chill out (generative adversarial networks), 2025

In this painting, I aimed to visualize the intricate, tense dance of generative adversarial networks, where one neural network creates, … More

chrono-synclastic infundibulum, 2025

This work borrows its title from Kurt Vonnegut’s The Sirens of Titan, where a chrono-synclastic infundibulum is described as a … More

big energy, 2025

Big Energy, inspired by a song by Pachyman, is a restless bloom of shapes and signals, vibrating with the urgency … More

ping pong, 2025

A riot of color collides with a void of black in this kinetic exploration of motion, play, and collision. Ping … More

wow and flutter, 2025

This work inspired by the music of Stereolab suspends a visual tension between flight and fracture, between order and interference. … 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

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

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

“Threads” (1984)

Released in 1984, “Threads” was a powerful reminder of the dangers of nuclear war during the Cold War era. It … More

Benjamin Labatut’s “When We Cease to Understand the World” (2021)

Benjamin Labatut’s novel “When We Cease to Understand the World” presents a stark, almost disturbing portrait of the brilliant minds … More