Trinity of Things is a projected triptych wherein the first two panels depict the past and present of human-made technologies through moving photographs, and the third offers space for an extrapolated and imagined future. In the leftmost panel, images of paleolithic tools, specifically handaxes, act as both a visual and conceptual stand-in for the first human-made technology. Presently, handaxes are the earliest documented human-made objects, dating over 1.8 million years, and have been discovered in parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Early humans have used stone stools like those projected for 1.3 million years to carry out various tasks such as cutting branches, tearing off meat, and breaking bones to extract the marrow. No other existing human artifact has been produced and utilized for such an extended length of time and across a large geographic span. 

The middle panel consists of photographs of contemporary technologies from my daily life and iPhone screenshots I have taken within the past six years. Various modes of technology are shown; in some photos as individual objects and in others through images that illustrate the interconnected technological systems within which they exist. Images of personal objects, such as my shoes, laptop, and debit card, speak to my implication within these systems. Interspersed are found images, such as the Parthenon and a missile, that do not pertain to my lived experience but speak to a more universal human engagement with objects and their related technical processes. In combination, the selected photographs visualize the rapid increase of human technological production since the advent of the handaxe.

Both the left and middle panels of the triptych display 115 moving images each. This is in reference to the number of photos selected for the Golden Record to illustrate humanity on Earth.

The third panel is blank and is a visual stand-in for future technologies and systems not yet created by humans. 

On display are paleolithic tools as well as the technologies used to project the triptych.