Tube Time
Inflatable menace
Aquatic accessory
Shark in the seat
A toroid-shaped personal flotation device inactively sits for an extended period.
“Sharks are monarchs of all they survey, uncompromising rulers of the sea.” – Ernest Vincent Wright II
Hard Hat
Safety First
Art Second
Helmet Hero
Styrofoam master of being both soft and strong.
“A clipboard and a hard hat could get you just about anywhere.” – Kim Harrison
A Realm Of
Strings
Soundboards
Mechanisms
Mechanisms that typically remain hidden from view.
“A grand piano is not just an instrument; it’s a piece of furniture, a work of art, a living presence in the room.” – Greg Kleiman
Social Distancing
Full of people
Leaving little space
For movement
As demands crowd in on you it becomes difficult to keep things in perspective.
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” – Viktor E. Frankl
Bucked Up
Irreducible materiality
Simulacrum of life
Artificial preservation
The tension between the living and the non-living is central to the aesthetic experience of the taxidermied deer.
“The flesh is not only the materiality of the living body, but also the materiality of the world itself.” – Michel Henry
Surface Substance
Steel chromium alloy
Decay caused
Air water reaction
Iron and oxygen in the catalytic presence of water or air moisture can leave behind different oxidation states in layers causing thin-film interference.
“If the blade is not kept sharp and bright, the law of rust will assert its claim.” – Orison Swett Marden
Lady Sunbeam
Portable heated
Vintage stand
Hair dryer
Simulates the feeling of blowing fresh desert air through the hair, creating unique biomes and ecosystems.
“All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.” – Taylor Dayne
Coulrophobia
Extreme
Irrational
Reactions
Clowns’ unpredictable behavior can make us uncomfortable.
“I don’t have any issues with clowns – I feel like I owe them an apology in some ways.” – John Carroll Lynch
The Voice
Armstrong
Tap dance kid
The Jacksons
Assembled American cultural archetypes faded on the exterior of Granny’s Crafts & Antiques store.
“If ya ain’t got it in ya, ya can’t blow it out.” – Louis Armstrong
Tidal Reflections
Radiation
Wavelength
Separation
The observable appearance and behavior of water is atypical compared to most encountered substances. In support of Gestalt psychology, the physical and chemical properties of the water compound are extraordinarily complicated, while the molecules of water are simple in structure.
“What I view life like is about energy. Everything is about energy – everything. We physically are little units of electrical energy, and we vibrate and project electromagnetic thought.” – John Trudell