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Space, presence, and openness — the quiet force of environment as subject and metaphor
Sketch → Source → Extraction
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The Story
Self Portrait (Medical List) is a brief history of my face — from the time I was born until I had my braces removed at sixteen.
As a child going through minor surgeries and the unbearable pain of lip bumpers and braces, it kind of stripped away the immortality of youth — I was always very conscious of pain.
It also made me a bit of an introvert. Who wants to be friends with the sixth grader who has a metal tube around his upper and lower teeth, is constantly in pain, and doesn't really want to be around anyone? The silver lining in all of this is that it enabled me to explore my creative side.
Eyes, on the age ruler from birth to early 30s.
When I was nine years old I went for a routine eye exam at school, and my vision went from 20/20 to 20/100 in my left eye. Later that week my mother took me to an ophthalmologist, who recommended immediate surgery to repair leaking aneurysms as a result of Coats disease. So the day after the NY Mets won the World Series, I had 47 lasers shot into my retina, sealing up the leaking aneurysms.
Raw studies forming the foundation of SPO. Graphite explorations that capture the initial energy and spatial relationships.
Mixed-media painting on canvas — the source code. Strategic layering built for future extraction.
Surgical extraction and digital deconstruction. The painting fractured into liquid assets — modular elements ready for infinite recombination.
Extracted elements drift, rotate, pulse. Static images become hypnotic loops — video installations that breathe life into the deconstructed painting.
Phase 05 · In development
Entering a new dimension
Virtual reality environments are in development.
Virtual reality sanctuaries you can enter. Paintings become environments.
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