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.