Pavel studies the line of philosophy from Stoics to Spinoza, though Deleuze to Brian Massumi's philosophy of speculative pragmatism and Levi Bryant's object-oriented philosophy. The scope of Pavel's interests include determinism and predestination in the act, ethics as a science about relations between objects, and aesthetics as an access practice, logics of sensation and affection, theories of formation. In his art practices, Pavel designs experiences and impressions. In his artistic practice, he is engaged in the construction of experience.