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Works in Glass
Completed Projects

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...
Sculptures that Respond to the Sun
New Concepts

Sculptures that Respond to the Sun

I’ve been experimenting with dichroic films to lend vibrant color to some sculptures that I'm planning for a sun-drenched urban site....
Kinetic Dichroic Sculptures

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...
Joseph O'Connell Featured on KXCI's Artistories Podcast
Interview

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,...
Video Essay: Art for the Fifth Space
Fifth space

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...
Why Not Just Take a Hike? Questions About the Fifth Space
Interview

Why Not Just Take a Hike? Questions About the Fifth Space

I am enthusiastic about art that facilitates our connection with nature, heightens our experience of the cosmos, and recalls our long...
Replacing False Monuments with a Sculpture that Creates New Monuments
New Concepts

Replacing False Monuments with a Sculpture that Creates New Monuments

I Contain Multitudes We’ve finally realized that our nation is filled with monuments that don’t accurately tell our true history. What do...
Models and Prototyping

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...
An Immersive Sundial
Monumental

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...
Hearing Space: A Sonic Installation in the Tree Canopy
Fifth space

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...
Megafauna and Ancient Art
Fifth space

Megafauna and Ancient Art

PART V OF THE FIFTH SPACE SERIES — Among the earliest human sculptures are those depicting Pleistocene megafauna – mammoths, mastodons...
Molecules
Public Art

Molecules

I've started a series of sculptures that depict consequential molecules. It started with this piece, depicting a hydrocarbon molecule's...
Sound and Music Sculptures for the Fifth Space
Fifth space

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...
Art as a Series of Moments
Fifth space

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...
A Solar and Stellar Observatory
Fifth space

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...
Art for the Fifth Space
Fifth space

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...
Interactivity & Technology
Completed Projects

Interactivity & Technology

The most fundamental rule for interactive art is to respect people's agency. There should be a clear and repeatable connection between...
Art For the Cerebellum
Monumental

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...
Light + Color
Completed Projects

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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