bruce nauman statement, 1972

LACK OF INFORMATION INPUT
(SENSORY DEPRIVATION _ BREADOWN
OF RESPONSIVE SYSTEMS.
 PROVISION OF INFORMATION WHICH IS SKEW
RATHER THAN CLEARLY REINFORCING OR CON-
TRADICTORY _
 2 KINDS OF INFORMATION EACH OR WHICH TO
UNRELATED RESPONSE MECHANISM.
 (SKEW LINES NEVER MEET AND ARE NOT
PARALLED IN SPACE _ BUT THEY CAN BE VERY
CLOSE TOGETHER OR VERY FAR APART).
 WITHDRAWAL AS AN ART FORM?
 SENSORY MANIPULATION
(AMPLIFICATION)
(DEPRIVATION)
 SENSORY OVERLOAD (FATIGUE) DENIAL OR
CONFUSION OF GESTALT (VOLUNTARY _ INVO-
LUNTARY)
INVOCATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL
DEFENCE MECH.
 EXAMINATION OF PHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL
RESPONSES TO SIMPLE OR EVEN OVERSIMPLIFIED
SITUATIONS WHICH CAN YELD CLEARLY
EXPERIENCEABLE PHENOMENA.
_ PHENOMENA + EXPERIENCE ARE
UNDIFFERENTIABILITY.

bruce nauman, "the new avant-garde" praeger publishers, 1972
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