In the late 1950s and early 1960s, as the Cold War escalated, America found itself grappling with the existential dread … More
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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
On Being Gay in the Atomic Age: A Reflection on the Depiction of the Red and Lavender Scares and the AIDS Crisis in “Fellow Travelers” (2023)
“The importance of this context in “Fellow Travelers” lies in its ability to illuminate a dark period in American history, … More
The film Oppenheimer, seen through my eyes
“Oppenheimer,” a film directed by Christopher Nolan, is an enthralling biographical film that chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, … More
nevada-semipalatinsk I-IX, 2023, on view at the US embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan, until 2025
The Risograph prints incorporate my drawing and fragments of images of the struggle to close the Soviet Semipalatinsk testing site in Kazakhstan. … More
radiophobia, 2023
A work informed by the human fear of radiation, in spite of it being an all-pervasive natural phenomenon. Mixed media … More
nuclear defense waste, 2023
A work inspired by the deleteriously entangled relationship between defense and energy applications of atomic forces in the sensationalist press … More
cherenkov radiation, 2023
A video work inspired by Cherenkov radiation, a form of energy that we can perceive as a blue glow emitted … More
456, 2023, on view at the US embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan until 2025
The number 456 refers to the number of nuclear weapons tested at the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan between … More
POSTHUMANO, 2022, by Andrés Alfonso Lugo and Á.R. Vázquez-Concepción
These sound compositions are a project by Andres Lugo and are available on his Bandcamp under his artistic name Los … More
Ángel Rafael Vázquez-Concepción 