TABS is a triptych that examines perception, symbolism, and scale through a structured visual matrix. Composed of three segments — Macro, Meso, and Micro — each series consists of eight A3 pages, forming a total of 24 modular panels. Across these panels, 4,224 squares function as tiles within a larger mosaic. Fragments of shape, pattern, symbol, and iconography are woven into a system that is at once ordered and modular.
The square mediates between two distinctive logics of imagery. In TABS, it references pixels — functioning as an ordered structure for digital code and media. By contrast, LSD tabs function as a metaphor for neural imagery — free form, lateral and vast. This dialogue between structure and expansion underpins the work.
The series encapsulates a deliberate shift in symbolism. Macro begins ornamentally maximalist - dense and visually heavy, Meso moves toward moderation, a simplification of form. Micro dissolves further into muted tones and distilled shapes, a reduction that marks a transformation in perception itself, a dissolve of symbolic representation.
By naming the segments Macro, Meso, and Micro, the work associates changing scale with representation — a play between the macroscopic, the mesoscopic, and the microscopic. TABS becomes a triptych of states: an ordered network of free association, a de-evolving system — a modular map of fluctuating, distilling thought.
TABS
Overkill, 2023, (Macro 1/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Overdrive, (Macro 2/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Oversaturate (Macro 3/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Overthink (Macro 4/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Overwhelm (Macro 5/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Overdone (Macro 6/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Overstimulate (Macro 7/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Overprescribe (Macro 8/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Transport (Meso 1/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Transform (Meso 2/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Transpire (Meso 3/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Transmute (Meso 4/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Transmit (Meso 5/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Translate (Meso 6/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Deform (Micro 3/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Decompose (Micro 4/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Desecrate (Micro 5/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Destruct (Micro 6/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Depreciate (Micro 7/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Demolish (Micro 8/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Transfigure (Meso 8/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Transition (Meso 7/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Decay (Micro 1/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm
Deteriorate (Micro 2/8), 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 400mm x 275mm