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Ángel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción

a visual artist and educator based in San Francisco.

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Tag: history

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

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, books, California, hannah-arendt, history, holocaust, Philosophy, Puerto Rico, San Francisco

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

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, Contemporary Art, environment, health, history, news, nuclear power, Painting, Puerto Rico, San Francisco, sustainability

The radiant history of uranium glass

Under the glow of ultraviolet light, uranium glass reveals its captivating secret: an ethereal fluorescence that has enchanted collectors and … More

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, Contemporary Art, history, interior-design, nuclear, nuclear power, Painting, Puerto Rico, San Francisco, science, uranium

“Threads” (1984)

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

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, history, news, nuclear-war, nuclear-weapons, Puerto Rico, Russia, San Francisco

A Revisitation of ‘The Atomic Café’ (1982)

In the landscape of documentary filmmaking, few works resonate with the eerie timbre of contemporary relevance as poignantly as “The … More

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, atomic age, atomic-bomb, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, history, news, nuclear power, nuclear-weapons, oppenheimer, Puerto Rico, San Francisco

Reimagining the Atomic Age in “For All Mankind”

“For All Mankind” is a captivating streaming series that immerses its audience in a reality of the space race going … More

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, California, For All Mankind, history, nasa, nuclear power, reviews, San Francisco, science, space

Did you know about the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History?

A collection of images taken during one of the research visits to the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History … More

Angel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción, Art, atomic age, Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción, history, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, New Mexico, nuclear power, Photography, research, science
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