The project’s name comes from the First Epistle to the Corinthians (“For now we see through a glass darkly”). Today, our desire to connect with others conflicts with our essential need for a zone of privacy. The virtual spaces we inhabit are controlled by government and corporate entities that know more about us than we do about them.
During the fall of 2013, project participants sent PGP-encrypted messages to the artist. He converted the messages — which he could not read — into QR codes, and layered them onto anaglyph images of an anonymous model, concealed by pixelation, but still partly visible when viewed via red/cyan 3D glasses. As images were posted to the project’s Tumblr, intended recipients were able to scan and decrypt the messages.
Images from the project have been shown at Radiator Gallery in Queens, NY, in 2013; at the HOPE X conference in New York, NY, in 2014; and at 3D-Con in Buffalo, NY, in 2023. A limited edition of anaglyph 3D prints is available. For details on sizes and prices, please contact the artist.