Who is my art hero at the moment?

The conceptual architect Wellington Reiter is my current art hero. He has been one of my faves for awhile and his work is helping me/ inspiring me through the pen and ink drawings I am working on in my studio (right now...), which is part of my MFA show. His book of drawings, sculpture, and writings have been one of my bibles I carry around with me for at least six years. His pen and ink drawings of structures that resemble cones, and exploded bridges, scribbled grid irons, and utopic recontextualized aircraft carriers, are mind blowing and full of creative genius. I can't help but hold this book dear to me. He is a precursor to another fave, the much more well know Julie Mehretu. But that is another blog. Here is a photo of one of his amazing drawings....

Mission Statement/ Dogma

This blog has no exact mission statement, or dogma attached to it. I will say that, like its title, it deals a little with technology, a little with finding warmth in technology, a little with dealing with today's current times, while not forgetting the past. In the 1940's the hearth, or fire in the home where the family and friends gatthered got replaced by the Television, and the TV acted as a hearth. Now its the computer, and current technology. There is not as much gathering, warmth, etc... in the home, but perhaps there is more of this "gathering," on line in the digital world. Social networking, and all that. The title is also influenced by my current final thesis subject, and art show, "The Phenomenology of Space and Sound." More on this later. I will also post stuff that I like, maybe helpful, aesthetically interesting, and hopefully random and thought provoking. I am also creating this blog to help document my navigation through my final couple of months of grad school.

Cheers,

DH