Vivid Realities zooms in on intricate Mandelbrot and Burning Ship fractals to explore natural structures and their profound connections to technological and human-made systems.

Repeating patterns emerge across diverse components, performing analogous functions and processes at different scales. The work raises the question of where the boundaries between artificial and natural phenomena can truly be drawn, suggesting that technology itself may be an advanced continuation of nature’s own modes of expression.

The video installation Pumpkin Pie, created using the Hydra visual synthesizer emulator, mirrors the fluid dynamics of water. A metaphorical river unfolds as a symbol of the ebb and flow of matter, energy, and nutrients, evoking the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

Presented as part of the exhibition Vivid Realities, the work deliberately disrupts expectations through its title: Pumpkin Pie bears no visual or narrative relation to the imagery, instead questioning how meaning is constructed through naming and labeling, and how language shapes our perception of reality.

Extending these ideas beyond the exhibition space, Vivid Realities also presented merchandise originally created for a previous metaverse exhibition.

By making these digital-native artifacts physically available, the exhibition provided a tangible bridge between virtual and material realities. This transition reinforces the overarching themes of interconnectedness and blurred boundaries, where digital creation, physical presence, and human engagement converge—further questioning distinctions between virtual and real, artificial and natural, representation and experience.