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Lichty, Patrick

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In my practice, the perennial question posed by curators and foundations in statements is, "What do you do?" As an artist who works with new media in a conceptual manner, an answer is often a slippery proposition that is not tied to particular media or technical processes- But for brevity, my work centers on the construction and communication of narrativer often based in social activism through critical inquiry/issues in reading and cognitive science (Grasping at Bits l), perception (8 Bits or Less2), media subversion & collaboration (RTMarkVYesMen), performance (The GRID), and social discourse (SPRAWL4, Grasping at Bits, SPRAWL, RTMark/YesMen). I believe much like Kandinsky did that art is a medium of communication through which concepts and experiences are expressed.