A cool post on flat ontology.
"Flat ontology signifies an ontology in which there is only one ontological “type”: individuals...a flat ontology is an ontology that refuses to undermine or overmine objects." - Levi R. Bryant
Monday, December 27, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Electronic Data Free: Statement of Intent V.2
Electronic Data Free began as an experiment in voluntarily limiting my use of digital media, which was my medium of choice. I attempted to restrict myself from electronic data
altogether. In turn, my artist practice came to rely on my physical interactions with objects, while building upon previous themes in my work related to perception and truth.
The texture rubbings you see here allow me to unite both my mind and my body. By doing the rubbings, I experience these objects physically and perceptually. No longer am I a mere observer of things but I must experience, in my body, how objects exist. In 1000 Pennies where I perform rubbings of one-thousand pennies in a book, I can feel the resulting object
in my body after this performance since my arms, wrists, and shoulders are sore. By
interacting with an object in this way, it becomes more than something I am touching.
The object comes to be something that I feel within my body, an experience I was largely unaware of until this investigation.
Hence, this collection of videos and artist books explores the interconnectivity between objects, mind, and body.
altogether. In turn, my artist practice came to rely on my physical interactions with objects, while building upon previous themes in my work related to perception and truth.
The texture rubbings you see here allow me to unite both my mind and my body. By doing the rubbings, I experience these objects physically and perceptually. No longer am I a mere observer of things but I must experience, in my body, how objects exist. In 1000 Pennies where I perform rubbings of one-thousand pennies in a book, I can feel the resulting object
in my body after this performance since my arms, wrists, and shoulders are sore. By
interacting with an object in this way, it becomes more than something I am touching.
The object comes to be something that I feel within my body, an experience I was largely unaware of until this investigation.
Hence, this collection of videos and artist books explores the interconnectivity between objects, mind, and body.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
What I think I'm doing
With my new work, a mish-mash of artist books, frottage, analog processes, texture transfers, video documentation that becomes the artwork, reading literary theory, reading blogs, organic reproductions, investigating scale, electronic data free.
All good artists play critical games. I mean that we use cultural & social expectations to frame something (a condition, an idea, an object) slightly (or maybe a lot) out of context. The reward for this is to experience a unique condition that one wouldn't encounter otherwise.
What game am I playing?
I don't know yet. Something to do with climaxes, limited transfers, completion, the idea of textures, embodying an object, and memory of tactility.
All good artists play critical games. I mean that we use cultural & social expectations to frame something (a condition, an idea, an object) slightly (or maybe a lot) out of context. The reward for this is to experience a unique condition that one wouldn't encounter otherwise.
What game am I playing?
I don't know yet. Something to do with climaxes, limited transfers, completion, the idea of textures, embodying an object, and memory of tactility.
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