Extensions

Making biographical artwork starting with personal data

For my Extensions body of work, I start by selecting a personal data set. For example, I record my heart beat, and then create physical and digital objects that visualize that data as seen in Extensions 01-001, 01-002, and 01-003. The project stems from ideas of digital memory. Similar to the way a smartphone is an extension of one’s body or brain (one’s digital memory), I externalize and preserve my data as art objects to be referenced at a later time. My process for this work prioritizes iteration, experimentation and transparency--borrowed from agile methodology often used in software development.

In Extension 01-001, I combine elements of human, animal and machine to form a cyborg extension of myself inspired by Donna Haraway’s “A Cyborg Manifesto”. The red lights - as seen in the first video below - blink in sync with my recorded heart beat.

YEARS: 2019 - present

MEDIA:
Arduino
Pre-recorded heartbeat
3D prints
Mobile devices
Found gun rack with deer feet
Website design
Drawing