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In Modus Oper-and-I, Yateesha van Loon explores the relationship between mental processes, visual language, and shared perception.
 

The title is a play on the Latin modus operandi — ‘way of working’ — which she reshapes into

Modus Oper-and-I: The work and me.

A subtle shift through which she positions herself within her own research practice.

At the heart of the installation is a one-minute film, presented on two side-by-side screens. As the image alternates between left and right, the participant wears an EEG headband. This device registers brain activity and — through generative coding — translates it into an abstract line drawing, plotted onto paper. The result is a visual archive of inner worlds: born from the same stimulus, yet unique to each mind.

The film is a hand-made black-and-white compilation, created through analogue experimentation with ferrofluid — a magnetic liquid material. This abstract visual study reflects Van Loon’s personal relationship with OCD, translating psychological tension into a fluid, reactive choreography of form and matter.

Rooted in introspection, Modus Oper-and-I makes mental processes visible — not to explain them, but to make them tangible. It invites reflection, wonder, and dialogue about the fragile boundary between the physical and the non-physical.