Two-way Protocols
Two-Way Protocol by Zane Miller is an interactive installation that explores perception, surveillance, and the dualities of presence. Comprised of two large suspended cubes constructed from two-way mirror, the work creates an environment where bodies become both subjects and objects of observation. Participants encounter an infinite, mirrored space inside the cubes—at once expansive and isolating, ephemeral yet enclosing. In darkness, those within can see the illuminated figure in the adjacent cube, while the public maintains an unfiltered view of both. Engaging with minimalist and "light and space" philosophies—what Dan Graham refers to as perceptual art—Two-Way Protocol situates itself between materiality and experience. Drawing from the investigative practices of Bruce Nauman, Fred Sandback, and Dan Graham, the work heightens the contrast between perceptual and physical space, making participants acutely aware of their roles within it. As reflections multiply and perspectives shift, the self is simultaneously surveilled and fractured, unconscious and self-conscious, lost and found. Two-way protocol ultimately exists in the liminal space between presence and void, where geometry and experience converge.