Brain Operations (2009)

An homage to OpArt Brain Operations was inspired by an optical illusion produced by checkered tiles on the artists bathroom floor When editing 16mm film I had reached for a strand and closed my hand on nothing Jacobs explains I had visually coupled similarappearing frames popping them forward in space It was a lifechanging momentIm staring down and the tiles come up almost to my nose In this work he opts for squares and diamondstilted squareswhich produce the same chimera of depth at the convergence of sightlines