sensory stim brain: artwork statement

Published: Aug. 3, 2023, 6:36 a.m.

b'(sensory stim brain): When you touch the textured representation of my MRI, my brain representation touches you through the nerves in your fingers.\\n---\\nYou can touch it.\\n\\nThis project is modelled directly off a projection of my MRI.\\nIt\\u2019s a representation of my sensory profile. Using found objects from my everyday environments. I invite you to explore responding to textures I like.\\n\\nYou can build you own sensory profile by documenting what bits you like and don\\u2019t like to touch - furry, rough, smooth, abrasive. Please feel my metaphorical brain.\\n\\nI haven\\u2019t lost my marbles... I\\u2019ve glued them on here.\\n\\nIt was strange to be formally diagnosed with \\u201csensory issues\\u201d. Finding out that my senses are heightened compared to non-autistic community (That is 98% of the population that surrounds me).\\n\\nI don\\u2019t know what sensations people will experience through touching this sculpture (Autistic people are 2% of the population). Many Autistic people will have a different sensory profile than me.\\n\\nAfter seeing the Sublime Stim film, Prue Stevenson said something like \\u201cyour preference is for \\u2018wet\\u2019, I prefer dry\\u201d.\\n\\nConcept & Artwork: Mishka\\nTextural Selection Artists: Mishka & Mish Szekelyhidi\\nContributors: Aarti Jadu, Evelyn Ida Morris, Alyssia Resin Surace, Ania Dylag, Stella Schiftan, Bart Mangan, Sarah Rowbottam, Artemis Derlanea Mun\\u0303oz.'