OVERVIEW

click below for quick access to the project components, otherwise scroll down for a pseudo linear walkthrough of the process

•ANNOUNCING AMPERSAND M. WORX •

creative lab • studio practice • multimedia archive

it is a thrill to launch AMPERS&ND M. WORX, the official conduit of consultation, collaboration, & commission for projects aligned with the principles of the AMPERS&ND universe. see our social media channel for the full announcement & further information on how to connect

¿ how can i support AMPERS&ND ?

¡ thank you for asking ! we are working on sustainable avenues for long-term support from patrons & independent funders. in the meantime, consider booking work through the AMPERS&ND M. WORX channel or make direct donations through venmo, paypal, or cashapp. contact us directly if you’d like to donate/share generousity through an avenue not listed

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s.j.a

AMPERSAND : THE FOUNDATIONS

AMPERS&ND is a multimedia archival experiment examining the processes and practices underlying the collective synthesis of knowledge and art.

AMPERS&ND represents a living chronicle of the exploration into our ‘ways of knowing’ and ‘ways of making’ in various intellectual and creative disciplines, exemplified through the emphasis on metacognition (thinking about thinking) and metacreativity (creative ways of creating) as lenses of examination.

AMPERS&ND moves between spaces of institutional knowing (through scholarship, empirical research, and critical theory) and embodied creative practice (through interdisciplinary collaboration, multimedia documentation, and aesthetic theory) to illustrate how processes of knowing and making converge, diverge, resonate, and replicate between mediums; an extended exercise in multimodal jazz.

AMPERS&ND was first conceptualized during a storyteller residency at the diverse intelligences summer institute in st. andrews, scotland. this institute brings together interdisciplinary scholars and artists working at the intersections of their fields in the name of pursuing a deeper understanding of knowledge, culture, and meaning formation.

Below you can engage with AMPERS&ND as a work-in-process, examine some of its core foundations and frames of reference (as they relate to the philosophy, economics, sociology, and performance of creative exchange), and learn more about the current and future directions of the project.

¿HOW IS KNOWLEDGE SYNTHESIZED &&& WHY DO WE ENGAGE?

¿HOW DOES KNOWLEDGE TRANSACTION TAKE PLACE &&& 

WHAT ARE THE RULES/PARAMETERS OF EXCHANGE?

¿WHAT DO WE OBSERVE &&& EXPERIENCE DURING THESE INTERACTIONS?

 AMPERSAND: EXPLORATIONS

AMPERSAND ONLiNE (working title | work-in-progress). in line with the meta-documentation process exhibited in SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: take one by director william greaves, this exploration focuses on the sociology of artistic process sharing in the age of (filtered, voyeuristic) digital interaction spaces.

COUNTERWORLDS. a series of digital and physical mindmaps inspired by materials from the course Counterworlds: Innovation and Rupture in Communities of Artistic Practice, taught by art historian and curator brigid doherty, and renowned artist josephine meckseper, explored the possibilities and implications of utopic imagination in individual and communal artistic practice. the course featured the work (and accompanying presence in discussion) of several acclaimed artists and curators, including josiah mcelheny, lucy sante, hanne darboven, tourmaline, jenn nkiru, justine kurkland, and many others.

these mindmaps are reflective/responsive pieces to the materials from the counterworlds seminar, demonstrating some of the initial distillations of course discussions, related works, and ideologies from adjacent scholars and artists (including bell hooks and paul laurence dunbar), and their central tie-in to the ethos of the AMPERSAND project.

TECH[TON]IK (2023). an experimental triptych film featured in a multichannel installation/speculative radio station developed through the collaboratorium for radical aesthetics at princeton university. the larger installation — created in collaboration with artists evan haley & isadora knutsen — was showcased during ‘SOUND IMAGES: visual frequency and the black imaginary,’ an exhibition curated by writer, theorist, and collaboratorium founder dr. tina campt.

TECH[TON]IK is also a love letter to the internet culture, home cinema, & the power of remix. the film pays homage to freeform radio and sonic liberation movements. this piece draws from many ‘serendipitous’ archives, including the minds of nick cave, ekow eshun, john fm, & jenn nkiru.

AMPERSAND : COLLABORATIONS

welcome to the AMPERS&ND COLLABORATION space.

the collaborative element of this project is integral to its core foundation. the underlying exploration of the economics and sociology of collaborative metacognition and creative synthesis started long before this project had a title, and involves continual work — both formal and abstract — in community with innovators, scholars, artists, and phenoms across disciplines, mediums, and geographic/modal borders. below are some examples of selected collaborations (at various stages of development) with some of these brilliant individuals. this page is currently under (ongoing) construction,

stay tuned for more to come.

THE AMPERS&ND TAPES | moonflower jam (tape 02)

collaborators: s.arinade • shakoor hakeem • sweet corey-bey • michael bradford forbes • seamus conley • parick bayer • max hoenig • omi tsebe

modalities: sonic, poetic, visual, jazz

categories: improvisational practice

site/citation: recorded 04.23.24 in philadelphia, PA (lenapehoking territory)