About
Mutable Matter is an interactive project about our relationship with matter– the stuff that surrounds us, that we are made of and that increasingly comes up in public debates around new technologies. The project is part of my PhD research at the Open University, which arose out of a long-term interest in the different ways people link to their environment.
The project is taking place in the form of hands-on interactions with materials, as well as in the virtual world where people like you can write down their thoughts about matter or the project itself. A particular focus of the hands-on part of the project will be on material processes that are normally invisible (or intangible) to us at our scale. The symbolic activities to ‘visualise matter’ in the project can be thought of as helping us express our ideas about it and as a process of exchange and discovery.
I envisioned this blog to be more like a message board, where anyone can start their own treads, but so far, only comments on my posts are possible. If you would like to create your own post, please e-mail me, or comment on one (or several) of my relatively frequent musings…
Lastly, I think I have to put a disclaimer here, that this blog reflects my own views and not that of my university. You know you wanted to read this! ;)
I hope you enjoy reading around and/or writing ‘mutable matter’!
Angela :)
