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sterlingcrispin@gmail.com
born 1985 maui hawaii
lives in denver
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commercial work and projects
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perception
emptiness / sunyata
zero
space-time
humans
computing
cryptography
quantum and universal computers
the technological singularity
post-humanism in relation to a technological singularity
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video
objects / sculpture / installation
data visualization
magic practices and beliefs
virtual reality
entropy
digital imaging software
computer programming
image making
emergence
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a reoccurring influence in my work is the buddhist concept of sunyata. emptiness. the void. sunyata is the infinite and absolute, all things coexisting in one fluid field , an infinite expanse empty of independent entities and forces. sunyata has been called "the great void" , "zero" , "emptiness" and "the ultimate truth".
one way to understand sunyata is to try to understand written and spoken explanation of it. the other way to understand sunyata is through observation. sunyata is somewhat intangible and an indefinable concept.
"this is because there is no worldly knowledge, be it general studies, science or philosophy, that can lead to the attainment of the state of sunyata. the only path to its realization is via an passionate and discriminating mind. It is beyond the common worldly understanding."
with that being said, this brief definition from wikipedia does a good job at outlining the surface level concept
"sunyata signifies that everything one encounters in life is empty of absolute identity, permanence, or an in-dwelling 'self'. this is because everything is inter-related and mutually dependent - never wholly self-sufficient or independent. all things are in a state of constant flux where energy and information are forever flowing throughout the natural world giving rise to and themselves undergoing major transformations with the passage of time."
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| bfa, rocky mountain college of art and design, denver, co |
april 2008 |
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| the institute for experimental studies innovation grant |
march 2008 |
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| redline artist in residence |
2008-2011 |
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| souvenirs from earth, weekly air time on european cable network, germany/france
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2009 |
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| press |
| rhizome at the new museum - front page feature |
july 2010 |
| interview with the denver voice |
dec 2009 |
| interview with bobby jewell |
nov 2009 |
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| performances |
american association of museums expo, video performance with pictureplane, museum of contemporary art, denver, co |
aug 2010 |
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| lectures |
| pecha kucha #4 , boulder museum of contemporary art, boulder, co |
apr 2008 |
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| group exhibitions |
| shows promise, denver international airport, denver co |
feb-may 2010 |
| riddle of ritual, emmanuel gallery, denver co |
jan 2010 |
| you of all people, here of all places!, redline, denver co |
sep 2009 |
| mirrorrim, redline, denver co |
aug-sep 2009 |
| drawrings 4, rhinoceropolis, denver co |
aug 2009 |
| down with the sickness, hinterland, denver co |
jul-aug 2009 |
| 2009 colorado art open, foothills art center, golden, co |
apr-may 2009 |
| the ill affair, redline, denver co |
feb 2008 |
| ruckus, repeat, ruckus, the lab at belmar, denver co |
jun 2008 |
| drawrings 2 the return, rhinoceropolis, denver, co |
apr 2008 |
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