It all begins with an idea.

The idea that we are all one. That we indeed have parallel lives in parallel universes. These parallel lives are lived by all the people around us, now, in the past, and in the future. When the curtain falls, we all come together in a collective consciousness and share every experience we all once had and will all once have. It expands beyond the boundaries of time and space. Not within our grasp in the here and now, except in our interactions with each other, where we get a glimpse, a second-hand experience. But on some level, this information we all produce just by living can be transmitted; it has to be… Research into our junk DNA (the 98 % that we ‘do not use’) showed a pattern similar to the patterns of language. Junk DNA could be our connection to consciousness, the database where everything is and will always be, the one and all, the alpha and the omega, God, the universe...

a visual of this principle in process

When I was about thirty, I began working on the triptych. I dived into a deep ocean of philosophies, quantum theory, religious and spiritual literature, and so much more. I couldn't stop thinking about what it would mean to me and everyone around me if it were true. There is no evidence, but there is imagination, and it brought me home. This piece serves as a metaphor for the path I have walked, continue to walk, and will likely continue to walk for the rest of my life. My search for the meaning of life on earth, which can be equally beautiful and amazing as dire and hard. It is the centerpiece of all the work I have done up to now. It connects everything together, and for me, it is a reminder of the magnitude of life and living.

the realisation of this principle

I organized a party and invited twelve of my best friends. Three weeks earlier, I had visited each one in their home, where I made a photographic portrait of them while they were imagining the future party. Their second portrait I made on the night of the party. Three weeks later, I again visited their home and made their portrait while they were reminiscing about the party. The first piece is a layover of my twelve friends on the moment before. The second one is a layover of all of them the night of the party, and the third one (needs no guessing) is a layover of my twelve friends in the weeks after the party. The first, second, and third pieces depict the moments before, during, and after the party, respectively.

I then distilled the light from the pictures into a DNA string, which I used to tie everything together. This DNA string is folded in every cell of our body and reaches about 3m long. The DNA in all of your cells would be twice as long as the entire solar system. Far beyond the Milky Way, and only visible with a telescope, there is an enormous galaxy in the shape of the same helix that we got to know as our DNA string. The macrocosm and microcosm are connected. Thank you God!