0504 · mixed media installation · unbuilt
Boltzmann’s Brain
her statement, entire, in her spelling
As I lay still in the quiet, immersed in the chatter of friends, or carried away by ambient music, I sometimes find myself slipping into an unusual state of awareness. Sensory fragments , images of no clear origin , begin to emerge. They seem detached from my surroundings, as if the solid walls, the familiar faces, and even my body are but a fleeting illusion. I find myself drifting in a boundless black void, untethered and alone, as though this space is the true reality. Amid this emptiness, a strange idea begins to take shape—a daydream of Idaa , living a life far away on some distant planet.
Years passed before this peculiar vision found resonance in an idea I stumbled upon while watching one of Brian Greene’s lectures. He spoke about Boltzmann’s brain theory , a hypothesis suggesting that, in an infinite void, given enough time, random particles could collide and assemble into a structure as intricate as a human brain. Such a brain, floating in the emptiness, might spontaneously form thoughts. If its particle configuration matched mine, it would have my memories, my personality. it would, in a sense, be me.
The idea stunned me, leaving me breathless. Could it be that somewhere in the universe, an identical brain exists, drifting through the void? And perhaps these fleeting visions of spinning forms, green lights, fiery rocks, and ashen rain are echoes of its memories, a recollection of its endless journey through space?
Or is it that brain dreaming it is me, here and now, writing this?
medium
Neuroscience visuals ( spikes , heat maps , neuron structures ) , EGG inputs to manipulate lights or sounds , soundscopes based on brain activity , printed photos , transparent acrylic sheets , inkjet transparency film , plexiglass , alcohol inks , fabric , thread
notes · “key concepts and theoretical context :” · 4 january 2026
thirteen months earlier, the same room, rougher
I wanna do a puzzle like installation
Which includes
One hologram of my bodily appearance( how i look like physically) : a portrait on a film
In the background there’s a screen thats playing a video of my boltzman’s brain memories which i have documented using software simulations or hand-drawn animations
I want to eeg and brain map my brain during those episodes or when im dreaming and use them to generate soundscopes based on my brain activity , to conver neural signals into sound sequences
And finally i want to use my brain wave data or brain map as a blue print for a highly personal portrait ; combine neuroscience visuals (spikes, heat maps, neuron shapes) with artistic interpretation of who i am.
notes · “I wanna do a puzzle like installation” · 8 december 2024 · complete