The X-figure works delve into the facets of an enigmatic form – at once symbol, signifier, number, and text – a conduit through space, existence, and time. Across cultures, belief systems, and bodies of knowledge, the X forbids and permits, negates and affirms, divides and binds. Its upright stance evokes human presence with ancestral depth, a sign in prehistoric caves and ancient rock carvings. At a human core, it conveys gender: specific yet universal, embodied in the female chromosome and shared by women and men. The X also conjures mystery and allure – an unknown quantity, a hidden treasure, a pivotal axis, and a marker of exceptional presence: the X factor. In this body of work, embedded codes and cues are unearthed and reimagined through the speculative lens of the X.