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(Non)Local.
When I was a kid I would mentally shrink myself down so that every small thing on the ground seemed huge. The familiar, freshly laid white caliche on white soil, antlion traps and desert termite tubes always looked like they corresponded to a harsh geology of a sterile planet, the pockmark craters on some asteroid and maybe even the above ground tunnel dwellings of an alien race somewhere faraway. After decades away, I returned back to my hometown and in a few bars over a few nights, more than a couple of strangers asked where I was visiting from, wouldn’t believe I was from around here, even that I didn’t seem like I belonged and “wouldn’t stay”. No longer a local boy dreaming of far off landscapes, I had inverted my reality through the wormhole and was now an alien in my hometown. “(Non)Local” is a nod to nonlocal consciousness, mental links we have to each other at a distance, perhaps including ourselves across time and place.
## Signal to Noise.
I removed the context of data that was collected in four of my published experiments, leaving only single digits. When indexed in a table, there appears to be only unrelated, random numbers. However, since the numbers come from real world data, there remains meaningful hidden structure in the grid. This reverses the process of scientific discovery and invites the viewer to participate in parsing signal from noise. Inscription.
## Self-portrait, Mutation.
I extracted DNA directly from my cells and determined a short genetic sequence from within them, which is visualized by the bottom trace. Each peak and color represents a unique DNA base (A, T, C or G) in part of a gene with 13 bases shown here in total. In a second sample, I mutated my DNA enzymatically, producing the top trace. This biogenerative process resulted in successfully evolving my DNA. The center base changed from T to C, resulting in a slightly different, mixed peak by comparison. To further separate this work from being purely scientific, I did not record specific details about the experimental process. Inscription.
## PEPEDASE.
In bacteria, the enzyme Peptidase E (PepE) is encoded by the gene PEPE. PEPEDASE is an atomic view of the PepE enzyme’s spatial architecture based on publicly available scientific data. I visually arranged the perspective and coloring to pay homage to Pepe the Frog, a major character in early bitcoin art experimentation. The creator of Pepe, Matt Furie, launched a #SavePepe movement which sought to produce positive derivative works of Pepe. While this movement had its height long before I became aware of it, I made this piece (and PEPEGENE, below) in the same spirit. Inscription.
## PEPEGENE.
Genes in living organisms are subject to mutation across time. In contrast, information on the bitcoin ledger is immutable. By etching the pepE DNA sequence onto bitcoin, its ability to evolve is lost. This challenges the significance of genetic information in a foreign digital context. I chose to keep the title “PEPEGENE” in upper case as a homage to the naming convention for Counterparty assets. This additionally contrasts the notation of a digital asset identifier (PEPEGENE) against the notation of biological identifiers (a,t,c or g), which are kept in lower case. Inscription.
## Monoliths.
Monoliths are a powerful symbols used throughout mathematics, religion, and science fiction. Here, I add dimensionality to censored graffiti by using simple 2D lines. This collapses the space between the original artist, the remover of the graffiti and myself in a three-step ritual that is carried out across time.
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