Strata in Motion

Strata In Motion is a sequence of patterned glass panels rotating in suspension, turning fixed linear forms into shifting fields of light, colour and emotional architecture. As the panels move, their relationships continuously fluctuate, changing perception from static patterns to an unfolding special experience. The psychological theory behind the colours explores the coexistence of contradicting emotions, as each takes a different meaning when paired with either black or white.
White and black are central to the installation as they represent the opposing emotional states yet are central to each other. Black holds power, sadness, and fear while white carries clarity, peace and vulnerability, and their interplay is not defined strictly by harmony or conflict; instead, it reflects how contrasting emotions coexist within us and fluctuate from birth until death.
Blue represents calm, trust, and serenity, yet also implies sadness, distance, and depression, while green signifies balance, growth, and healing, and also disgust and envy. Yellow represents joy, warmth, and positivity, yet also caution and anxiety, and pink shows warmth, affection, and femininity, but also immaturity and embarrassment. These hues form emotional strata that shift with each rotation, echoing the layered and often contradictory nature of human emotion.
These opposing combinations explain the fluidity of human emotions, and how emotion is not fixed within a single hue, but is shaped by the context that surrounds it, and as each piece rotates, they mirror how our inner states shift, overlap, and inform one another.