The desire to model reality compels us all. Augmented reality allows us to survey the intricate web of networks around us with unprecedented precision. Yet, the desired structure – which, placed over reality like a grid, promises to explain ‘everything’ – remains a mere illusion. It is the illusion of the artist, who attempts to do the impossible: to reveal the system hidden behind appearances, the covert connections of existence, which, even if only for fleeting moments, offer a semblance of an answer to the reality growing ever denser around us.