Le stade du miroir, 2003 Materials: Bronze objects (60 in.), video projection Exhibition: The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, May 28-June 21, 2008 Photo credit: Isaac Applebaum
Investigating how we acquire our sense of self, le stade du miroir (the mirror stage) derives its title from the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan. Through an installation of cast bronze objects and a video projection, the exhibition highlights the role of mirrors in how we imagine ourselves. When one looks into a mirror, what is experienced is not only a double, or a second self, but also the unacknowledged and perhaps unattainable aspects of oneself. The mirror cannot act as mere reflection but rather includes a projection of our own desires.
