parish street process

Seth Riskin

I recently had the opportunity to go to a lecture by Seth Riskin.  He is an artist of light.  He works a lot with different forms of lighting from holograms to lasers.  He has been a gymnast in his past and he uses this in conjunction with his art.  he dances and moves the light with his body to create some really cool pieces of art. When talking about light Seth went into the idea of the importance of light throughout history for example art in the past has used lighting to create impact and show importance of people etc. I found the lecture to be interesting in that it opened my eyes to a lot of ways that light can be used that I would never have thought of.  There also was an exhibit that displayed different light art and there were some really cool pieces.  I was amazed to see what could be done and how light could change ones perspective. Seth talked about how light can be used and viewed in so many different ways there is so much more to light that just illuminating a space. I think a lot of times when we think of light we think of a lamp or the sun or something.  however when you learn to control light then there are limitless possibilities.  Light is constantly moving and constantly changing so not art piece will ever be the same. Seth Riskin is doing work in a field that has not been fully explored and it is exciting to see how his art will progress over time.  Take some time and look up his work you will be amazed and what he does and what can be done with light.

precis

this is the precis that was handed out to the visiting guest at the critique.

central regional hospital child and adolescent unit mid review

Here are the slides that were  presented to the hospital workers and to the architect. I designed the space around the concept of a living tree which brings in a lot of natural elements. Overall they like the space there were a few things that will have to be adjusted because of safety hazards but overall a good review.                                    

schematic design

conceptual explorations

When looking at concept ideas for the children's area in Central psychiatric hospital i wanted to stick with the theme they already are using.  I think I would like to go for a broader concept than just a really specific thing. The first concept that I think would be really cool would be a under the sea concept this could be really fun and it would tie in with the current theme.  Another idea that I had was the living tree idea where you take ideas from a tree.  the last idea I had was a pond or a complete ecosystem in one spot

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powers of ten