
The Metastabilian Movement (TMM) is the creative~exploration of “The Squiggle Sense of The Complementary Nature”. TMM was co-founded in 2011 by David Engstrøm and Drazen Pavlovic. The vision, concepts, methods and criticism of this art movement are grounded in the “metastable mode” of brain~mind coordination dynamics. Dynamics is the newer science of coordination pioneered by the eminent neuroscientist J. A. Scott Kelso. Since both awakening and engaging one’s squiggle sense are activities of the metastable mode of their brain~mind coordination dynamics, the term “metastabilian”. The ongoing creation~dissipation’ of functional information, a hallmark of metastability, offers an exciting opening terrain for creativity~discovery. The Metastabilian Movement (TMM) is grounded in the science Coordination Dynamics pioneered by eminent neuroscientist J. A. Scott Kelso, and the philosophy of complementary pairs described in Kelso and Engstrøm's book, "The Complementary Nature" (MIT Press 2006). Metastabilian artists explore, employ an express their works via compelling, valuable new information about the human brain~mind. But TMM isn't only an art movement. Awakening~wielding the squiggle sense is a birthright of metastable~complementary sentience itself, and so is relevant to all field~levels of human interest and endeavor. This awareness~pursuit leads to a vast and mostly uncharted frontier for creativity~inspiration...
Ph.D. Neuropharmacology. scientist~artist, professional musician, writer and muse. Co-founder with Dražen Pavlović of The Metastabilian Movement, an artistic~scientific exploration of the creative potential of ‘the squiggle sense’ of the complementary nature. Co-author with J. A. Scott Kelso of “The Complementary Nature” (MIT Press, 2006). Active Professional Entertainer, Engstrøm is Guitarist Singer-Songwriter, who has played over 2800 gigs over the last three decades in 11 countries, predominantly in Scandinavia.
Professional oil painter and performance artist. Co-founder along with David Engstrøm of The Metastabilian Movement. Owner~operator of Atelier Pavlovich in Varazdin, Croatia. Chairmen of the managing board of the LUV Art Association of Varaždin, and guide of the LUV Gallery. Member of HDLU Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb, 1995-present. Founder of the famous painting colony Julijana E Draskowich (1989–1999), Trakošćan Croatia. Artistic Trajectory: 40 professional and critically acclaimed solo exhibitions; 150 appearances in local and international group exhibitions (Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Macedonia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, USA). Organizes produces and participates in art-based humanitarian actions and performance art installations.
Ph.D. Neuropharmacology. scientist~artist, professional musician, writer and muse. Co-founder with Dražen Pavlović of The Metastabilian Movement, an artistic~scientific exploration of the creative potential of ‘the squiggle sense’ of the complementary nature. Co-author with J. A. Scott Kelso of “The Complementary Nature” (MIT Press, 2006). Active Professional Entertainer, Engstrøm is Guitarist Singer-Songwriter, who has played over 2800 gigs over the last three decades in 11 countries, predominantly in Scandinavia.