Is this reality or just a theory?
Or is the world around me a generated simulation?
What can I actually believe…?
I often play with the idea of a conspiracy about reality. Ever since I was a child, I have speculated on any mention of mind perception, or belief in our creation. What is it that everyone believes in so adamantly? And why should they? The subject of simulation theory raises thousands of unanswered questions. But I have always found it funny to try to answer them, and in doing so, ask more and more.
Therefore, for the sake of this project, I tried to ask questions to someone other than myself. On social media I found groups where I raised questions to believers in this theory. I was interested in how their approach to life, and they, changed after discovering this possibility of belief.
Out of several responses, I chose the three most striking to me and used them to determine the design of the glass houses I placed on the reclining glass in the shape of a back.
Photographer: Jan Vitha
For some, the theory answers the question of belief in a god in such a way that they essentially see it as one of the proofs of his existence.
For others, it’s just another box checked off on a list of questions about life, and they go on with their daily lives with it.
But for a few of us, it’s something of a realization of how meaningless a lot of things actually are in the face of a clear answer. But I personally don’t take it as the bad or depressing version. Just as a realistic one.
But still, some are inclined to question the meaninglessness of even themselves.
