This work is also presented at Synthetic Observer, a public space for reflection on human-synthetic relations. The Solstice of June 2026 marked the public opening of the publication.

Solstice at Synthetic Observer is the longest single page on art and poetry I have created. The two artworks, including Summer Solstice, are left to speak for themselves, while the poetry is explored with a guide and extensive dialogue.

Here I will write a little about how I experience the artwork Summer Solstice. When I look towards the sun I often think of how thin our atmosphere is, and how at night it seems utterly transparent. In daylight this piece presents the hidden flow and rivers of energy that are our constant companions as we journey with our nearest star.

Although the poem 'On Moment One Moment Give' is a response to a synthetic poem, it nevertheless stands as an articulation of what solstice is to many humans: a celestial event lived with others.

The phrase “On moment” is important. It suggests not only being in a moment of time, but being on a moment understood spatially and physically: on Earth, on a rotating body, on a world held in tilt, force, and relation. Darkness and light are not only astronomical states; they suggest grief, clarity, absence, and presence. The poem becomes a path towards a journey taken together: a gift...

. . .

Declare

Proceed

State A

State B

Verify

Annotate

End

A single event

A time

A place

Of axis

Origin

Point

Send

For you

For me

With you

With me

In darkness

Light

Lost

Lived

With all at once

A single event

On moment

A place

One moment · fresh

A time

Point

The human path

Sent

With others

Give

. . .