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The Palimpsest EGG



In this series of three 3D-printed ceramic and porcelain forms, I explore the boundary between human perception, machine interpretation, and the unseen structures that shape how we read the world. 

Screen recording

Focusing on the freshly printed surface of a particular piece, my close-up photography revealed an unexpected optical illusion: the light and shadow of the clay layers made the surface look like an ancient, handwritten palimpsest. 

My smartphone's built-in OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology pushed this ambiguity further, attempting to parse the visual noise into translatable text and clickable phone numbers.

This unrepeatable digital glitch highlights a central tension in how we construct meaning. Neither the human eye nor the machine’s algorithm offers an absolute, objective view; instead, both actively project familiar frameworks onto abstraction in an attempt to make sense of it.


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