Philosoprops & Ontological
Apparatus
from the Center for
the Obvious
&
(Im)Permacultural Research
by Alyce Santoro,
Delicate Empiricist
All Are Invited to Join the Center for the Obvious &
(Im)Permacultural Research, a Semi-Ephemeral Anti-Institution Dedicated to Reverence
of Phenomena and Non-Phenomena. Associated Artifacts & Happenings at Gasser-Grunert,
524 W 19th St., New York, NY from January 10th through
February 16th, 2013.
On January 10 from 6pm – 8pm Please Gather With Klemens
Gasser, Tanja Grunert, and Alyce Santoro (Delicate Empiricist) for the Hoisting
of a Sonorous Sail, Woven from Cassette Tape Recorded with Samples Collected On
and Under the Streets of New York City.
ALSO OFFERED:
The
Homeopathic Remedies for the 5 Ills of Society – based on the premise that like cures like, tinctures to counter
VIOLENCE, DETACHMENT, CONSUMERISM, ALIENATION, and GREED were made from dilute
solutions of bullet, glue, water from Wal-Mart, emptiness, and money,
respectively.
The
Upside-down LIFE – silkscreened on newsprint, this enlarged version of the
LIFE magazine logo is intended as street art, to be applied upside-down. In a
topsy-turvy world, making things right begins with a mental shift.
Goethe’s
Game – delicate
pieces exist within a closed system, each entity acting on others regardless of
physical proximity. Based on 1970’s toy “Booby Trap” and quotes by Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe, "If you would
seek comfort in the whole, you must learn to discover the whole in the smallest
part," and Buckminster Fuller, “The
entire universe is in tension.”
Assorted wearable apparatus, including a Satellite Dish
Hat, a Copper Listening Pillow, and Sonorous Superhero Suits made of fabric
woven from cassette tape.
CHOOSE
DETERMINISM – Research-in-progress into a “grand unification theory” for
philosophy: can free will and determinism operate simultaneously, as do the paradoxical
laws of classical and quantum physics?
Dialectic Revival
– Ongoing collaborative inquiry and improvisation. TBA.
ABOUT THE CFTO/IPR:
The CFTO/IPR encourages exploration into Joseph Beuys’
postulate, “Before considering the question WHAT CAN WE DO we have to look into
the question HOW MUST WE THINK?”
Our inquiries lead to the generation and collection of philosoprops, catalysts for open-ended discussion around a
range of social, scientific, and philosophical concepts. In order to
effectively communicate about these themes we are working to revive dialectic, an earnest form of information-pooling
that acknowledges and embraces paradox, nuance, flux, and interrelationship.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe referred to research based on
intuition and empathy derived from prolonged observation as “delicate
empiricism”. With a background in science and scientific illustration, CFTO/IPR
agent Alyce Santoro uses a delicate
empiricist approach to the development of conceptual movements and multimedia
catalysts for dialog and social engagement that challenge notions of
separateness between seemingly disparate entities.
Santoro is the inventor of Sonic Fabric, an audible textile woven
from recorded audiocassette tape, and has initiated several experimental social
action campaigns including the Synergetic
Omni-Solution, the
Dialectic Revival, OCCUPY
EVERYWHERE, the USE HALF NOW
Campaign, and Collective
Democracy. She is a frequent contributor to Truthout.org, where she writes about
the social construction of human relationship with the biosphere. She moved
from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook seven years ago to experiment with
appropriate technologies (including permaculture, rainwater harvesting,
small-scale solar, etc.) in the Big Bend region of far west Texas, 90 miles
from the Mexican border.
For more information please contact:
website: http://www.gassergrunert.net
email: tanja@gassergrunert.net
phone: 646-944-6197
For more information please contact:
website: http://www.gassergrunert.net
email: tanja@gassergrunert.net
phone: 646-944-6197
