Table of Traits

Kent Manske and Nanette Wylde
Table of Traits

Media: Variable print collage installation
Materials: collages built from screen printed works on paper mounted on digitally printed archival pigment print backgrounds. Mounted on 15″ x 15″ 8-ply museum board with hanging tabs.
Paper: Screen prints on 100% cotton archival stock and Domtar Cougar. Archival pigment prints on Moab Entrada Rag Natural
Size: 255″ x 79″ (648 x 201 cm)
Year: 2025

Statement:
Table of Traits is a visual exploration of personality types and characteristics as they manifest in ourselves and others. We know much of the universe escapes human perception due to size, substance, location, or the nature of its light. While science has uncovered much about what drives us—internally, externally, and psychologically—we still lack an understanding of what humanity’s essence looks like on an individual, soulful level.

Are there specific organisms, such as enzymes, parasites, or bacteria, that code human character traits? If so, how might they appear on a molecular level? What might psychological states look like when our synapses fire with thought or action? What defines our humanity beyond the obvious physical manifestations of being upright, social, adaptive, curious, and creative? How might our inner spectrum appear, collectively and individually? 

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