tUEsday aPRil 24th 2007

epicritic.
protopathic.

ep·i·crit·ic (p-krtk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or mediating the ability to discriminate slight differences in sensory stimuli, especially of touch and temperature.

pro·to·path·ic(prt-pthk)
adj.
Sensing pain, pressure, heat, or cold in a nonspecific manner, usually without localizing the stimulus. Used especially of certain sensory nerves.

words my daughter would use. medical reference points. not usually associated with art but i feel, in some measure, go toward describing how murmurists and teratologists work.
of course, they may disagree but let me continue.
you see, it strikes me they both use a 'fractured' system that chucks words and images at you that ofen seem to bear no relation to each other and yet, somehow leave an indelliable mark. rather like the feeling you get when a friend or relative or loved one leaves a voice mail message that simply states who rang and at what time but no other detail and yet, by the tone of voice perhaps, you pick up on the contained and hidden emotion behind the call.
less a physical sensation but more a cerebral one.
murmurists art is a little like being number six (patrick mcgoohan) from the wonderful sixties series 'the prisoner', if there is anyone out there that remembers or has seen the programme,when number six has to watch a host of images flash before his eyes.
subliminal maybe?
not sure if that is what i get but certainly something remains behind after seeing or reading their images or words.
delightful the way they have 'hijacked' discharge and are pushing it into a new arena.