I started life as a scientist and now work as an artist. I oscillate like an itinerant quantum particle in both and neither of these two worlds. I believe that is the way to discover meaning for myself and those interested in the direction of my spin.
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Machine-assisted Poetry – the evolution of an imperfect cybernetic experiment
Part I If Duchamp taught us anything its that if its in a gallery it must be art. The context determines what it is – not the content! It was in this light that I wanted to operate my machine outside the gallery system – on the streets of Sydney so that it/I might become …
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A Measurement at the Queen Victoria Building
Together with Matt, an experimental physicist, I set up The Evolver – a hopeful measuring device which detects things – such as our longing – that must surely sit in the underlying architecture – at, or near the edge of measurement. Here is a short video of The Measurement in progress ———– The measurement …
Frottage in Fiji
Frottage; the technique or process of taking a rubbing from an uneven surface to form the basis of a work of art. ———————————– So I went to Fiji. A family holiday and did some drawing. The rocks on the other side of the island were rough and interesting so decided to frottage on them. Frot. Frotter. Frottage. …
The most sophisticated machine I ever built
I generally build purposeless machines. The Evolver (click to see a video), unlike a toaster, is not made with any teleology in mind. Toasters compel quite specific behaviours in people. Coffee cups too. There is a statistical scope of behaviour… where if you look at the behaviour of people interacting with toasters a general picture …
The Lonely Man of Faith (after Soloveitchik)
Last night the rabbi spoke of coincidences being greetings / reminders (?) from G-d I have always hated the word coincidence because it diminishes profound encounters into just a numbers game Impoverishing experience And then Joseph Soloveitchik speaks of the loneliness of The man on faith Here Patti talks of the loneliness of the poet. …
