What I have experienced in my own job titles over the years—Commercial Artist → Graphic Designer → Visual Designer—isn’t just semantics. It’s a compressed history of the entire discipline trying…
Please Read On ...There is a long-standing assumption embedded in the word transparency: that to see through something is to understand it. Glass, clarity, openness—these are typically aligned with truth. TRANSPARENCY PROJECT challenges…
Please Read On ...Concept & Proposal For An Art Exhibit Build An Architecture For Seeing Through 1) Build a structure 30 feet long, 20 feet wide with 15 foot walls and a simple…
Please Read On ...In 1990, I introduced a term for an exhibition that has continued to unfold in meaning over time: The HumanFactory™. The metaphor is direct, but not simplistic. It proposes that…
Please Read On ...Yes, all art is abstract—to a degree. And, that idea has a long, quietly subversive lineage. Even the most “realistic” painting is an abstraction. The moment an artist translates the…
Please Read On ...There’s something delicious about saying chiaroscuro out loud—it rolls through the mouth like a studio secret you’ve earned. And, if you may feel this word is a bit less spoken…
Please Read On ...Some phrases don’t explain themselves—they lodge. They bypass understanding and take up residence. “Remove the optic callous” is one of those phrases. My sculpture professor enlightened me with this phrase…
Please Read On ...Originality has long occupied a peculiar position in the creative hierarchy—revered, pursued, and frequently misunderstood. It is often described as the act of making something entirely new, yet in practice…
Please Read On ...For unknown reasons, somehow I imagined a universe. Not a metaphorical universe, but a literal, functioning universe with its own physics, ecology, infrastructure, and municipal maintenance problems. Urbia is that…
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