Traces of Presence

Tangible impact
Direct physical effect
Deeply into place

The condition of thought and experience as a contingent unit of the always-already present.

“I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at a point so that I do not know any longer where I am going.” – Jacques Derrida

Heart of a Greenhouse

Complex interplay
Forces converge
Within confines

The greenhouse, with its constant flux of light, temperature, and humidity, embodies the notion of process.

“The actual world is a process, and every actual entity is a process of concrescence.” – Alfred North Whitehead

Vader

Restroom monitor
Private business
No entry

He makes himself out to be a benevolent ruler, who is showing merciful kindness to one of his undeserving subjects.

“I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.” – Anakin Skywalker

Secret Lives

Mannequin
Photographer
Fan

Fashion is projected from a used clothing store window out of a reflected street.

“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.” – André Malraux

Not the Only Soul

Pulsating swinger
Explosive session
In a crate

Objects find new value within a shifting context.

“My record collection probably tells the story of my life better than I could in words.” – Colleen Murphy

Hilton Village

First federal
War housing
Project plan

Providing necessary goods and services for the residents of the Hilton Village neighborhood, the shopping district was built Circa 1918.

“Man obtains from his environment two things which he desires, usefulness and beauty, and all material progress in civilization has consisted in his modification of his surroundings to serve these two needs.” – Henry Vincent Hubbard

Open

Luck Kee
Hair
We are open

We are constantly in flux, resonating with our own experience of always being in the world.

“The bright colors merged into one another, and the music rose and fell.” – Joan G Robinson

Transparent Portal

Into the future
Organized
Geometry

Boundary nodes are fascinating points of possibility.

“We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

Freemason Abbey

Local favorite
Heart of downtown
Elegant yet casual

Traditional American fare in a circa-1873 church now featuring tavern ambiance amidst sanctuary.

“The whole value of solitude depends upon oneself; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it.” – John Lubbock

Open Door

Site of Difference
Transition access
Shapes experience

Through its relationship with other objects and the spaces it connects, the door handle destabilizes the notion of a fixed or determinate meaning.

“We are all mediators, translators.” – Jacques Derrida

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