ESSE EST PERCIPI

 A think of being, the relationship among passerby, two performers, the duck, the water reflection.

'Esse Est Percipi', to be is to be perceived, a statement made by the 17th century Irish philosopher Bishop Berkley.
Will I still be exist if nobody perceives me in the same space and time?
What if even the duck cannot prove my presence?
Or sometimes even the water reflection become proofless?
One may have a better chance to be perceived on African prairie than in the modern concrete jungle,
One must be, if there is a lion watching your back.

Part 1: Men appear,  the duck witnessed, the water and the passerby didn't.
Part 2: Men still in the frame, the duck disappeared, the water reflection noticed. 
Part 3:The boat acrossed the frame, men left, duck appeared again,  the water reflected the screen from part 1.​

Tribute to the <reflecting pool> by Bill Viola. 1977-80
​2018