Quantum entanglement describes the way particles affect one another regardless of spatial location, meaning that they are interconnected and entangled with one another. This theory proves that our thoughts, feelings and actions affect one another regardless of if we’re on opposite ends of the earth or if we’re even aware of this fact. This series works through visualizing the path of entanglement that connects us all.

Entanglement I

Using the gridded pattern that often illustrates our space-time fabric as a reference, this kinetic wall sculpture suggests what a clock would behave like if it could not distinguish time. This interactive sconce allows viewers to manipulate and choose how they perceive time in their personal reality. By spinning the back plate, the lights are then projected through the perforated steel onto the landscape of the glass, creating moments of distortion and orderly chaos. The lights also reflect back onto the wall, creating vibrant galactic projections that move with the piece, along with a shadow that resembles the hand of a clock. To view more information about this piece, please visit: www.yazdab.com/timeless-clock1.html

Timeless Clock

YayaLand Takeover I is an immersive experience that transforms the College for Creative Studies Ford Campus beginning at sundown. The first in its series, this project embodies how immersive and interactive environments can be created or transformed through light explorations. The energetic presence of light affects you on a cellular level, raising your overall vibration. This vibrant installation readdresses the existing lighting by creating a colorful and euphoric atmosphere— ultimately transcending and allowing the public to explore the space at their own will and leisure. This installation is made possible by the support of the College for Creative Studies in addition to materials provided by 3M. To view more information about this project, please visit: www.yazdab.com/yayaland-takeover-i.html

  
This event was an official part of the Detroit Month of Design program which takes place every September 1-30\. Programmed by Design Core, Detroit Month of Design is a citywide celebration of creativity that gathers designers and the greater community to celebrate Detroit's role as a UNESCO City of Design. This project was also presented at DLECTRICITY in partnership with Detroit Month of Design.

YayaLand Takeover I

This otherworldly installation immerses viewers in a state of contemplation, meditation and curiosity. To experience this piece via a Vimeo video, please visit: www.vimeo.com/642373589

Floating Portal

This interactive and immersive sculpture was created by gutting out the inside of an old CRT television and replacing the glass screen with a protruding glass form. Projected on the screen are two experimental films that get distorted on the landscape of the glass face— suggesting the distortion that mainstream media has created in our everyday lives. The interactive buttons on the front of the TV allow the viewer to control the light portals extending from behind the TV— therefore, allowing the viewer to feel in control of how and what they perceive. Conceptually, this sculpture comments on the effects of mainstream media and video/film culture on society’s perception of reality— ultimately feeding the disconnect that exists in our everyday lives due to technology.

Escape

Duality refers to having two parts but with opposite meanings. The paradox of duality explains that in order to achieve wholeness, one characteristic cannot exist without its counterpart. Concrete and steel are both known to be durable materials; however, under certain conditions, both materials have free-flowing and malleable properties. Though “Duality” exists in a physically rigid state, this piece would not be possible had it not undergone the specific conditions that bring out the opposing qualities of the materials. This piece bridges life’s many dichotomies and reflects on embracing such qualities like unity and separation, movement and stillness, harmony and dissonance, wholeness and emptiness.

Duality

Quantum physics studies often discuss the existence of the multiverse and parallel universes, and the potentiality of accessing these multiple dimensions through internal portals of consciousness. “Portal” is an installation containing a vibrant spectrum of colors that allows viewers to completely immerse themselves in a massive tunnel of light. This piece suggests what a portal to another dimension might look and feel like. The first, third and fourth images reveal the perspective when inside of the portal, while the second image shows a side-view of people walking through the beam of light. To experience this piece via a Vimeo video, please visit: www.vimeo.com/414863066

Portal

This piece is meant to induce vertigo, forcing viewers to question their perception of physical reality and immerse themselves within the space in order to find a moment of stability. This large sculpture is activated by two separate projections in order to create an immersive installation. The placement of the projections create an illusion of space bending. The shadows that the sculpture creates block out the opposing projection, which then merge and blend with the dueling projection. The sculpture itself is punctured in multiple locations, acting as portals that capture bits of moving light and color. Viewers are able to peek through these voids in order to examine the infrastructure of the sculpture and how the movement of the outside projections interact with the spots of light shining through. To experience this piece via a Vimeo video, please visit: www.vimeo.com/545643669

To learn more about this piece, please visit: www.yazdab.com/vertigo.html

Vertigo

This body of work explores the "phygital" phenomenon— where the physical and digital connect and create two different immersive experiences. This installation includes both the physical sculpture and the experimental film installation. The projection on the wall is a digital documentation of the physical sculpture that I translated into an experimental film. One of many in my Immersive Sculpture Series, this piece takes a place of familiarity in nature and distorts it on a crafted landscape-- suggesting the distortion our perspectives create in our personal realities. To experience this piece via a YouTube video, please visit: https://youtu.be/fYvFTL40SBs

To see more information about this piece, please visit: www.yazdab.com/immersive-sculpture-ii1.html

Immersive Sculpture II

My work explores the questions of life that prose what we are, why we are and how we're all connected. Physically, we are matter and matter is made up of energy. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only transferred. I see this transference of energy as vibrational frequencies transcending the cosmic membrane that make up our universe. “Transcend” expresses the unseen energy field that permeates through the universe connecting us all. The transparency of this piece can be seen as the membrane in which the vibrational energy exists. The movement of the steel suggests the rhythmical pattern created from the vibrational energy that surround and transcend time and space, connecting everything in the universe. To view more information about this piece, please visit: www.yazdab.com/transcend1.html

Transcend

This piece is an exploration of combining various glass processes as well as an experimentation of overlapping opaque colors.

Overlap

This wall piece explores form and color through a combination of glass processes, resulting in an unknown and curious entity.

Unknown I

Quantum physics describes the term limbic resonance as the deep emotional connections we have with one another through the limbic system in our brain. The limbic system composes the combination of our primitive emotional nature and our higher mental functionality. Essentially, limbic resonance is the ability to unconsciously and internally attune to one another’s emotional being, i.e. a collective unconsciousness. This piece seeks to make visible an idea that affects us all whether or not we’re aware of this collective unconsciousness. While the steel formation expresses the entangled interconnections we have with one another through our limbic system, the color-changing glass forming on top of this system suggests the impact we have on one another mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Dichroic glass displays an incredible property in which the vibrant colors shift and transform under different lighting conditions and when observed at different angles. The dynamic colors of the dichroic glass signify the ever-changing emotional states we all feel.

Limbic Resonance

Spirals symbolize connection to the universe and cosmic energy. The universal spiral, known as the golden ratio, is found everywhere in nature from massive galaxies to microscopic DNA molecules. The design of life and natural flow of energy is reflective of the golden ratio. The creation of this piece was ultimately inspired by this spiral of life. 

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“Spirale” takes advantage of the optical qualities of glass by interacting with light in a mesmerizing manner. As you explore this piece, the colors and shapes shift dramatically through the glass optics. The interaction of light within this piece results in galactic projections that transcend the limits of the physical object. Examining the inside of “Spirale” creates an otherworldly, portal-like experience. The vibrancy of the colorful light is dramatically transformed into abstract shapes that flow through the optics of the glass.

Spirale

This piece is an evolution of process using found objects and old prototypes lying around my studio. I never designed or sketched anything out for this piece, I just let intuition dictate the process of creation.

Slump Lamp

This large floor piece explores perception of reality by immersing viewers in an otherworldly portal-like experience. Puddle Portal I takes a place of familiarity in nature and distorts it on a crafted landscape. As time-warped, rumbling sounds reverberate from within the piece and flood the audience’s ears, vibrant colors of underwater caustics flow and further distort throughout the landscape of the glass optics. The inherent glow, hypnotic movement and enveloping sound create a deep state of entranced contemplation that resonates within the viewer. To experience this piece via a Youtube video, please visit: https://youtu.be/K6bUu6HGb4U

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