**See also**: [[Contraption i, ii and iii]]. Tripartite series (drawing, short story, installation) inspired by philosophical dwellings on selfhood, consciousness, synchronicity, symmetry, infinity and self-reference. It is, if anything, the most accurate self-portrait I have ever produced. More thoughts on this and other things here: [[Contraption]]. **Installation**: a hexagonal booth which can enclose one observer at a time, made up of 6 2x0.5m mirrors. **Drawing**: visual rendering of short story, black and red ink and paper.  **Short story** (below) was nominated for the annual thesis prize at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam, 2011) and for the Royal Academy of the Arts annual photography prize (London, 2011). Re-published in [Doyenne ii](https://doyenne-books.bandcamp.com/merch/doyenne-002-singing-to-spirits): _Singing to Spirits_, Flora Yin-Wong, 2023. ![[contraption 2011.pdf]]