Overwhelmed

Overwhelmed visualizes thought triggers in an oversaturated medium/mental state.
A modular, dot-based letter system was created with sodium acetate crystals. The crystals expand from single points and merge with others until the basic letter shape is completely engulfed/consumed in the crystalline structures, depicting rising intrusive thoughts taking over an oversaturated mind, the Petri dish. The chemical reaction creates arbitrary forms within the characters, a feature this project embraces.