weekly update: up next
posted 12/04
thinking about: Just did a little identity creation for the Tools series. Now the devices will all have matching tags and labels on them.
For next quarter, I have a few things planned. I want to do a series of performances/experiments, exploring the possibilities of changing myself psychologically or mentally, using technology, and seeing how it affects me and those around me. I am thinking about the work of artists like Orlan and Stelarc, but I am more interested in making nonphysical or invisible changes. I met with Casey today, and he also reminded me of the work of Cindy Sherman and Lynn Hershman. I’m going to work with visiting professor/designer Gail Swanlund on the documentation and presentation of this series of experiments.
I also would like to work on a large project for the entire quarter in studio with Robert Israel, one that is a single entity and not a collection of many smaller parts. This is in direct conflict with the way I work best, which is with smaller experiments and iterations, evolving and building up over time to form a coherent larger project. While the other series will be like that, I want to force myself with this project to commit to an idea and stick with it for 10 weeks. So it will be two very different approaches to the same area of ideas.
I’m also taking a data visualization class with Victoria Vesna, a theory class with Erkki Huhtamo, and a psychology class about culture, brain, and development.
reading: Powers of Horror (Kristeva), Expressive Processing (Wardrip-Fruin)