Alan Outten

Alan is a writer, designer, researcher and maker of small strange systems.

I write essays, build websites, create story-worlds, design symbolic tools and collect curious archives. I'm interested in the ways a map can become a memory device, a book can become a machine, and a system can begin to feel like a place.

My work returns to old and new technologies of attention: cybernetics, tarot, gardens, design, folklore, interfaces, diagrams, publishing, robots and the quiet structures that shape how we notice, remember and make sense of the world.

This site gathers those public pieces: articles, exhibits, projects and doorways to neighbouring worlds.

Looking for my CV or portfolio?

They are available on request. The best place to start is a conversation.

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