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Kindra Crick

"Your Joys, Sorrow, Memory and Ambition" (2016). 100” x 24” x 24”. Magnet wire, LEDs, netted fabric, and split cables. Images courtesy of the artist.

Artist Statement
My work explores the intersection between the “two cultures” of science and art which share a common wonder at the creative possibilities of the material and natural worlds. I am especially fascinated by the human brain—our complex machine—which can fathom the beginning of time and the nature of its own thought. However, even after centuries of study, scientists are only now start- ing to chart the mysterious biological map of that thought. “Your Joys, Sorrow, Memory and Ambition,” created in collaboration with Dr. John Harkness at WSU, is based on current memory and addiction research. In the installation, over 1,000 feet of copper wiring and netted fabric illuminate net–like structures, based on an analogous structure in our brains that support neurons. Although these perineuronal net structures were documented over a century ago, their role in the workings of our memories are only now beginning to be understood.

In magnifying and reimagining the hidden structures of our minds, I want to evoke the wonder of discovery and offer an imagined vision of the spectacular biological machinery which comprises the very core of our memories and our essential sense of self.

(detail of above)

Kindra Crick is an artist who gives visual expression to the wonder and process of scientific inquiry and discovery. In her installations and layered mixed–media work, she incorporates drawings, diagrams, maps, and imagery from under the microscope. Her work has been influenced by the inspired marriage of her grandparents, the scientist Francis Crick and the artist Odile Crick. Kindra has exhibited throughout the U.S. and in the U.K., including shows at the New York Hall of Science, MDI Biological Laboratory, and the Museum of Contemporary Craft. Crick lives and works in Portland, Oregon. 

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