Abyssinia series, 2010-2012

The Abyssinia series is a drawing project which explores my interest in using diagrams to represent systems of language and geography; wedged somewhere between my interest in poetry and authorship with specific reference to the object of traditionally woven rugs as important repositories for the oral traditions of nomadic peoples, and a quote from early literary influence William S. Burroughs:
In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.

The foundation for these drawings is an anonymous, blurry photo of a rug, perhaps Middle Eastern or Moroccan in origin. It’s simple, asymmetrical patterns, traced and reconfigured, become units or constellations in a self-generating system. These systems represent a new way for negotiating spatial ambiguity and varied formal outcomes. 

“Dusenjko’s systems, however, collapse an ordered, archaeological system of classification with seemingly random, and invented linguistic notations and calligraphy…mapping coordinates of a place known only to the artist.” - Leigh Robb