Incidental Specimens
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“…we still perceive the world, in all its gushing beauty and terror, right on our pulses.
Diane Ackerman |
Incidental Specimens is a series of works as varied in artistic approaches and media as they are in examples of sensory response. The works include photography, video stills, and digital manipulation, incorporating wax and rubber, naturally found objects, discarded debris, and thin paper references of skin combined with metal and wires as threads of nerve connections. The source of their incubation comes from a deeply personal space. The works are offered as specimens of the human condition.
Diane Ackerman, writing in A Natural History of the Senses states that “The senses don’t just make sense of life in bold or subtle acts of clarity, they tear reality apart into vibrant morsels and reassemble them into meaningful patterns.”
The more recent works in the series are based on this notion of sensory input and evidentiary verification – the human patterns of life. However, adding the human dimension to any test or experiment allows for varying data and measurements that do not neatly answer the questions.
Diane Ackerman, writing in A Natural History of the Senses states that “The senses don’t just make sense of life in bold or subtle acts of clarity, they tear reality apart into vibrant morsels and reassemble them into meaningful patterns.”
The more recent works in the series are based on this notion of sensory input and evidentiary verification – the human patterns of life. However, adding the human dimension to any test or experiment allows for varying data and measurements that do not neatly answer the questions.
Incidental Specimens: Pulse
2007
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Incidental Specimens: Grasping and Gasping
2007
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Incidental Specimens: Lap It Up 2007
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Incidental Specimens, Endurance
2006
2006