2010.1

the conversation...

Somewhere back in 2000, long before the ubiquitous iPhone, linksys, and free [!] AT&T wifi @ Starbux, I worked on a little project labeled The Placemaker [or Seedplanter]. One of the peripheral concepts/experiments was a system of on-line [back before it was "online"] jack-in points, that served the multi-purpose of street lighting, solar charging stations [LEED of course], and waste management robotic assistant hubs.

The little gray explorations that were suppressed by the explosive formal and conceptual focal point that is suspended just above.... colored as the locus of power.


As I pull graphic sound bites  from photos during the retool of my catalogue for the forthcoming RIEA book, I thought it might be interesting to render the subtexts of some of the more compelling projects.

2010 remnants...

Temple of Laughter Altar
From the competition [early 90's] in which we ran out of money, and never submitted...

This model is a study of the just the altar, an embedded parasitic internal viewing mechanism. It allows and demands access into the physical, social and physiological layers of "The Laugh"...

Taking some photos before the year runs out, considering putting this project in the book.  I always regretted not entering the competition.

Thom Mayne saw this in an exhibit at ULCA a year or so after the competition, and told me "I was on the jury- I would have voted for this!"................

the shift from 2010...

As I shift from 10 to 11, a quick image to hold you dedicated 5 readers as i ready for the holidaze and prep for the RIEA book submission.

enjoy. I hope to post some tidbits along the way over the next few weeks, but will be thin online until the submission.