Data Artist
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We're always looking for ways, externally, to figure out who we are.
What I started to realize was that this added up to a picture of me: this part of me that's hidden, this part of me that I don't notice or see that was maybe richer, and more complex, and more interesting than I could even remember about myself.
Sometimes an artist can anticipate a scientific breakthrough because they notice something that’s true and real.
Everything that you do, you don’t hide, all that stuff comes back. Everything comes back into play.
Don't hide. Go get more.
I make work out of measurements.
What I started to realize was that my data added up to a picture of me, this part of me that is hidden, this part of me that I don't notice or see, that was maybe richer and more complex and more interesting than I could even remember about myself.
Art makes data sticky. It gets you to look.
Maybe the whole part of all this data tracking is to understand this part of ourselves that we don't know.