Earlier this week, I had arthroscopic surgery on my left hip to repair an old injury that was becoming arthritic. This post is an evolving repository of and video loops that I’m creating during my downtime.
meditation
Radio Receiver Mask /
Radio Receiver Mask, 2017. Wood, rope, metal wire, paint
Like a radio receiver, our mind picks up certain frequencies by design -- a subset of reality, based on the architecture of our senses and how we are tuned. I like to listen to a lot of different stations, especially the ones that are faint, vibrating on the edge of perception. This mask is part of my Human Electric series. It's designed after an actual circuit using a 555 timer, some simple RC circuits, a transistor, and an antenna. If you're wondering why my construction technique is primitive, there's a reason: imagine the future of our civilization if the grid were to collapse. My masks are designed to symbolize electronic identity in a post-apocalyptic world.
Sun's energy /
Sundog, dream catcher, and man /
I've always felt that I could "see" electricity, but then I stumble when I try to paint it. I've gone back to working with the landscape to paint nature's electricity, or at least to study it as best as I can. Here's a sundog, dreamcatcher, and man as seen in Clarke County, Virginia (watercolor and acrylic on paper, 2017). #painting #art #watercolor #acrylic #landscape#study #dream #meditation
Meditation / Circuit #1 /
Meditation / Circuit #1, 2017. Digital sketch
Based on a shamanic inquiry into the new divine order
seeking calm in electronic culture /
Seeking calm, 2017. Digital image for print (edition tbd)
Please refer to my previous blog entry, "Digital Man," and you will see why meditation is in order. The two extremes of electronic psychology: uncontrollably burned out vs. willfully plugged in.
open studio: buddha resists mara /
Buddha Resisting Mara, 2016. Painted ceramic, wood, electronics, and wire.
A little sculpture / study of Buddha meditating beneath the Bodhi tree. To his left, is Mara assumes the appearance of death. To his right, Mara is the illusion of life. The branches of the tree are full of so many little resistors, pursuing their own journey to enlightenment.
spirit world: listen to space /
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/rbsp/news/emfisis-chorus.html
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/sound-of-deep-space-revealed-for-first-time/article5360824.ece
The Dawn Chorus: long wave radio signals recorded by the Cluster II satellite (plus an overlay of shamanic drumming). Via artist John Scott
The Sounds of the Universe - Professor Carolin Crawford