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Twelve Ten Gallery is pleased to present work by Pieter Schoolwerth and Keith Tilford.
In the cult film “Brain Damage” (1988), director Frank Henenlotter introduces a loquacious, brain eating parasite, called Aylmer, that looks like a cross between a penis and a fluke worm. Aylmer attaches himself to Brian (Rick Hearst), whom he seduces with his honeyed tongue and the addictive properties of a psychoactive chemical called “juice” that he injects into Brian’s brain stem.
Philosopher Michel Serres identified the parasite as an agent of exchange: “The parasite invents something new. Since he does not eat like everyone else, he builds a new logic. He crosses the exchange, makes it into a diagonal. He does not barter; he exchanges money. He wants to give his voice for matter, (hot) air for solid, superstructure for infrastructure.” What is the new thing that the parasite invents? Serres tells us that “He invents cybernetics.” Aylmer pilots Brian like an automaton as he exchanges juice…
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Twelve Ten Gallery is pleased to present work by Pieter Schoolwerth and Keith Tilford.
In the cult film “Brain Damage” (1988), director Frank Henenlotter introduces a loquacious, brain eating parasite, called Aylmer, that looks like a cross between a penis and a fluke worm. Aylmer attaches himself to Brian (Rick Hearst), whom he seduces with his honeyed tongue and the addictive properties of a psychoactive chemical called “juice” that he injects into Brian’s brain stem.
Philosopher Michel Serres identified the parasite as an agent of exchange: “The parasite invents something new. Since he does not eat like everyone else, he builds a new logic. He crosses the exchange, makes it into a diagonal. He does not barter; he exchanges money. He wants to give his voice for matter, (hot) air for solid, superstructure for infrastructure.” What is the new thing that the parasite invents? Serres tells us that “He invents cybernetics.” Aylmer pilots Brian like an automaton as he exchanges juice…
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