Giedion/Kircher is my vehicle for applying art, music and technology to create brand experiences, immersive environments and various other interactive media solutions. In 2024 a primary area for R&D is the application of theories involving the symbolism and meaning of architectural experiences to further digital/interactive narratives.
The Brewery Artwalk is a twice annual open studio weekend at the worlds largest art complex …. The creation of the Brewery Arts Complex began in 1982 at the site of the Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery. With the passing of the Artist-In-Residence code, artists could rent live/work space in industrially zoned buildings. We rented only […]
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While moving forward on a new body of work in 2023 for Lightspace Modulator — my continuing intermedia art endeavor — I’ve also been taking some time for a look back at the history of the project and a review of some of the conceptual underpinnings of the process.
In July at a venue in downtown LA I gave a talk that described some of the background, historical references and motivation behind the development of the VS4 project. This discussion touched upon a range of topics — from Wagner and early 20th-century avant-garde art, to UX and design of the current revision of the software visual instrument.
“… we cease to live in the multidimensional world of reality … we have substituted for this … a secondhand world, a ghost-world, in which everyone lives a secondhand and derivative life. The Greeks had a name for this pallid simulacrum of real existence: they called it Hades, and this kingdom of shadows seems to be the ultimate destination of our mechanistic and mammonistic culture.” – Lewis Mumford, Art and Technics, 1952.
Every medium is a context for a message, with characteristics that shape any narrative it conveys. At the same time, every medium has its own contexts: historical, cultural, and technological. These two assertions could not be more relevant in the case of what we call virtual reality – and an understanding of the various aspects of these contexts is valuable when imagining and designing VR experiences.
This is a story from a long time ago. It has come up again and again in various contexts, but the message, the meaning, remains consistent; an essential concept that remains relevant to just about everything I do:
Years ago, in art school, one of my studio classes was a drawing workshop led by Professor Walker. Usually a session involved three or four hours of drawing in charcoal or pencil or ink, often with models. From time to time there was a lecture before we started working, and on one occasion we arrived in the studio to find an array of varied images tacked on the wall – ranging from student works to recognizable drawings by well-known masters. The professor announced that we’d be having a discussion before we started drawing that day, and the topic was a simple question: “Look at all these images … and I want you to tell me which ones are … art.”
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My friend Pete reviews The Big Bitcoin Book by @dotkrueger and @bensig — this was an honest first impression: Pete had no idea what i was going to show him.
Rick Feds x Lightspace Modulator — Los Angeles Spring 2024 via @YouTube
It's coming: The Continual Return of Dr. Ordinaire — a “postmodern rock opera” http://peterjohnson.net/the-continual-return/
After six years, the D&D campaign comes to a conclusion ...
The Helix, Booz Allen’s Center for Innovation
I think you know what this means #nammshow @ Los Angeles, California
I am regularly reminded that this was once Quentin Tarantino's office @ West Hollywood, California
