2016
laser etchings on archival Arches Aquarelle watercolor paper
30 H × 23 W in (76.2 H × 58.42 W cm) each
“Blank Stare” is a series of laser etchings on watercolor paper that integrate waveforms of fluctuating levels of attention recorded with an EEG (electroencephalogram) sensor. The fine lines burned into the paper in a repeated radial pattern create a visual focal point in the center of each etching. Each print in the “Blank Stare” series repeats a single EEG waveform recorded while the artist stared at a blank sheet of watercolor paper for sixty seconds. The data used to generate the waveforms measured attention levels.
“Blank Stare” is a series of laser etchings on watercolor paper that integrate waveforms of fluctuating levels of attention recorded with an EEG (electroencephalogram) sensor. The fine lines burned into the paper in a repeated radial pattern create a visual focal point in the center of each etching. Each print in the “Blank Stare” series repeats a single EEG waveform recorded while the artist stared at a blank sheet of watercolor paper for sixty seconds. The data used to generate the waveforms measured attention levels.
Project support provided by IMRC at The University of Maine Department of New Media, SIM Residency, ACRE Residency
Exhibitions include SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Capsule Gallery, David J. Sencer CDC Museum in association with The Smithsonian Institution
Special thanks to Sean Michael Taylor and Gene A. Felice II
video documentation of studio production for "Blank Stare" series, laser etching on watercolor paper while in residence as Researcher in Residence at the IMRC in the Department of New Media, University of Maine
