Casey McDonough holds a BS in Marine Biology and Studio Art, and an MFA in Ceramics. He is currently part of the art faculty at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, PA.
Casey uses his background and education in the sciences to inform his studio practice, in order to make sense of complicated concepts such as the Human Genome Project and complex molecular chemistry. His recent interests include internet networking sites such as Myspace and Facebook and the possibilities that these networks provide for visual and cultural information.
Why is considering my “organism of existence” important to an audience? Why is this an important conceptual basis for an art practice? i.e. does making work about interconnectivity give an audience (or myself) a better understanding of the concept? Is there a real or apparent connection between my entry point in my work and my current state of affairs?