Random Mutations series 2004/2024, originally called Counterblast, which was a nod to Marshall McLuhan's 1969 book of the same name, evolved from the deconstruction, graphically, of a word or phrase (which typically is the title of each piece) to produce a new visual language out of that process. For example, a word or a phrase like "Invisible Archeology" or "McLuhan Was Right" is manipulated in a graphics program, manually altering the type, subtractively, or additively, to the point that it becomes illegible graphic elements. Sometimes what evolves is an outlined, topographic map-like imagery. A "typo-topography". Other times it's an almost architectural manifestation. Ultimately, the fragmented remnants of the letters, the counters and broken serifs, offer a partial message, which conversely becomes the new visual language or dialog within the work. Language from the negation of language. Babel / babble / b Ab... L

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