Big Energy, inspired by a song by Pachyman, is a restless bloom of shapes and signals, vibrating with the urgency … More
Category: Life
ping pong, 2025
A riot of color collides with a void of black in this kinetic exploration of motion, play, and collision. Ping … More
What We Choose to Fear Will Shape What We Become, Spring 2025
By Ralph Vazquez-Concepcion Raised Among the Dead, Taught by the Living I stood in the embalming room before I ever … More
How Stereolab and Broadcast Shaped My Artmaking in the Late Atomic Age
In the echo chamber of memory, certain sounds crystallize—sounds not just heard but felt, like static electricity in a darkened … More
eulogy for my father, Spring 2025
If our family exists, it is because of him. And there has never been a better time to reflect on … More
The banality of evil, Winter 2025
In this urgent moment, where trans and immigrant community members are under relentless dehumanization and attacks, I find myself reflecting … More
Cooling towers, from symbols of fear to beacons of innovation, Winter 2025
As dusk descended and Puerto Rico plunged into another blackout, I flipped through materials on contemporary architecture, interactive design, and … More
“Energy Beyond Borders,” a short story (2024)
The early afternoon sun cast a golden glow over Venice, its light fractured by the rippling waters of the canals. … More
The hidden dangers lurking beneath San Francisco’s Hunters Point
The past at Thurgood Marshall High School, situated in the heart of San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point district, is not merely … More
The New Corporation (2022), plus notes on AI and nuclear energy
In 2003, “The Corporation” scrutinized corporations’ pervasive influence on society. Watching this documentary with my then-housemates quickly became a guiding … More
Ángel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción 