The Physical Impossibility of Life in the Mind of Someone Dead is Chapter 2 of Mysterium Cosmographicum.
I can’t live if living is without you, he said as his tear-stained cheek glistened in the glare of the klieg lights. Slowly, he tightened his finger around the trigger . . . .
Brent Coughenour is a media artist whose work examines the porous boundaries between narrative, documentary, and essay forms, while also exploring the limits of the mechanics of perception through live, abstract, audiovisual performances featuring custom-built software systems. He has presented his work at a variety of festivals and venues throughout the U.S. and internationally, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Crossroads, Antimatter, Impakt, and Kasseler DokFest. He is a past recipient of the Mary Nohl Fellowship for Individual Artists.