My art practice concerns making and thinking as a means of ongoing self-construction or becoming. I am concerned with my own becoming and also with sharing methods/thinking with others, and their own journeys of becoming. In developing and refining making and thinking, some elements of the artist's studio are necessary. In sharing or fostering this journey with others, some elements of community art are needed. This work does not happen in a vacuum. It happens in systems that have their benefits and their pitfalls, with new technologies that are helpful and also unhelpful. So, I'm looking at writers that can help me to negotiate through these areas. 

Art, community and education

Claire Bishop
Nicolas Bourriard
Michel Foucault
Gilles Deleuze
Donna Harraway
​Paulo Freire

The traditions of the artist's studio

Jens Hoffman
Mary Jane Jacob and Michelle Grabner

Language and publics

Susan Gal
​Kathryn Woolard

Aesthetics and self-construction

Mark Turner
Francis Steen
Patricia Cain

Culture and communication technology

Laura Marks
Susan Sontag
​Dick McCaw