About the Artist:
The human mind is brilliant pattern recognition device. However, to be able to recognize a pattern in the endless shifting maze of experiential reality, a significant level of simplification is necessary. Both our conscious and unconscious minds filter out information that does not fit within these simplified data sets. Just as an image represents a facet, but not the totality of its subject, the image of our perception will inevitably miss many other angles of the grand schematic resulting in simplified and one dimensional world views.
With the mounting interconnectivity of information, individual points of view become overlapping (and often conflicting) data points. The gaps between the pixels of individual perception widen and in turn the continuous image of consensus is broken. As this dissonance between perceived reality and consensus expands, entanglements and tensions increase resulting in falsely decisive, divisive, and biased polarities that appear as aberrations in our perceptual framing of reality.
To move forward in any thoughtful manner we must consider the cognitive biases we place onto our understanding of the world we live in. What things do we overlook because we simply haven't thought to measure them? How do we codify the existence of things that cannot be measured? How do we verify that a measurement is an extant feature of reality as opposed to a social construct? Interweaving patterns emphasize that object and context are not independent features. Tangled spaces verging in and out of sight, are decaying echoes of the metapattern. Edges and binaries dissolve towards multiplicity, reflecting and radiating energy outwards. There is no true other. There is always room for compassion.
Trey Abraham is a mixed media artist, visual performer, and musician living in Austin, Texas whose works often include a mixture of printmaking, painting and collage elements. Trey received a BFA with a concentration in printmaking from the Memphis College of Art in 2012.
With the mounting interconnectivity of information, individual points of view become overlapping (and often conflicting) data points. The gaps between the pixels of individual perception widen and in turn the continuous image of consensus is broken. As this dissonance between perceived reality and consensus expands, entanglements and tensions increase resulting in falsely decisive, divisive, and biased polarities that appear as aberrations in our perceptual framing of reality.
To move forward in any thoughtful manner we must consider the cognitive biases we place onto our understanding of the world we live in. What things do we overlook because we simply haven't thought to measure them? How do we codify the existence of things that cannot be measured? How do we verify that a measurement is an extant feature of reality as opposed to a social construct? Interweaving patterns emphasize that object and context are not independent features. Tangled spaces verging in and out of sight, are decaying echoes of the metapattern. Edges and binaries dissolve towards multiplicity, reflecting and radiating energy outwards. There is no true other. There is always room for compassion.
Trey Abraham is a mixed media artist, visual performer, and musician living in Austin, Texas whose works often include a mixture of printmaking, painting and collage elements. Trey received a BFA with a concentration in printmaking from the Memphis College of Art in 2012.
What drew you to working with ALPACA?
I'm excited to be connected with a community of like-minded artists and to mutually learn and grow through cross-pollination of media, techniques, and ideas.
Art Services: Custom paintings, murals, installation art, album art, poster art, merch design, t-shirt design, ambient music, sound design, etc.
Other Gig Services: I work as an Austin bicycle tour guide specializing in art, history, and local culture.
