By Kevin Laam At our May 16, 2024 exhibit opening, English professor (Oakland University) and DJ extraordinaire Kevin Laam curated a soundtrack based on his interpretation of the Analog Anthropocene. His vinyl collection anchored the evening’s dance party, which was Read More …
Destruction, Beauty, and Vines
Take a minute and just look at the picture above. Don’t let yourself think just yet. Simply look. Let your eyes roam over the lines, the curves, the angles. Begin to start noticing shapes: the triangular roof, the rectangular windows, Read More …
Crawford Lake and the photos-that-weren’t
Do you know that feeling when a lightbulb goes on, geographically speaking, and an abstract locale suddenly takes its place on your mental map? Like when I read Middlesex before moving to Detroit. Even though the metro city is a Read More …
Journal Entry #15: Detroit November 15, 2100
The following short story is inspired by Julie Julison’s photographs. I take a step forward as the rubble rolls under my stiff shoes. Cracks mar the surface of the path as I force myself on my daily walk through what’s Read More …
The Anthropogenic Web
A grid. A network. A convergence of lines. A web? At first glance, this image immediately inspires movement. I admit that the term movement is quite broad, but this image brings aspects of movement into play that then inspire larger Read More …