Andrew Whitworth

Using digital and analog methods, I create systems of transcription including mixed-media installation, performance, sound, and video work. in 2018, I began a meticulous process of documenting each of my hourly interactions. This process began after a this major life shift which I knew my interactions would shift in response to; I wanted to document that change. What started as a personal project became an ongoing investigation into interpersonal interactions of data and quantification.

The work I create is focused entirely on this data set that I have compiled. I am most interested in the space between each interaction. I focus on what is unintentional, unrecognizable, and how these elements influence each interaction I have. Each person brings their own experiences to every interaction they have with another person, no two encounters, even between the same people, will ever be the same. Every moment people are experiencing and thereby learning new things, this new knowledge impacts the experience of interactions. Being intentional with my interactions throughout the last two years has taught me about the way people interact, their opinions on documentation, and secrecy in vulnerability. 

My documentation leaves no room for mistakes or secrets, forcing myself to be brutally honest with my interactions and intentions with these people. I live my life being vulnerable, exposed, and honest because of this data set. I create work that focuses on this exposed vulnerability and honesty, I do not want to hide what I am doing, or how I am spending my time. There are no secrets, just names, numbers, associations, and memories.

VCD

2020