Recent ensemble of work responds to reading Emerson’s essay Circles , listening to lectures on stochastic emergence of life, and the trusty ballpoint pen.
In junction to the physical boxes and panels is 05:23:55;28 hours of audio recording capturing the sound of the pen on the surface. It may be accessed here.
The following passage was written during the work’s creation and may provide furthur explaination.
On Emergence:
What is fascinating about this process is the image which emerges from the
laborious surface preparation process. Ball point is merly the instrument to reveal the remenents of process below. The
preparation process requires time and patience.
A little bit at a time.
Working on many at once.
The drying time in between.
Then the pen comes. It is an indulgent step to be fair.
Spending hours just drawing circles.
Filling the space as much and for as long as I see fit. Until I move on to the next. And in it’s wake I leave behind the fraction of
evidence, serving as testimony for what lies below hidden; the truth, which is
process.
What emerges from the process cannot be predicted, yet is ripe with purpose and intention.
The constraint which I have set upon myself, in terms of material and procedure, has helped me to stop my brain from overthinking or moving on too quickly from what deserves an infinite time of thought.
It has allowed the process to take full
control unconsciously.
On Using Sound:
Small factors change when it comes to the application of ballpoint. I do not make the decision before but rather let my intutition carry me and try. One thing I learned is the sound can help me to judge the size, speed, and stregnth of the circle. How slow or fast the rhythm of audio is correlates to how small or big the circle made is.
Randomness which is unconscious cannot be predicted.
