John Brumley’s work absorbs contemporary skill sets and emerging forms of diversion into saturated masses of media with the aim of being simultaneously frantic and boring. Emerging conceptions of virtuosity, new modes of learning, and the eminence of “weird trick” solutions have prompted further investigation into the memetics of the mediated physical world. Plotting points at which the motivations for contemporary activities become irrevocably trapped in networks of subterranean fibre. Currently living in Japan and pursuing a PhD. in Empowerment Informatics, Brumley’s research focuses on using mixed reality systems to promote collaboration in physical space. Brumley received an MFA in Design Media Arts from UCLA and a BA in music composition from UC Davis. He has been a Radio DJ, a touring improviser, and a practitioner of Western Javanese Gamelan music.
