Tom Jenks’ second collection is out now:
Tom Jenks’ second collection is an open system interaction with the world and all its contingencies. Using fragments from mass media, signage, management doublethink and myriad other sources, the work slips between inner and outer worlds as they suggest themselves, with the * symbol acting as a wildcard to select everything that is the case.
An indepth interview in 3 AM magazine conducted by Stephen Fowler. Excerpt below, link to article and extract from * Tom’s next collection which’ll be published in the next few months by if p then q
‘it quickly struck me how almost everybody was ploughing the same few acres. I became more and more interested in doing things in a different way. I started to experiment with form and with space, using the page as a canvas rather than simply a frame. I began to incorporate images and found text and moved beyond using the computer as a typewriter, exploring the potential information technology offers for the production of texts. I wouldn’t say that I had done any more than scratch the surface in this regard so far, but it is something I remain committed to.’
LINK to read more
LINK to extract from *
otherroom.org 