Innovations in Motion Capture Technology

There is no question that animation in both video games and movies is becoming increasingly more realistic. Franchises such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe offer hundreds of hours’ worth of content. From movies and TV shows such as “Avengers: Infinity War” and “The Punisher” to videogames like PlayStation’s “Spider-Man”, ...
November 19, 2020
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Erin Smego – Navigating Sculptural Fashion

It can be said that sculpture and fashion can be easily linked. Distill the two disciplines down to their essential form and one finds the occupying of space and commenting upon present day aesthetics to be two apparent intersections. A young Chicago artist, Erin Smego, is investigating this frequently ...
January 25, 2019
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KT Duffy – Giant Amoebas & A.I./Digital/Real Identity

There is something fresh and undefinable in the art practice of KT Duffy that clearly resonates deeply with my current interests. This youthful artist is producing musing works from a standpoint that is unlike anything I have encountered previously. The visionary approach and willingness to explore new ideas and ...
January 15, 2019
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Monica Rezman – A Persistent Winding Path

Initially trained in a traditional atelier format, artist Monica Rezman takes a nod from formal aesthetic investigations that found roots in the early 20th century while simultaneously staying current with ongoing current advancements in artistic production. Her artwork melds and transforms hair, cardboard, traditional media, and formal analysis to ...
December 4, 2018
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Cody Tumblin – Nourishing Lambent Visual Provisions

When one considers the aesthetic practice of Cody Tumblin, they might envision an individual who is part alchemist and part cuisinier with one foot in the kitchen while the other firmly planted in the studio. In recent time, Tumblin has produced a handful of curious visual and culinary presentations ...
November 26, 2018
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Jeff Carter – Functional Formats of Occupying

Currently, Jeff Carter, along with Susan Giles and Faheem Majeed, is presenting works in Tuned Mass at the Chicago Cultural Center through January 6, 2019. Carter's aesthetic practice merges his interest in early 20th c. Modernism with ideas that address our mass consumer culture, polarizing political commentary, and a ...
September 28, 2018
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Heather Mekkelson – Crepuscular Beam & Other Recent Works

Working through a transitional period in recent years, Heather Mekkelson has found solid footing in raising a family while investigating new modes of looking at and translating contemporary aesthetic perceptions as they relate to empirical and speculative sciences: anthropology, astrophysics, cosmology, myth, and mysticism. This week the COMP Magazine ...
July 11, 2018
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