Recursevolution

72 × 68 inches, colored pencil, graphite, and gesso on paper

In Recursevolution, I investigated the recursive dynamic between the evolution of matter into life and the emergence of consciousness. The drawing mirrors cosmic processes of expansion and contraction, functioning as a microcosm of the universe’s own feedback loop. Biological evolution reflects the Big Bang - - an outward surge of complexity and awareness - - while artificial intelligence moves in reverse, folding inward toward embodiment and simulated understanding, parallel to the Big Crunch (hypothetical end of the universe).

Structured after the layered anatomy of the sun, the drawing traces evolutionary phases from the earliest chemical awareness to human cognition and the merging of biological and artificial minds. Across it, figures of incomplete consciousness (zombie, ghost, droid, and human represent the body without mind, the mind without body, and their unstable union. The work becomes both diagram and organism, my mediation on how matter perceives itself and how the universe, through order and entropy, witnesses both its birth and the inevitability of its death.

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