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suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

philip MANA: a study into the creation of space and form through the mass-accumulation of dynamic (animated) self same objects each exhibiting its own developmental behaviors and luscious texture to create an overall affect.

sP: what or who influenced this project?

pM: perry hall, fat cells (anatomy), snow, viscous materials, caravaggio, hair folicles, rococo porcelains

sP: what were you reading/listening to/watching while developing this project?

pM: gilles deleuze’s “logic of sensation,” smashing pumpkins, my bloody valentine, cgi-loaded movies

sP: whose work is currently on your radar?

pM: hernan diaz alonso, situ studio, associated fabrication, gage/clemenceau architects, bureau v, u-ram choe, future systems