Electronic space viewing is investigated in this work. As man brings in technological, procedural, and other tools, and makes them the standard in human society, we get access to and are subject to a third natural perspective. An amalgamation of “[My] Noumenon,” “Mirror,” and “Venus” make up the centrepiece sculpture. Meanings of these three parts are: in the third nature, “Noumenon” symbolizes the individual’s experience of seeing and being seen. Because of the viewer’s ubiquitous and omnipresent nature, the individual is constantly observing and being observed by others; his whole sense of self, his privacy, his body, and even his soul are all destroyed, chewed up, and dismembered; and he treats others and other things in the same manner. When gazing at other people or objects, the “mirror” shows the viewer a reflection of himself. When he looks at himself, he sees how he looks at others and the world, as well as how he reacts when he is the object of someone else’s gaze. There’s a split second where it's hard to tell if you’re the one doing the watching or the one doing the being watched. Am I looking at the same person in the mirror as the one keeping tabs on me? The reflective surface dazzles the senses, causing the viewer to temporarily lose touch with the reality.

I used thermography to convey my exploration into observing and being viewed in the context of third nature. The global covid outbreak of recent years has made temperature a more sensitive issue. Sometimes, the relationship between temperature and independence is causal. If your body temperature is abnormally high, people treat you as a threat signal and limit your mobility; they also respond differently to what they observe and how they are perceived. When the viewer enters the space of this work, a thermal imaging machine is positioned so that it faces the viewer, displaying the viewer’s own temperature as well as the changes in the surrounding environment. An additional thermal imaging unit is set up around the centre sculpture, reflecting its own temperature and that of its environment in real time. This piece uses that heat as a springboard to investigate third-nature perspectives.