blocks of pest

The back of a diagram for Lessons in Schizophrenia.

For more information on my forthcoming book check here: http://www.kristenalvanson.com/new/LIS.html

Maskh Project

The Maskh Project has been abstractly created after the forgotten art of Talisman-forging in the Middle East particularly Iran. Middle Eastern talismans are forged in the form of diagrammatic bodies whose true figurative ideas are stripped down to their minimal abstract components – numbers as body parts, letter curvatures as fiendish fauna, geometric elements as skeletal frames and alpha-numeric convolutions or miniature ciphers as elementary particles of the world surrounding the figures. Each talisman or spell-diagram casts a particular spell and by doing so effectuates a metamorphosis or possession. Middle Eastern talismans present the idea of metamorphosis through the realm of in-between, between the figurative and its numero-diagrammatic double.


For more information and new images, please check my website: http://www.kristenalvanson.com/new/maskh.html

dESIRE Update

In line with demand and current inflation, the price of one unit of desires has been increased from $100 to $125 (date of increase - March 2008). There is still time to buy a unit at a low price. Be a participant in the exploration of the economy of intangible art and desire. Buy a unit now and let's see what happens over time.

For more information, please check here: http://www.kristenalvanson.com/new/market.html