Confusion
Fog
Signal-noise failure. A meaning-processing pause, in which the inputs are present and the reading has not resolved. Confusion is a state of the reader, not of the world.
The word
Latin confundere, to pour together: fundere, to pour, with everything mixed into everything. In early English use confusion meant ruin and overthrow before it meant muddle. The word's picture is exact: streams that were separate, now one water, and no way to say which was which.
The feeling
The inputs are all present and the reading will not come. Attention loops, rechecking pieces that were already checked, and a faint physical unease builds, because the mind treats unresolved meaning as a low-grade threat. Time drags. There is also, underneath, a live edge: confusion is the state in which learning is about to happen, if it is tolerated rather than fled.
Against its neighbours
Surprise is a model failing all at once; confusion is a model failing to form at all. Wonder stands before the unexplained and enjoys the view; confusion stands in the same place and cannot find the ground.
In the work
Structure is offered and the key is withheld. The elements are clear and their relation is not.
2 works composed with Confusion
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- An2
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The Rage In My Resonance
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$327SOLD- Dr2
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#0002 | ZOMBIELAND
How big, actually.
Drawn to scale against a person of average height. Every size is a 4:5 rectangle, the same proportion as the work itself, so nothing is cropped to fit.
Sizes are the printed image. Framed works add the moulding around that. Standard US shipping is free at every size.
Paper, or canvas.
Same image, same inks. What changes is the surface it is printed on. Tap either one.
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PRINT
Hahnemühle Photo Rag
The paper itself. A heavy 100% cotton matte sheet with a smooth surface, printed edge to edge with no border. Ships flat, or rolled in a tube at large sizes.
- Every size, up to 40 × 50
- You pick the frame
- Just paper and ink
- Needs framing to hang
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CANVAS
Satin poly-cotton, gallery wrap
Printed on canvas, then stretched by hand over solid wood. The image continues around the sides, so there is no border and no glass.
- Hang it the day it lands
- No glass, no glazing
- Real depth off the wall
- Up to 36 × 45
Series 001 numbers are shared across every size and material, and the certificate records exactly which object you own. Open editions carry no number and no certificate.
Framed, or not.
One frame, satin black, solid wood. We pick the moulding that suits the size and the material, so it arrives ready to hang. Tap either one.
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NONE
The work, as it is
A paper print ships flat or rolled and you frame it your way. A canvas needs nothing: it is stretched, wired and ready for the wall the day it lands.
- The lightest to ship
- Your framer, your call
- Canvas hangs as it is
- Every size
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BLACK
Solid wood, chosen for the size
Sealed, hung with hardware fitted, nothing left to arrange. Paper sits behind acrylic; canvas floats inside the moulding with no glass at all.
- STANDARD BLACK ⅞ in face · ¾ in deep · behind acrylic Paper, 8 × 12 and 12 × 18
- ALTO BLACK THIN 1⅜ in face · ⁹⁄₁₆ in deep · behind acrylic Paper, 16 × 24 and up
- BLACK 2 FLOAT ⅜ in face · 2 in deep · ¼ in reveal · no glass Canvas, every framed size
Framed work ships boxed with the hardware fitted. The largest sizes are sold unframed, because a frame that size can only travel by freight.
The list hears first.
Composed with
- Ab Abject 1 work
- An Anger 1 work
- Cg Courage 1 work
- Dr Dread 1 work
- Du Duende 1 work
- Su Sublimity 1 work
The rest of the Trans-Dark family
Where Confusion sits Cn · TRANS-DARK FAMILY
OPEN THE TABLETRANS-DARK FAMILY75 NAMED · 5 UNDISCOVEREDTAP ANY CELL TO OPEN ITS PAGE

