Tracer was made for the 2019 Brain Project, in support of the Baycrest Foundation and Alzheimer’s research. I began by looking at brain PET scans, and was mesmerized by the colours and patterns created, and how these interactions could be used for diagnosis. I used these images to create a pattern to cover the brain surface in sequins, and treated the sequins like pixels to try and recreate a sense of the image. There is a contrast between the shine and seduction of the sequins and the reality of the image you are presented with, thereby expanding on the dynamic between beauty and danger.