Migraine mountains pokes fun at anaglyphic red cyan imagery by showing a moving variation of it printed on the wall. Migraine Mountains consists of a mountain landscape which was originally painted in slow-drying oil to emulate the geological nonhuman time in which mountains form. The painting was digitally transformed into a red/green 3-D version and printed onto two superimposed acrylic glass plates. The green layer is motorized and moves in a slow circular motion. The piece references the stereoscopic method used to generate spatial depth by assigning a color to each of the brain’s hemispheres. Through its motion, it is impossible for the brain to assemble a coherent image and any attempt to do so induces the head pressure one feels when exposed to high altitudes. The green plate is slowly rotating to change the depth of the piece. Its reference to classical artworks, the idea of the simulacra, and VR, resulting in a self-referential pun that is engaging to look at as one layer perpetually moves in a small circular motion. It reminds us of the illusion machine, that is, VR.

- Rebecca Hackemann / 3-D Experimental VR and Art Practices - Untangling Another Dimension. / 2023 / Intellect books / University of Chicago Press