FOCUS : B.D. GRAFT

Extract from the conversation between B.D. Graft & Tiago de Abreu Pinto :

░░░  FAQ: Occam's razor cut

Most of B.D. Graft’s works emanate a peculiar simplicity with a deep familiarity. 

• Which kind of simplicity? 

That kind that colloquially we say: “that’s iconic” or “isn’t that universal?”.  A kind that suggests a shared meaning, a world that is recognizable. That kind with a remarkable ontological simplicity or methodological reductionism. The kind that avoids complexity. The kind that “when two or more explanations are offered for a phenomenon, the simplest full explanation is preferable”. 

• Aren’t you talking about both simplicity and familiarity?

Yes. About both because in a way its simplicity is familiar. 

• What do you mean?

Well, let me tell you. Recently, I aimlessly bordered canyon walls in a park. I was in a pretty bad state of mind (before going to this place) and I remembered B.D. Graft mentioning to me that the woods brought him back, to a better place. 

• Why is that?

It seems the digital was ubiquitous in our lives. 

• What was done to eliminate the unpleasant feeling the digital was bringing you and him? 

We went to the woods. It’s funny how some of us gravitate towards a woodland when we feel oppressed by the ubiquity of the digital (…)