Rubin Vase

"Rubin Vase" reworks the classic optical illusion first described in 1915 by Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin, two silhouetted profiles whose outlines form a vase. The illusion demonstrates figure-ground ambiguity, a bi-stable image oscillating between interpretations. Drishti points embedded in the lightbox guide attention, drawing awareness to the act of choosing where to look. The two figures, defined only by their negative space, seem locked in togetherness and apartness, simultaneously intimate and estranged.