chance material
A conversation, followed by something you can hold.
I’ve been thinking about Merce Cunningham and the way he used chance to let a work move beyond his own decisions—not to surrender intention, but to make room for something unforeseen to enter.
I’m borrowing that logic for Chance Material, a series of one-to-one conversations with artists and creative people who want company thinking through something they’re making, researching, or only beginning to imagine.
Sometimes thinking with someone else opens up a direction you hadn’t considered. A reference appears, one idea brushes against another, or something that felt stuck suddenly has somewhere to go.
PART 1 — CONVERSATION
We meet online for 30 minutes.
You bring something you’re making, researching, or thinking through. It can be a project already underway, a question you keep returning to, or something still too early to have a clear form.
We talk, brainstorm, make connections and follow whatever feels alive.
PART 2 — CHANCE MATERIAL
After our conversation, I carry parts of it into my days and notice what they encounter.
I gather notes, references, images, printed matter and other physical materials that enter its orbit. Some are things I go looking for; others arrive unexpectedly.
I assemble these fragments into an analog collection and send it to you by post.
By the time it reaches you, some time has passed.
What began in conversation returns altered by distance, chance and whatever happened along the way.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
30-minute online conversation
Bring something you’re making, researching or thinking through
Analog collection of references, images, notes and printed matter
Sent to you by post
€29, postage included