Vasily Petukhov
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The sculptural composition encapsulates an object whose surface traces an early 20th century painting, but is not directly visible. In order to figure out what it is, the viewer must explore it using their hands. As you move your hands, an image gradually takes shape, not as a whole, but built up sequentially, piece by piece.

The work explores the differences between various modes of sensory perception. A visual image is usually grasped instantly, while tactile perception is a more gradual process. As the activity is carried out, it can culminate in a moment of recognition — a eureka experience produced by the identification of a discovered correspondence. This experience not only gives us clarity of the overall shape, but also enhances our memory of it, because it becomes linked to a physical action.

The project contextualizes this experience through the exploration of perception and metacognition. The eureka effect is described as a moment of insight when a person solves a problem or recognizes a structure. This installation transposes this phenomenon into the realm of the body and invites us to see understanding not as an instantaneous event, but as a process that has duration and depends on our mode of interaction with an object.