He analyzes the development of
human consciousness, from its immediate
perception of the here and now, to the stage of self - consciousness, the understanding that
allows man to analyze the world and order his own actions accordingly.3 Following this is the stage of reason itself, understanding of the real, after which spirit, by means of religions and art, attains the absolute knowledge, the level at which man recognizes in the world the stages of his own reason.
Metzinger argues that our daily
perception of the world seems effortless, as a result of how the
human brain produces a form of interface, a virtual reality to
allow the experience of tactile objects, colors and duration.
Katie Paterson manipulates two basic
human sensesof sight and smell to unbind viewers from the reality of geography and
allow them to voyage into outer space and experience the universe beyond the ordinary reaches of our spatial
perception.