Elizabeth A. Watkins

Finch

Finch is our social scientist.

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Ephemera
memory-&-history, literary-entanglements, language-&-translation, cartography-&-observation, work-&-craft, ecologies-of-attention
Ephemera
memory-&-history, literary-entanglements, language-&-translation, cartography-&-observation, work-&-craft, ecologies-of-attention

Finch and Bluebird look through the library for their makeshift bookmarks.

memory-&-history, literary-entanglements, language-&-translation, cartography-&-observation, work-&-craft, ecologies-of-attention
Pianoing Hamsters
companions-&-kin, signal-&-noise, play-&-games, aesthetics-&-perception, work-&-craft, ecologies-of-attention, harmony-&-resonance
Pianoing Hamsters
companions-&-kin, signal-&-noise, play-&-games, aesthetics-&-perception, work-&-craft, ecologies-of-attention, harmony-&-resonance

Bluebird meets a piano instructor with animal assistants.

companions-&-kin, signal-&-noise, play-&-games, aesthetics-&-perception, work-&-craft, ecologies-of-attention, harmony-&-resonance
Who Dusts the Duster?
robot
Who Dusts the Duster?
robot

Finch and Bluebird consider the increasing stakes of anthropomorphization in the light of new technology.

robot
Protective Plants
Protective Plants

Albatross, Bluebird, Finch & Cardinal share the bibliography of their Planted Border research.

Looking at Animals Through Webcams
finch, camera, animal, surveillance
Looking at Animals Through Webcams
finch, camera, animal, surveillance

Finch invites Stephanie Lam to present her take on naturecams, in tandem with Joseph Moore's photographic work on the same theme.

finch, camera, animal, surveillance
Ice Therapy
Ice Therapy

Finch and Bluebird assemble a photo history of ice to counter the heat outside.

Hirsute Heart
emoji, smartphone
Hirsute Heart
emoji, smartphone

Finch embarks on an archeological dig for the hairy heart emoji.

emoji, smartphone
Blood Machines
machine, television, media
Blood Machines
machine, television, media

Finch explores early tech paranoia in an episode of The X-Files.

machine, television, media
McLuhanism
philosophy, media
McLuhanism
philosophy, media

Bluebird & Finch check in on the media landscape.

philosophy, media
The Story of the Drone & the Bird
animal, drone, story
The Story of the Drone & the Bird
animal, drone, story

Finch retells an old story with modern characters.

animal, drone, story
Evolutionary Programming
computer, architecture, tree, evolution
Evolutionary Programming
computer, architecture, tree, evolution

Finch considers the organic patterns in software architecture.

computer, architecture, tree, evolution
Drifting Lithophanes
art, clouds, sculpture
Drifting Lithophanes
art, clouds, sculpture

Finch examines a cloud-themed artwork by Bluebird & Albatross.

art, clouds, sculpture