Narcissist

An automated self-reflecting system that marvels at its own beauty and grieves at its inability to consume it. The viewers are invited to touch the water and play with reflections, revealing and disturbing layers of the story. Narcissist embodies and re-tells Ovid's myth of Narcissus and Echo.

Echo was a nymph who was punished for her verbal trickery and retained only the ability to repeat back the last words said to her. And so, when she fell in love with Narcissus, she had only his words of rejection to transform into an expression of her love. Handsome Narcissus vainly brushed off many admirers until Nemesis heard a prayer of one of the dejected youths. Narcissus became entranced by his own image glimpsed in a pool of water. His tears disturbed the reflection making him realize he’s adoring himself. Unable to leave or disturb his own image, he stays by the pool and lets himself die.