Portrait of a Distribution Network
Portrait of a Distribution Network is an ongoing, system-wide exploration of the three divisions of Reyes Holdings. Lincoln Schatz’s generative video is a visualization of the complex interactions within an organization. While the captured footage documents the multiple perspectives behind the day-to-day operations, Schatz’s custom software releases these processes from a linear narrative to reveal [...]
Portrait of Selden Paterson
Portrait of Selden Paterson is a generative portrait of an art student living in Chicago. By breaking away from the traditional, static modes of portraiture, Lincoln Schatz produces a video composite of the individual immersed in the day-to-day. Schatz’s methodology provides the viewer with a richer, fuller understanding of the sitter, as the video allows [...]
Portrait of Water
“I look at a wave and see reflection, pattern, shape, size, speed, color and transparency. Each wave is unique and part of a massive generative system. I think about tide charts and cycles of movement over time. While I cognitively understand them, I am simultaneously humbled by their immensity and power. It is important to [...]
Peggy Schatz, Cube Portrait, Chicago, 2007
Peggy Schatz (Chicago. Artist) spent time working on drawings.
Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig, Cube Portrait, Miami, 2007
Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig (Miami. Art Historian, Collector) created an Automatic Drawing to explore the creative aspect of her personality that usually remains hidden.
Jordan Mozer, Cube Portrait, Chicago, 2007
Jordan Mozer (Chicago. Architect and Product Designer) sketched and modeled furniture designs in clay.
Daniel Herskovic, Cube Portrait, Chicago, 2007
Daniel Herskovic (Chicago. Personal chef) prepared individually portioned appetizers and a dessert in the Cube.
Sabrina Raaf, Cube Portrait, Chicago, 2007
Sabrina Raaf (Chicago. Artist, Assistant Professor in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago) built a temporary sculptural structure within the Cube and disappeared into it when it was completed.
Chris Houston, Cube Portrait, Chicago, 2007
Chris Houston (Chicago. Personal Trainer) used his time in the Cube to perform calisthenics, shadowbox, and work out.
Betsey & Dale Pinkert, Cube Portrait, Chicago, 2007
Betsey & Dale Pinkert (Chicago) set a table with linens and crystal to enjoy wine, cheese, and one another’s company.
Jorge Simes, Cube Portrait, Chicago, 2007
Jorge Simes (Chicago. Artist) prepared canvases to bring into the Cube with holes cutout for the cameras. His portrait session provided a glimpse into his studio practice as he completed a painting.
Joe Shanahan, Cube Portrait, Chicago, 2007
Joe Shanahan (Chicago. Music Promoter, Owner of Metro and Smart Bar) brought in a selection from his collection of 50,000 records and spun music on turntables installed in the Cube.
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Cube Portrait, San Francisco, 2007
Lynn Hershman Leeson (San Francisco. Artist and Filmmaker, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis, A.D. White Professor-at-Large, Cornell University, Chair of the Film Department, San Francisco Art Institute) turned the lens back on Lincoln Schatz by bringing in various cameras to photograph the portrait process during her session.
Rene di Rosa, Cube Portrait, San Francisco, 2007
Rene di Rosa (Napa. Art Patron, Founder of di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature) reviewed Local Color: the di Rosa Collection of Contemporary California Art and looked at new works by three of the 900 artists represented in his collection: Chester Arnold, Jim Barsness, and Ray Beldner.
Beau Takahara, Cube Portrait, San Francisco, 2007
Beau Takahara (San Jose. Development Director Northern California Innocence Project at Santa Clara University Law School, Co-Founder ZeroOne: The Art and Technology Network) spent the hour transforming herself into the likeness of what she considers to be her personal totem animal: a desktop sculpture of a pioneer dog-woman given to her by colleague Amy Critchett.
Ken Goldberg & Tiffany Shlain, Cube Portrait, San Francisco, 2007
Ken Goldberg PhD (Mill Valley. Artist, Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Founder of the Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium, Director of UC Berkeley Center for New Media) and Tiffany Shlain (Mill Valley. Filmmaker, Webby Awards Co-Founder) spent an hour in the Cube building a structure with books from their library, reading, and having [...]
Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens, Cube Portrait, San Francisco, 2007
Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens (San Francisco. Performance Artists) wore their specially made Cuddle outfits to do LOVE actions such as kissing, cuddling, walking together, wrestling, and playing with Bob, their Labrador Retriever. This collaboration is part of their Love Art Laboratory project, which explores Love as Art for a span of seven years.
Jeff Dauber, Cube Portrait, San Francisco, 2007
Jeff Dauber (San Francisco. Art Collector, Director of Mobile Mac Systems, Apple Inc.) performed his weekend morning ritual of shaving, getting dressed, making coffee, and completing a crossword puzzle.
Craig Newmark, Cube Portrait, San Francisco, 2007
Craig Newmark (San Francisco. Internet Entrepreneur, Founder Craigslist.org) spent an hour on the internet and conducted customer service for Craigslist.org.
Maps for Navigating to a New Perspective
For some of the show’s 38 artists, existing maps serve as raw material to be turned into sculptures, collages and such. For others, a map is the end result, created from experience or imagination to fix a place, a time or an idea. But all these objects, gathered by the guest curator, Sarah Tanguy, force [...]
LeBron James, Cube Portrait
The NBA’s biggest superstar, forward LeBron James, is one of the most dominant players—and personal brands—in the game’s history. A star since his high school days in Ohio, he was one of the most-watched players in the country and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated before he had even graduated. Selected in the first [...]
Elon Musk, Cube Portrait
After minting his fortune during the Internet boom of the late nineties, Elon Musk is building businesses in three 21st-century industries: space exploration, solar power, and electric automobiles. While there may be wealthier entrepreneurs who are still in their thirties, few can match the breadth or audacity of Musk’s vision. In 1999, at the age [...]
Craig Venter, Cube Portrait
One of science’s most outsized personalities, Craig Venter is also one of its most important researchers for delivering on his ambitious goals and propelling other scientists forward in the process. Venter has been making important advances in the study of genes since he was a National Institutes of Health researcher in the 1990s when he [...]