Eyes in motion I

ARTIST STATEMENT Even though we observe our static surroundings as being still, the visual information we perceive is highly dynamic. Unless we are physically fixed to the world, our body, and with this also our sensory systems, is constantly in motion. Small changes in our eye positions (saccadic eye motion) or larger motion (head or full-body motion) help form a 3D image of our world. Despite this motion, we perceive fixed points in the environment as static. Our brain takes information from the sensory systems, integrates it over time, and forms an image or representation of the world around us. And, in our desire for a predictable environment, we then experience the moon as a static benchmark and the horizon as stable, even though the image in front of our eyes moves frantically.