Embrace Melancholy – The Black Mirror ²⁰¹⁶

The black mirror seems to absorb rather than reflect light. Only when you stand close to it do you see a dark silhouette appear. Not a direct, accurate reflection of yourself, but a deliberately blurred, inexplicit image. The reflective surface is created by waxing the wood with ash from the residual material from the construction. What has disappeared therefore determines our view of what remains – just like in our own lives.