Collection and Dissolution: Wholeness, the creative process, and the limitations of text

Thesis for the Degree of Master of Fine Arts at Gothenburg University, May 2009. Documentation for the sound installation described within can be found here: http://www.vimeo.com/4084397 Videos for the sound performance can also be found on my Vimeo channel: http://www.vimeo.com/5409101 http://www.vimeo.com/5421818 http://www.vimeo.com/5429014 An exposition and contextualization of the author’s art practice framed by an investigation into the insights afforded by quantum physics and the cognitive sciences as applied to the creative process. This is presented expressively and non-linearly in various styles of writing. Ranging from scholarly text to casual diary writing to concrete poetry, comments are presented on the advantages, disadvantages, and limits of the use of text as exposition of artwork and creative processes in general. Importance is also placed on the graphic presentation of such text. It is suggested that different styles of writing display different levels of efficiency for communicating certain types of information. It follows that some styles of writing are simply inappropriate for some messages. The text aims to discuss the context of the art practice rather than the results of it. Discussing the meaning of the present works is irrelevant, hence a true meaning is never disclosed.