Shawn Reynar

Exhibition from Tuesday February 7 to Saturday March 9, 2013.

Opening Thursday February 7 at 17:30.

My work explores the etiology behind neurological disorders that affect motor coordination required to perform daily, sometimes simplistic, activities. I am specifically interested in the genetic disorder ‘essential tremor’ a condition that impairs fine motor movement most commonly noticed in the hands. My interest in the study of ‘essential tremor’ relates directly to my family. There is a great deal of uncertainty with regard to the cause or set of causes that surround the condition. To measure ‘tremor’ severity, individuals are sometimes assessed by the evaluation of drawing and handwriting samples under different conditions (i.e. drawing softly, rapidly, tracing or drawing freehand). I use these rudimentary tests for diagnosis as a way to explore the idea of the ‘tremor’ in my work.