Immediate Environment
Glass stem
Blackhead
Support system
Circumstances, objects, and events are all around.
“We are what we see. We are products of our surroundings.” – Amber Valletta
Tidal Wash
Surface layer
Foreign matter
Pollen dust
Randomness generated by Elizabeth River water oscillation in the “Chrysler Museum of Art” tidal basin.
“Spontaneous horizontal segregation of graded sediment can occur under certain conditions.” – Job Dronkers
Normal Humidity
Serving to establish
A standard
Water vapor
The higher the humidity, the wetter it feels.
“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
Black Candles
Thought emphasizes
The way
We experience
Light creates a sense of mystery.
“The whole purpose of science is to find out what things are really like.” – Richard Feynman
Zenith
B&H
Body forms
Top shelf
On the celestial sphere, the zenith is an imaginary point directly “above” a particular location.
“The quality goes in before the name goes on.” – Zenith Radio Company
Exit in Red
Choice reminder
Focus on the light
A way out
We are conscious beings always interpreting our experiences.
“There’s a whole lot of nothin’ that goes on in this world / But even nothin’ got nothin’ on me.” – Tom Petty
50% Off
Depreciate
Mark down
Diminish
Abstraction in action is all around us.
“Objects are not just data structures, they are active agents that encapsulate data and operations that work on that data.” – Grady Booch
Seeing the Sign
Utilitarian object
Vast network
Beyond itself
The subjective experience is just as real, if not more real, than the objective reality of the sign itself.
“Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.” – William Blake
Recontextualized
Surprising depth
Beneath the surface
Pile of paintings
Sensation is our window on the universe and the way we perceive the world shapes who we are.
“The recontextualization of semiotic material is broadly understood as a discursive practice through which intertextual (and interdiscursive) relations between two utterances produced at different historical moments are established.” – Helmut Gruber
Bit Inore
Reaching
For the future
From the past
Harmony between functions is reconcilable with the individual artistic spirit.
“Art is self-creation, not imitation.” – Walter Gropius