Particle / 2010 / solo exhibition / Ellen de Bruijne Projects Amsterdam - A 2.5 m wide geometrical ball shape consisting of 96 large mirror particles. “Particle” is a silent, static, gigantic reflecting object of an almost alien nature, with the power to blend two usually separated levels of perception. On the first level, the perception of the gallery space is multiplied through its fragmented reflection, while the second level now directly interpolates the subject of a silent observer. The gaze of the viewer is deconstructed and returned in its fragmented form, destroying the assumed objectivity of rational contemplation normally practiced in contemporary exhibition spaces. This necessity to include a human observer in any theory about space evokes the thinking of one of the most important quantum physicists, David Bohm. In his vision of reality, Bohm saw elementary particles as a collection of silver balls, where each ball reflects every other one, including itself. -