A big part of my semester was just finalized yesterday and I feel pretty good about it so I’ll share. I’m taking a class this semester called Wider White Space which is an extension of a larger exhibition at the Wattis’ Institute. With guidance from Jon Sueda, and Wattis’ curators Claire Fitzimmons, and Jens Hoffman [...]
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Lets forget about rationality for a moment. Lets pretend Descartes never made a mechanical duck and the universe was still based on a geocentric model. My methodologies for analyzing systems of organization in the natural and modern world have been based on rational systems which undergo a metamorphosis by way of natural forces. What if [...]
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Last Friday I ran out the backdoor when I noticed a fancy box of chocolates we just finished (a Christmas gift) had a grid embedded in the clear plastic, I thought it would make interesting shadows. It did, but in my excitement I had forgot to unlock the door which I let slam shut behind [...]
On a walk to the store a couple weeks ago, I reflected on places the grid has influence in the world. From the school across the street from my house, to the way products are setup in the store I found linear and rectangular structures defining the way we live. As my thesis begins full [...]
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, and let’s just say I’ve been deep in my exploration space trying to figure out what I’m doing for thesis. My biggest struggle has been trying to define exactly what it is I’m interested in. From the beginning, I knew my thesis would be a formal investigation through [...]
I can’t get into the virtual fffound because you need a special invite which is annoyingly hard to get. But, I am still able to find on my own in the real world. This past Sunday I went thrifting at the Alemany Flea Market and Urban Ore for a kitchen table and chairs. I came [...]
Wandering around the reference section on the fourth floor of the SFPL in search of some books I was eager to get my hands on—frustration came over me. I had found only a few of the less exciting books I was looking for, and was about ready to give up, when a little librarian told [...]
Since reading the Economist special section on the mapping of the human genome, I have been obsessed with the thought of being made up of code. I don’t see it as a boring letter and numbered code—not that this is boring at all, just not something I can comprehend easily—but more of a combination of [...]