Defixio
Defixio, 2025
Defixio draws on the form of ancient curse tablets to explore the parallels between magic and code. Cast in aluminum—the metal of the digital age—the works replace traditional spells with invented Python scripts. These fragments don’t execute, but they suggest intention. Like silent commands, they imagine influence without action, language without exchange. The series extends an ongoing interest in the relationship between belief systems and technologies—testing the edges of what communication might become when it slips into pure function.
Defixio draws on the form of ancient curse tablets to explore the parallels between magic and code. Cast in aluminum—the metal of the digital age—the works replace traditional spells with invented Python scripts. These fragments don’t execute, but they suggest intention. Like silent commands, they imagine influence without action, language without exchange. The series extends an ongoing interest in the relationship between belief systems and technologies—testing the edges of what communication might become when it slips into pure function.
