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Matte_screen matte black; to the average bit, cyberspace is room temperature. the dull thuds and scrapes of IP addresses as they rest at each domain. and the hum.

the sound is constant:: a sharp fluttering from the inefficient contrails of nearby
data streams. the hollow pop signaling the genesis of a new site. the omnipresent 50 Hz
and 60 Hz hums are the frequencies at which electricity emanates through the internet -
animating everything through its vibrations. but there is never an echo. there are millions of sites like this in cyberspace:: abandoned pag

es with
intentions long discarded, now simply resting. there is no protocol for the termination of
unused sites because there is no need. infinity has no clutter. this site was designed by
multimedia artist Crystal Wood in early 2016, intended to be a catalogue of their work:
the framework was largely in place, a cleverly efficient script for non-linear, nonhierarchical
interaction with the site content. the content and stylesheet were mostly
finished - a template uncannily matching the matte, burnished aesthetics of the hidden
realm beneath the screen. Crystal Wood took their life later that year - head resting on
their laptop keyboard as they lost their charge. the site was never completed. a poorly encoded data stream is inefficient. commonly this results in a loss of
content during transmission, showering bits across the network along its path. weaker
data streams can be absorbed by stronger passing streams near the source or
destination, erasing the weaker and corrupting the stronger. and there is the rare case
of a misfired data stream. there is not consensus on the cause of this phenomenon, and
it largely goes undetected - a misfired stream soaring infinitely with nothing in its path,
or very rarely terminating at a null part of code or infrastructure.
09.20.2016 the Leipziger Barockorchester is performing JS Bach’s first four
Orchestral Suites as part of the Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Bavaria. The festival is
being broadcasted and streamed by BBC 4, with estimated thousands of international
listeners. Their servers massive and warm, the stream is a beauty in its power. Moments before the downbeat of Suite No. 2: 1. Overture, a listener’s stream in
Oakland, CA goes silent.

01 FAITH AND A SENSE OF TRUTH “…We all had tears in our eyes. Why go into an examination of lives, objectives, and the p...
03/01/2018

01 FAITH AND A SENSE OF TRUTH

“…We all had tears in our eyes.
Why go into an examination of lives, objectives, and the physical actions when we could see life itself in her face?”
Konstantin Stanislavski, 1936

the objective of my creative response is becoming clearer: to build faith and a sense of truth.

GENESIS was urgent. my potential energy - stored beneath the screen - was nudging destruction by way of disillusionment. it was a time of building my self in the only way that I knew: via digital representations of physical reality. virtual realities. a digital rendering of the physical IS a reality. but is it personal? the great inner struggle seeks an outlet in such an external act. i reached out

i now feel that time as pre-history. a time when no external acts had been taken, a time when no sensations had been recorded, a time when a reflective self could not have existed. only after having personal experience - dependent on interpersonal context - can I be accounted for. what soars is: feeling, imagination, situation

“and what is faith” they prayed

truth cannot be separated from belief. and it is through reflection and performance and reflection that faith becomes truth.

I believe that I become me through we
I believe that to feel my body I must feel it in space shared with you
I believe that
feeling becomes imagination becomes creativity becomes truth
so be it

my faith is in ‘the life of a human body’. my truth be told

matte_screen 03.2018

“…We all had tears in our eyes. Why go into an examination of lives, objectives, and the physical actions when we could see life itself in her face?” Konstantin Stanislavski, 1936 the objective of m

10/26/2017
00GENESIS (10/29 Ephemeral Stream Recordings)_first single "POI5E" now streaming_physical release available for pre-orde...
10/21/2017

00GENESIS (10/29 Ephemeral Stream Recordings)
_first single "POI5E" now streaming
_physical release available for pre-order
_release show tonight Release::: Bourgeois Speedball//matte_screen//Sally Decker//YPR

7 track album

09/29/2017

10.21.2017

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