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Writing

Postulates of Brain Sculpting

Contemporary neuroscience has provided us with insights into the functioning of the brain that have the potential to inform new modes of creative practice. In this article I discuss how recent developments in the areas of brain plasticity and the occupational specialization of brain processes can open a field of investigation that will involve the…

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Writing

The Curse of Formalism

As a teacher I’ve sometimes seen students who are making interesting and chaotic work have the life sucked out of it by a curator or lecturer who asks them to reduce it to some kind of minimalist/formalist essence. On one level this article is a defense of the brilliantly chaotic, a mode that can take…

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In hand Studio

Matching (2007)

In the first of these three videos I carefully inspect a box of matches to find the differences between individual matches. In the second video I comment on the differences as the matches burn. The third video is a commentary on the burnt matches.

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Drawing Machines Rewriting

Space between (2002)

In this work I’m attempting to write four different letters simultaneously using aluminum poles attached to my arms and legs.