The reflection arrives first

The floor is wet, always

Everything in this hall stands twice. Here the reflection arrives before the frame does — you read what is coming upside down, and then you look up.

Poured mercury

Poured mercuryLiquid metal against a window burnt to white. The floor answers first.R12

The wave

The waveWhite silk, near-transparent, mid-sweep — and the wave stands twice.R32

From the floor

From the floorThe floor, finally, from the floor: bright ridges and black troughs.R34

You walked the wet floor
before you looked up.