…What Loose Associations seems to leave is the impression of a familiar methodology in dealing with a certain type of material. Generally referred to as ‘found’, this material might Introduction actually be quite familiar to any other incessant thinker out there who is busy constructing new forms, also through the sum of other constituents. It shows a recognisable digressional approach that creates a series of happy encounters rather than a simple discovery. In this case Ryan Gander’s digressions brought him to the discovery that is Loose Associations…

From the introduction text by Francesca Grassi