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In April 1981, at my request, my mother went to a detective agency. She hired them to follow me, to report my daily activities, and to provide photographic evidence of my existence. \u2013Sophie Calle<\/a><\/p>\n

What if you were to see yourself through the objective eyes of another \u2013 what might you learn that you never knew? Imagine this, go deep, consider how you might be seen by those who have never met you, just a stranger in public going about their day like every other human on earth. When we step back and consider this angle, we can begin to unpack the randomness of existence itself and our own life as just a speck floating in a sea of billions. While perhaps this idea can make us feel incredibly small, it can also be wonderfully humbling to realize that our struggles and triumphs are part of a vast network of humanity all walking through life on this little planet of ours.<\/p>\n

Ellen Pearlman<\/a> spoke to us in 2019 about a number of things, including her life as a global traveler and what was happening in her studio at the time. She was working on developing an emotionally intelligent, artificially intelligent brain-computer opera \u2013 a concept that was just a bit ahead of its time. She had already made the world\u2019s first interactive brain opera, and this builds on that. In the original project, human participant wears a brainwave headset that interacts with a computer. In the new project, there was the addition of an emotionally intelligent<\/em> computer. To learn more about Ellen\u2019s work, and these projects in particular, listen to the complete interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kristin Marting<\/a> joined us in 2021 when we discussed her role as founding artistic director of HERE, an award-winning progressive arts center in lower Manhattan. At the time, we were emerging from the pandemic. Marting herself, a very people-oriented person as a theater maker, talked bout what a strange time it had been to be in her home so much, though she did take some valuable lessons from those complicated circumstances as we faced both the pandemic and a \u201cracial reckoning\u201d in the U.S. To learn more about Marting\u2019s time during the pandemic, her work at HERE and more, listen to the complete interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A few words to keep in your pocket<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dare to contemplate yourself as just one of many, your experiences as part of an ocean of humanity.<\/p>\n

Outings <\/strong><\/p>\n

Join me at Andrew Edlin Gallery<\/a> for CO\u2082 Blues, an exhibition of work by the late Melvin Way<\/a><\/p>\n

Interviews are available on iTunes<\/a> as podcasts, and for Android, please click here<\/a>. All weekly essay pieces are here<\/a> in a shareable format. The full archive of interviews is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More books to read<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ours is a community of readers. Tell us what books you\u2019re reading now by adding your titles to our reading list here<\/a>. Praxis member Jan Kirstein Rigor<\/a> is reading\u00a0Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Bridgett Quinn, illustrated by Lisa Congdon<\/p>\n

Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Loghaven Artist Residency<\/a> provides artists with a transformative experience in historic log cabins on 90 acres of Knoxville woodland. Eligible artists receive stipends and access to new studio spaces for diverse creative disciplines. For more information, visit the website<\/a>. Application deadline is\u00a0July 15<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Brainard Carey is an author, artist and educator. He is the director of Praxis Center for Aesthetics and is currently faculty at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. He has written seven books for artists, including Making it in the Art World<\/a>. His seventh book, The Problems in the Art World: An Artist\u2019s A-Z Action Guide<\/a>, is available now.\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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