Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Extragalactic Jets


The reading of El Canto del Viento contained attributes of a cyclical life, as Athahualpa's speaks of the life and death and life again with the Zamba and songs of Tucuman. I thought of a black hole, as a black hole is a symbol of life and death and life again. It swallows everything in its path including light, however, it expels extragalactic jets that create new planets and galaxies. I compared myself to a black hole in the sense I'm taking in experiences and information of all kinds, and I have my own extragalactic jet that expels my experiences to other people forming new relationships and touching other things to question and to learn.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Eastern Jesuit Sanctuary





This project was inspired from the reading of Hudson's Naturalist. I created this on Ash Wednesday, so I wanted to incorporate a church. I thought of a radical design - nothing ecclesiastically conventional, so I thought of the Jesuits since they're radicals of the church. The indoor garden and meditative space is a new take on the interaction within the space of a church. The Eastern Japanese influence comes from my Japanese background; Japan is country that is close to my heart. 

Saturday, February 4, 2012

The Rain in Argintina

In creating The Rain of Argentina, I needed to visit Argentina via the web. From seeing information on the web, I drew from my pre-existing experiences to relate what the scene would be like. Therefore, in exploring the rain and Argentina is a result of an intersection between my perception and the internet. I have constructed a machine - a great technology - that allows me to get a closer vision in my mind of what it may be like in Argentina... but I will never (until I go there in person) know what it is like.