Table of Traits

Kent Manske and Nanette Wylde
Table of Traits

Media: Variable print collage installation
Materials: collages from screen printed works on paper are mounted on archival pigment prints printed on Moab Entrada Rag Natural, and mounted on 8-ply museum board
Size: 62″ x 120″ (158 x 306 cm)
Year: 2024

Statement:
We know there is much in the universe that escapes the human eye by size, substance, location, and nature of its light. While science has discovered a lot about what makes us tick—internally, externally, and psychologically—we really don’t know what the essence of our humanity looks like on a tangible, individual identity, soulful level. Are there specific organisms, such as enzymes, parasites, or bacteria, which code human character traits? If so, what do these look like (when they are expressed) on a molecular level? Are there visual representations of psychological states when our synapses fire with thought or action? What is our humanity beyond the obvious physical manifestations of being upright, social, adaptive, curious, and creative? What does our inner spectrum look like, collectively and individually?

The Table of Traits is a representative sample of visual impressions of common personality types and characteristics that we experience in ourselves and others.

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