Seeking Balance

"Seeking Balance" by Mike Silverman Art. A "Seeking Balance" by Mike Silverman. A sculpture from the "Connection" series about the fluid boundaries between self and other.
Explore "Seeking Balance," an e-waste sculpture of a reflective woman passing through the hollow, circuitry form of a man—present but absent.
See the reflection of "Seeking Balance." The male figure dissolves, showing our perceptions of others are often mutable, unreliable projections.
A closeup of "Seeking Balance": a puzzle-piece hand reaches into a hollow head, a search for connection that dissolves in the light of examination.
Wall art of a skull with electronic circuit pattern, featuring a robotic hand and a heart-shaped detail.
"Seeking" depicts conscious transformation. A figure steps through a relationship, changed in the process of moving forward.

Seeking Balance depicts a woman moving through a relationship — literally. The male figure she passes through is built as an outline: hollow circuitry, present only in his frame.

She is solid. Reflective. Real. He is the negative space of a person — there in shape but absent in substance. A puzzle-piece hand reaches into his hollow head, searching for connection that dissolves under examination. In the reflection, his form fades almost entirely. What remains is her.

The piece explores what it means to stay present in a relationship with someone who isn't fully there — the effort it takes, the way you change in the process of moving through it, and what you carry to the other side.

50”h x 39”w x 3”d: hard drive platter, motherboard