Your mirror neurons are wonderful. Mirror neurons are an estimate of what it is, in the human brain, that makes the leap in evolution – from the very simple cell systems, to the wonderful human capacities – possible.

Mirror neurons are brain cells that replicate – that mirrors. They are a team of brain cells that in a holistic way deals with both my actions and your actions in the same operation. This forms the basis for a very simple simulation that is the generator of complex social interactions.

Using mirror neurons as a tool, the very being in the world suddenly means – on a very fundamental physiological level – to be directly involved in other humans. The others are within you. Based on a theory of how human identity is built from impact, influence and mirroring, the project explores basic concepts of interaction and manipulation, and consequently – the freedom of choice. In which form, does the individual really exist along with their freedom of choice? 

'De andre er inden i dig' represents a way of creating awareness of the easily manipulated and susceptible human identity. Creating consciousness that arises in a meeting between multiple media and interactions on different levels.

'De andre er inden i dig' imposes a simplex – an n-dimentonal triangle, created in the meeting between the simple and the complex. Between simple interactions, complex neurons and consciousness. This is explored through three approaches;
Small interactive video installations –
visual metaphors created using screen printing, digital collage and Anaglyph 3D –
and the understanding, the description of the brain.

When understanding the simplex, the freedom of choice occurs.

Exhibited at
Design School Kolding, Kolding, Denmark, June 2012