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My name is eames demetrios and I’m excited to be here in manhattan, kansas.
I seem to work as an artist, take on one project that seems to kind of consume me for a long
time. My current project that I’ve been working
on for almost 10 years now, even longer in certain ways, is a project called kcymaerxthaere.
I think what I’d like for people to know about the project is that It’s a way of
telling a story that also reveals something in how we perceive the world.
It’s conjuring up a parallel but it’s conjuring up in a way that both reflects something
about our world but actually transports you into another world.
I really enjoy trying to live in that space, the space in between things and seeing if
there’s a way to tell stories there and to share ideas.
People always tell me, kids must love your project, and it’s true. Kids do like this
project. But what is interesting is how much adults like this project because as adults,
no one tells us stories anymore. We get heavily mediated stories on the television
and web that just happen to be 26 minutes long so you can sell advertising.
Its storytelling heavily targeted to sell you stuff. all of which is all fine.
This project is much more like someone taking you on their knee and telling you a story.
It’s amazing how much of a hunger there is for that and that makes me quite happy.