Internal Noise

(2025)
Mixed Media  Installation

Internal Noise is  the culmination of my research into Aphantasia and the architecture of the imageless mind. The project responds to the philosophical question of how thought defines existence, using Descartes’ "I think, therefore I am," . My goal was a spatial intervention that forces my continuous, often exhausting, internal monologue into the physical world. Since I rely on my own thoughts rather than mental images to process reality, the journal has become the only anchor point for my consciousness. The installation transforms the space into an overwhelming manifestation of this inner chaos of my mind.

The project functions as a study in how the constant internal noise I have defines my own reality. The installation is made from several elements including: close to 100 pages of handwritten and typed journal text (containing my thoughts, feelings, memories and song lyrics that get stuck in my head.), a desk and closed journal where the thoughts fly out from, and screen-printed text on tracing paper that highlights my fears of living with aphantasia and what happens if my thoughts go quiet.