ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses a Baradian methodology to explore artists and the technologies they use. It explores artistic processes in the work of Katherine Araniello and James Aldridge to decenter normal by disrupting social inscriptions of durational performances. The chapter outlines the methodological approach, followed by the application of that methodology to specific examples of contemporary artists and practices. It deals with reflection on the implications of the work. The chapter argues that a diffractive methodological approach to applications of digital media arts is a philosophical foundation to decenter normalizing discourses in the classroom and to further develop the ethics of inclusion that is at the heart of Universal Design for Learning. The physical phenomenon of diffraction employed as metaphor and critical tool of analysis in new materialism theory can be useful to decenter normalized views of the body. The decentering of normal throws into doubt agential forces in art making.
