Occulus Riff

2nd Annual Post Viz show  "Occulus Riff" at BinarySpace in Downtown Bryan. Featuring a much larger show including projections, sculptures, video,live interactive music performances and photography from Alien Landscapes.

"We Effect" @ the SEAD Gallery

I was fortunate enough to be part of the first Post-Viz exhibit, "We Effect" with fellow vizzers Morgan Jenks, Weecho Velasquez and Ganesh Rao. All of our work was a hybrid of science, technology and art, so it was only appropriate to be at fantastic gallery such as SEAD (Science, Engineering, Art & Design).

You can read a review of the show here:
http://seadgallery.agxdev.com/2014/01/tamu-viz-students-bring-we-effect-to-sead/

Spring Studio & Mercury Shoot

Pictures from the Art of Planetary Science at the University of Arizona can be found here:
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/art/2013

I have also did a shoot of Mercury this past weekend based of research I collected during the winter break. I used ashes to create the surface with a combination of water droplets and the end of a paint brush. 2 strobe lights were used for lighting. Below are a few shots from the shoot, stay tuned for the finalized photos!

Studio Set Up

Straight From Camera

Selfie on Mercury

The Art of Planetary Landscapes

Here are some shots from the exhibit "The Art of Planetary Landscapes" at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tuscon, AZ. They are now part of the permanent collection.

Venus & Exhibition Updates

First finalized image in the Venus Series

"The Hot Sister" The Venus Series

Exhibitions

New York Hall of Science The Cosmos Artist Reception- Queens, NY
I recently just got back from a trip in New York to attend the artist reception for The Cosmos. The exhibit was very well curated and I felt very honored to be part of a group show with so many other talented artists.

HEREarts Center- Manhattan, NY
I recently just received confirmation of having an exhibit at the HEREarts center for my body of work, Alien Landscapes. The exhibit is titled "Space Landscape" which will be a group show with two other artists and will be curated by Bobby Lucy. The exhibit will be May 27 to July 6.

University of Arizona- Tuscon, AZ
Four pieces from Alien Landscapes will be featured in The Art of Planetary Science, which will be Geysers of Light, Explosive Vaporization, A Lonely Cloud of Methane Gas, and The Hot Sister. The show will be Dec 4th and will become part of the permanent collection at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona.

Venus Photo Shoot

Here's the setup for the Venus Photoshoot.

Incense was used to create the atmospheric perspective.

Before incense

After incense

Crop & Quick Level Adjustment

Building Venus' Landscape

This past month went a little slower than expected due to unforeseen circumstances, but progress has been made on Venus nonetheless. I had cut foam pieces to fit inside the tank, and covered them in a layer of plaster so paprika wouldn't fall through the holes. I then spray painted it with a color similar to the paprika so no white would show through (& it was a darker color so it helped give depth to the ground). I also sculpted of clay a mountain range inspired by one of the landscape photos. Over the weekend I built the landscape using foam pieces, paprika, the tank and the clay sculpture. I also did a test run in the tank before building it by burning an incense cone and having poster board as a "lid" to the tank. The one cone put out plenty of smoke, and was successful in creating Venus' fog & haze. I also noticed how fine the silver grey ashes were. I decided to save them, I have a feeling I have use for it for the Mercury series later on.
Anyways I did some test images to make sure I got the shape and look of the landscape right. Tomorrow I'll be setting up lights and taking the photos!

Behind a tank full of smoke simulating atmospheric perspective

first set photo - too perfect

second set photo- roughed up the front a little to give more depth to the photo

Also, my research poster will be at the Texas A&M College of Architecture Research Symposium.

Final Poster