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Sophie Capshaw-Mack (aka @magneticspacebubble) is an experimental artist who investigates the nature of consciousness through her multidisciplinary creative practice. Based out of Seminole, Florida, She has exhibited her artwork internationally and across the United States. She has received funding from Adams Morgan Partnership Business Improvement District, United States Artists, and North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and Durham Arts Council.
Some of Sophie’s collaborations include the following institutions: Columbia Climate School; Columbia University Press; Duke University Forum for Scholars and Publics; New Media Artspace at Baruch College (CUNY); the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; the Government of Iceland; Internationales Digitalkunst Festival in Stuttgart, Germany; United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC); and the U-ART MEDIA FEST in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her advocacy work and creative endeavors have been recognized by The Associated Press, The Guardian, and Yahoo News, among others.
Sophie holds a Master's in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University, where she was an Environmental Fellow at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Prior to attending graduate school, she earned her Bachelor’s in Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Burch Fellow and Parr Center for Ethics Fellow.
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“Guided by my neurodivergence, I investigate the nature of consciousness through my multidisciplinary art practice. Inspired by ontological questions of existence, I explore the liminal connections linking the mind, self, and external reality.
I approach the creative process as a simultaneous expression of play and philosophical inquiry, viewing my works as ever-evolving vessels for exploration and connection. Ultimately, I view this entire dialectical process between concept and creation as an inherent art form in and of itself – even more so than any individual output that society deems to be a ‘work’ of art. I believe that the fundamental art I am creating comes first and foremost in the form of insights, inquiries, and approaches.
The tangible artistic forms that materialize are birthed from inhabiting such divergent ways of thinking, as a means of reflecting the multilayered aspects of reality. With imaginative inquiry as my preferred apparatus, I gravitate toward lesser-explored conceptual realms that challenge ingrained societal notions of hegemonic domination, binary decision-making, and anthropocentric states of existence. In doing so, I seek to replace these convictions with boundless optimism and a vision of universal cooperation. Through my art practice, I aspire to help cultivate in others and myself greater levels of open-mindedness, empathy, and compassion for all.”