Principle of Operation

Principle of Operation is a project grounded in the understanding that sensing, processing, and output form a continuous operational system. Working exclusively with pencil on paper, the drawings develop through sustained contact between graphite, surface, and body. There is no erasure or corrective manipulation; each surface accumulates through pressure, duration, and attention. Friction functions as a regulating condition. The resistance of the paper, the drag of the pencil, and the sound produced through contact operate across tactile, visual, and acoustic registers. These signals continuously modulate pace and decision-making. Each mark responds to the compression left by previous marks embedded in the paper fibers, allowing the drawing to unfold through feedback, fatigue, and proximity rather than through advance planning or compositional resolution. The work proceeds from the premise that perception organizes itself through ongoing adjustment rather than decisive action. Resolution, when introduced too early, would interrupt this process by stabilizing information prematurely. Evenness and repetition are therefore not aesthetic outcomes but necessary working conditions that allow attention to remain active and responsive over time. Commitment resides in sustained calibration and maintenance rather than declaration or closure. From a distance, the drawings read as dense fields shaped by accumulated time. At close range, individual marks remain legible as discrete events, registering a body continuously engaged in the act of processing.

15 works