David Ivarsson

The project examines the gap between the built and the perceived, where reality is no longer fixed but continuously shaped through each glance and every step.

In a contemporary context where spaces and objects increasingly reach us, and are consumed as images, surfaces or representations, our understanding of the three-dimensional begins to shift. Drawing on the idea of media as an extension of humanity, the digital image is regarded as more than a mere representation; it becomes a structure that shapes how we see, how we remember, and how we understand.

Through photography, collage and furniture prototypes, the work explores how movement, perspective and fragmentation can redefine the relationship between body, object and space. An inverted perspective emerges, where the viewer shifts from passive observer to active co-creator, becoming the focal point, which space organises itself. The objects first appear as wholes, but dissolve into fragments when they encounter movement, as if they exist only in relation to the one moving through them.

The project does not seek clarity, but rather an expression of presence. It is an attempt to return to a more active reality where space is not only seen, but emerges at the intersection of body, mind, and matter.