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I am an multi-disciplinary artist and writer based in Oakland, California. My work generally involves acts of close observation, whether it's birdwatching, collecting screen shots, or trying to parse bizarre forms of e-commerce. In one of my favorite projects, I created The Bureau of Suspended Objects, a searchable online archive of 200 objects salvaged from the San Francisco dump, each with photographs and painstaking research into its material, corporate, and manufacturing histories. I am compelled by the ways in which attention (or lack thereof) leads to consequential shifts in perception at the level of the everyday. My visual work has been exhibited at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, the New York Public Library, the Marjorie Barrick Museum (Las Vegas), Les Rencontres D'Arles, Fotomuseum Antwerpen, Fotomuseum Winterthur, La Gaîté Lyrique (Paris), the Lishui Photography Festival (China), and apexart (NY). I have been an artist in residence at Recology SF (the dump), the San Francisco Planning Department, and the Internet Archive. From 2013 to 2021, I taught digital art at Stanford University. My book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, was published by Melville House in 2019. You can see my other writing here. I am represented by Caroline Eisenmann (ce@goldinlit.com) at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency. For media and publicity requests, please contact Marni Folkman, mfolkman@prh.com. For inquiries specifically related to How to Do Nothing, contact publicity@mhpbooks.com. Please note that my availability is very limited as I am working on a second book. recent-ish: other selected interviews / conversations: |