Listen "sensory stim brain: artwork statement"
Episode Synopsis
(sensory stim brain): When you touch the textured representation of my MRI, my brain representation touches you through the nerves in your fingers.
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You can touch it.
This project is modelled directly off a projection of my MRI.
It’s a representation of my sensory profile. Using found objects from my everyday environments. I invite you to explore responding to textures I like.
You can build you own sensory profile by documenting what bits you like and don’t like to touch - furry, rough, smooth, abrasive. Please feel my metaphorical brain.
I haven’t lost my marbles... I’ve glued them on here.
It was strange to be formally diagnosed with “sensory issues”. Finding out that my senses are heightened compared to non-autistic community (That is 98% of the population that surrounds me).
I don’t know what sensations people will experience through touching this sculpture (Autistic people are 2% of the population). Many Autistic people will have a different sensory profile than me.
After seeing the Sublime Stim film, Prue Stevenson said something like “your preference is for ‘wet’, I prefer dry”.
Concept & Artwork: Mishka
Textural Selection Artists: Mishka & Mish Szekelyhidi
Contributors: Aarti Jadu, Evelyn Ida Morris, Alyssia Resin Surace, Ania Dylag, Stella Schiftan, Bart Mangan, Sarah Rowbottam, Artemis Derlanea Muñoz.
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You can touch it.
This project is modelled directly off a projection of my MRI.
It’s a representation of my sensory profile. Using found objects from my everyday environments. I invite you to explore responding to textures I like.
You can build you own sensory profile by documenting what bits you like and don’t like to touch - furry, rough, smooth, abrasive. Please feel my metaphorical brain.
I haven’t lost my marbles... I’ve glued them on here.
It was strange to be formally diagnosed with “sensory issues”. Finding out that my senses are heightened compared to non-autistic community (That is 98% of the population that surrounds me).
I don’t know what sensations people will experience through touching this sculpture (Autistic people are 2% of the population). Many Autistic people will have a different sensory profile than me.
After seeing the Sublime Stim film, Prue Stevenson said something like “your preference is for ‘wet’, I prefer dry”.
Concept & Artwork: Mishka
Textural Selection Artists: Mishka & Mish Szekelyhidi
Contributors: Aarti Jadu, Evelyn Ida Morris, Alyssia Resin Surace, Ania Dylag, Stella Schiftan, Bart Mangan, Sarah Rowbottam, Artemis Derlanea Muñoz.
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