

Held at rest

Sixty spokes turn one way; seventy-two and fifty-four turn the other. The petals belong to none of them.

IV — Current, synthetic polymer on screen, dimensions variable Hover or tap the work to quicken itQuickened — tap again to release

Held at rest

Twelve strips of ruled paper, leaning left and right in turn. The shadow in each fold is a difference of two pixels in the weight of a line.

V — Fold, synthetic polymer on screen, dimensions variable Hover or tap the work to let the lines runRunning — tap again to release

Held at rest

The last work is not on the screen. It is made on your retina, glows brighter than white, and lasts about as long as a breath.