DANM candidate Levi Goldman is a visual artist working with sculpture that illustrates his concepts. Goldman focuses on issues of space, particularly as it relates to objects of consumption and their effects on the mind and body. Goldman received a B.A. from UCSC in Visual Art, and has worked as an artist gallery assistant and as an research assistant. In addition, Goldman has curated art shows both on and off campus, with one exhibition receiving grant funds from the UCIRA. Goldman also participated in Intervene! Interrupt! Rethinking Art as Social Practice, a festival designed to break the boundaries of conventional arts practice. There, he collaborated with the Ant Farm and Film and Digital Media to create an inflatable gallery and projection space.

Specifically, Goldman is interested in ideas surrounding the body, the extension of the body, and both literal and metaphorical interpretations of the prosthetic. Goldman uses the prosthetic trope to interpret identity formation, with regard to commodity culture, architecture, and objects of desire. Goldman's work relates to the way individuals have incorporated the built environment into their mind and bodies, and points to the way objects ultimately end up controlling and shaping the body.