JONATHAN LORAND
Artist statement
I am a ‘researcher-artist’, situated between artistic production and question-guided processes of investigation.
Central themes in my practice are
wishes/needs/desires
listening and posing questions
invisible vs. intentional structures
embodied thinking
I work primarily with the media of
dialogue
space
text
via workshops, hosting, interactive installation, scores, experimental writing...
I am inspired by practical knowledges around empathy, consent, and conflict-resolution and I am guided by urgent-feeling confusions and curiosity about how these connect to psychology, ethics, politics, and ways of thinking about
agency
subjectivity
ontology
forces
change
I love spaces and processes that integrate an ethics of empathy and cultivate attention, playfulness, non-judgemental questioning, and emergent intelligence.
