The idea of Transubstantial Phenomena first became a stated concern of mine in 1998 or 99, at which time I cast the "E" form featured in the assemblage documented above (assemblage dated 2005). Along with the casting of the form (which I titled "Transubstantiative Totem" and kept with me at all times for the month following its creation) I started writing sporadically on the ideas behind the piece- a practice that continues to this day. I have also continued to use the "E" in various exhibitions, performances, and in non-art contexts on a quite frequent basis.
RED NOTEBOOK p5:
"The Transubstantial or Transubstantiative Phenomenon finds precedent in such Biblical tales as the Old Testament account of Elijah taken to heaven in a flaming chariot; or in the New Testament: Christ described as an idea enrobed as human: 'the Word made Flesh.'
"The concept appears in fairy tale, as when Cindarella's fervent yet hopeless pleas for emancipation from her life's ugly lot manifests in physical personage as a fairy godmother who in turn continues the process: pumpkin becomes carriage, tattered rags are transformed, in extravagant fashion, into extravagant fashion.
"Contemporary scientific endeavor too has its own examples:
-a quantum body is photographed in two or more positions in space at the same moment in time
-an experiment's outcome is affected by the nonlocal WILL of the participants
-light becomes either wave or particle based on what the experimenter WANTS it to be
"Transubstantiative Phenomena are taking place."
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