All around us a multitude of electromagnetic
waves interact with matter but we are only
capable of perceiving a tiny fraction of the
full spectrum either as heat or visible light.
Even so, we perceive light only through its
interaction with the surfaces that it comes in
contact with, while not seeing the different
wavelengths directly. In order for them to
be visible, we need a prism: a transparent
object with refracting surfaces, at an acute
angle with each other, that separates white
light into a spectrum of colours. Due to the
fact that the colours of light travel at different
speeds inside diverse materials, they get bent
by different amounts and emerge spread out
instead of mixed up. In such a way the magic
of nature is revealed to us even in this tiny
fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum. In
a similar manner, objects and spaces from the
JCP Universe alter our canonical perception
of the world allowing us to see it under a
new light. Artifacts that function as filters
and allow us to change our perception of the
world and the relationships that we create
with the environment around us. A lamp does
not simply shed light on other objects but can
be a different form of light in itself through
its symbolic form, alternative function and
connotative meaning. A selection of prismatic
objects imbued in their essence with more
than the eye can see, but always ready to
accommodate a curious mind.
