Conditionals
The Algorithmic Body
2000 – 2012
The proposition beyond biological constraint.
Where Asymptote and Limits test the integrated form against physical constraints—external and internal—Conditionalsproposes a parallel investigation. The series asks: what if biological constraint itself could be suspended? What morphologies emerge when the body is subjected to algorithmic rather than evolutionary logic?
The human form is treated not as biological constant but as programmable system. Through systematic protocols of reflection, mirroring, and recursive recombination, the work generates morphologies that are visually coherent yet anatomically impossible. Natural bilateral asymmetry gives way to perfect algorithmic symmetry. Functional anatomy is disregarded in favor of formal resolution.
The resulting forms demonstrate that equilibrium can emerge from fundamentally incompatible systems—biological structure integrated with computational logic to produce theoretical bodies that could not evolve but can be algorithmically constructed.
If
The Conditional Premise
2000 – 2009
Establishing the variable.
If presents the initial condition: the body reflected across a central axis to create perfect bilateral symmetry. These configurations function as premises—theoretical states where natural asymmetry is replaced by mirror-perfect balance. The camera documents this speculative input: what if the body were perfectly symmetrical?
Then
The Logical Consequence
2000 – 2009
Executing the algorithm.
Then presents the consequence: when the premise of perfect symmetry is accepted, what forms result? These configurations are the algorithmic output—bodies resolved according to computational logic rather than biological possibility. While most impossible morphologies stabilize through strict symmetrical operations, occasional asymmetries emerge—a turn of a head, shift of a limb—granting the result vitality, a degree of freedom within the algorithmic constraint.
Otherwise
The Divergent Execution
2010 – 2012
The alternative path.
Otherwise explores the exception to the conditional premise: when the mirroring axis inverts—reflecting the opposite side rather than the same—alternative morphologies emerge. Through tight cropping and inverted mirroring of isolated anatomical elements, the work constructs forms that exist only when recognition is suspended—bodies that follow algorithmic logic without preserving biological coherence.
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