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Chinook Arc: Seven Years Later
The paradox of Chinook Arc was that it had to appear delicate and ethereal but also has had to endure repeat encounters, extreme weather...
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Sculptural Artwork for Rooftops
I recently had a chance to create art for a rooftop garden in an urban setting. It was a dense site and required thinking carefully about...
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Works in Glass
Artisans of the late Middle Ages crafted the largest and most long-lived colored images in human history. Many of the monumental stained...
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Kinetic Dichroic Sculptures
Seven new models exploring kinetic art for outdoor spaces I've long been fascinated by dichroic films - thin metallic coatings on glass...
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Joseph O'Connell Featured on KXCI's Artistories Podcast
Check out KXCI Community Radio's newest episode of the Artistories Podcast featuring Joseph O'Connell. KXCI Radio is a diverse,...
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Video Essay: Art for the Fifth Space
In the last few years I’ve been thinking about, experimenting with, and designing art specifically for the semi-wild areas that are...
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Models and Prototyping
This post is a celebration of building models and prototypes by hand. Each of these projects involve a substantial amount of work in 3D...
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An Immersive Sundial
I’ve been studying sundials throughout history and re-thinking what the sundial could be in the 21st century. We don’t need a sundial to...
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Hearing Space: A Sonic Installation in the Tree Canopy
PART VI IN THE FIFTH SPACE SERIES — Another way that my interest in art for the fifth space is playing out is this installation for dense...
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Megafauna and Ancient Art
PART V OF THE FIFTH SPACE SERIES — Among the earliest human sculptures are those depicting Pleistocene megafauna – mammoths, mastodons...
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Molecules
I've started a series of sculptures that depict consequential molecules. It started with this piece, depicting a hydrocarbon molecule's...
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Sound and Music Sculptures for the Fifth Space
PART IV OF THE FIFTH SPACE SERIES — For the last few years I’ve been interpreting paleoanthropology to conceive sculptural installations...
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Art as a Series of Moments
PART lll OF THE FIFTH SPACE SERIES — Each fifth space experience is built around a few key ‘moments’ in which the experience of the...
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A Solar and Stellar Observatory
PART II OF THE FIFTH SPACE SERIES — I am currently developing a solar and stellar observatory sculpture: a tiny model of the universe...
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Art for the Fifth Space
PART l OF THE FIFTH SPACE SERIES — Art exists mainly in four spaces: In our homes At work Public places Virtual spaces In the last few...
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Interactivity & Technology
The most fundamental rule for interactive art is to respect people's agency. There should be a clear and repeatable connection between...
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Art For the Cerebellum
Leonardo da Vinci was the first to name the cerebellum – the curious portion of the brain that accounts for 10 percent of its mass but...
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Light + Color
Light-based sculptures offer an opportunity for art to activate a larger space than the sculpture physically occupies. With that power...
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