Obscura Virtual Dog

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Science Fiction Science Fact

Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo.

"The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries . All action takes place around NASA's Space Sciences Laboratories, UC Berkeley, to recordings of space scientists describing their discoveries . Actual VLF audio recordings control the evolution of the fields as they delve into our inaudible surroundings, revealing recurrent ‘whistlers' produced by fleeting electrons . Are we observing a series of scientific experiments, the universe in flux, or a documentary of a fictional world?."

Issue 33: F-Stop Magazine

I am pleased to annonce that three photographs from the "spectre of vision" series were selected for Issue 33 of F-Stop Magazine. It is an honour and privledge to show case along with such great talent and vision.

N 1st St & Dickson St. St. Louis, Missouri

Just under two years ago, the start of my graduate studies at Columbia College, I came upon an jewel in the rough so to speak. While navigating google maps for a specific location to shoot in St. Louis, Mo. I stumbled upon a section that showed an earth work in an abandon lot. I was so fascinated by the idea, and the location of this piece in the middle of one of St. Louis’s most run down an vacant areas that I wanted to make a photograph about it. The image below.

Over the recent holiday break, I began thinking about that photograph again and decided that instead of relying on the technique of comparing and contrasting I would instead work with and through sequencing. Giving just as much visual impact for the sat image to be appropriated and stand on its own. So recently armed with the knowledge that DigitalGlobe had launched their new WorldViewI satellite for Google I was hopeful for a better resolution of that particular lot. With that in mind I should have known better. Now old buildings and structures are magnates for real estate developing. However, unlike most cities the historical protection of St. Louis architecture is practically nil. Instead of the macabre work around of gutting a building and leaving its skin they just bulldoze it to the ground and haul away the fill. Recently this particular area in St. Louis has been green lit for on shore gambling and the future site of a new four-lane bridge spanning the Mississippi. It is changing at an alarming rate. The lot and its airplane is nothing more than a fresh layer of turned up “lot rubble”. Once its wings spanned the entirety of that brown lot. Now the only evidence is access roads and well-worn tracks from trucks hauling away the bits of turn of the century masonry and glass. Yet carefully and almost hidden at the base of a high gain power line was an insignificant and rather crude Smithson-esque spiral.  So who is creating these things, and for whom?

Binary 0/1 - 639

The Rough Draft - Turbulence Ver. I

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From the Ground Up

In the latest incarnation of an idea that I have been exploring for the last year finally may have come to fruition. About a month ago while researching for a particular photograph I wanted to make a list was generated. It has hung on my studio wall since, located in the space I foundly call the Island of Misfit Toys. It is a zone of inactivity, dead ends, possibilties, or false starts. About two days ago the list fell from the wall, glided down to the floor, and skidded into the stack of wire and glue sticks for the "It's Electric" installation. And there it was, the bit of text and an older installation randomnly placed together. Now considering I have become more compfortable with using text as part of my practice and context the list has lead me in the right direction, no pun intended. It has been moved up to the shoot wall and is slated to be shot this Saturday. If all goes well there should be a rough version of the "build" shot and a rough final image to show.