Sometimes under the moniker Grimeography, Tyler J. Grimes' (b. 1994 in Wilmington, DE) multimodal works ponder paradoxes in order to provoke reconsiderations of one's perception of (and purpose in) reality. His work spans video installation, emergent technologies, photography, performance, and ecologically-engaged art projects. Synthesizing insights from various schools of thought allows his research to intersect media-ecology, the cognitive sciences, and contemplative practices. 
 
Grimes has a background in visual communications, which is supplemented by a Photographic and Electronic Media MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. His work has received research grants, been exhibited internationally, integrated into award-winning film productions, and featured in artist residencies. As a writer and educator, he lectures on media theory, communication, philosophy, production techniques, and aesthetics. He is currently engaged in doctoral studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. 
 
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My practice-led research seeks to deepen our connection to the environment - both real and rendered. I often play with quasi-mystical and absurd notions of experience, questioning how technological mediation and other factors influence our understanding of self in relation to the world. This inquiry fuels a critique of quotidian cartographies of self and non-self, inviting alternative ways of knowing beyond the conventional constructions and perceptions of Truth.

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At its core, my work aims to cultivate a more-than-human awareness by exploring the consumption of dogma, diet, and media - broadly defined. Through metaphorical and sometimes literal interviews with the Earth itself, I ask, how does it feel? These gestures hope to evoke a sentient and animistic environment, drawing from ancestral cosmologies that position the self as a liminal, non-dual medium entangled with its surroundings. In a world saturated with media and facing ecological precarity, I see these explorations as urgent.

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Perhaps within the absurd, we can uncover new forms of meaning.