FEELING MATTER: EMPATHY AND AFFINITY IN THE HYLOZOIC SERIES.By Philip Beesley.

Feeling Matter: Empathy and Affinity in the Hylozoic Series. Our work on the Hylozoic Series of interactive sculptures attempts to offer an anatomy of subtle boundaries that expands the physiology of individual human bodies. Might it be possible to suspend judgement about what is ‘me’ and what is clearly not? Rather than weakness, the ambivalence implied by such a suspension might be an enabling quality. The Hylozoic Series attempts to expand the space that lies between clearly defined personal territories, transforming it into a felt…