A Tangled Thicket – Willa Downing

“Connectome represents the complete set of neurons in someone’s brain. I used twigs, which are branching structures to represent the neurons, and they’re connected by yarn wrapped around pieces of twig to extend them. I also added dental mirrors, small mirrors that can reflect light, that remind me of the firing of neurons at a synapsis. The yarn represents an installation for neurons, which would be the myelin sheath. And I hang these structures in a grid-like formation from the ceiling with fishing line.”
– excerpt from an interview with Emma Jeffrey in STIR