A D R I A N   W O O D

I make work that falls into three overlapping categories: sound, image and prose. My work deals with themes of political power and subversion in modes that are sometimes autobiographical. My work aims to navigate the psychological terrain of power through gesture and markmaking on surfaces and in space. 

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Recent sound and performance works, like “The Exact Right Amount of Force” and “Battle Royale for the Soul of Our Country,” directly deal with governmental power, with a goal of disrupting, informing and inspiring audiences to act. Other pieces, like "paradise/maybe windows" and "VOROBOROS" are autobiographical poems that touch on political power as it intersects with and shapes my personal experiences. My prose work, like The Repair Lab podcast and longform essays, share a political orientation and reliance on observation, but use more traditional forms and conventions.

My works often use historical texts as a ground to render subjects, including audiences, as figures. Ultimately, my interest is in the moments when figures connect with ground – in this metaphor, when audiences and subjects, including myself, blur with the histories and traditions that propel our movements, then re-emerge as more of ourselves than we were before.