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