Think.Alexetism

Entre Trenes Iluminados… Again In Europe

Reflections, realities that get suffocated by dreams, lack of appreciation… constant search for the unknown, very aware that what’s unknown is what remains beautiful, and what’s discovered becomes dead. Train, after train, after train.

What a beautiful trip filled with thoughts and incantations. Nothing like abandoning your schedule to be able to think differently than before. I was absolutely blocked before this season finale episode started, also known as my “vacation.” My thoughts… gone. I had lived without a nice pocket digital camera for a while, and I felt the magic of the snapshot… of recording real life through an angle of emotions had disappeared. Before I left, I fixed this by getting a new pocket camera. I wasn’t going to allow myself to continue living such a dry proof-less existence.

The conversation with myself restarted as I got on a plane to go to France. In fact, it started the night before, as I became sick… sick with anticipation of what was ahead of me in the trip. You see, the older I get, the more scared I become. It is not fear of what could happen to me, but fear of having to go through too much trouble to get around, or robbed of my wallet, or sick. Soon enough I compared myself to the person I was 10 years ago, traveling with my first girlfriend through uncharted European lands. I realize my now ex-girlfriend probably knows more of me back then, than I do. Lacking a good memory, I get around by images and instinct. How to reconstruct who you were, if you don’t even remember how you got where you are. You just know this place where you stand now is yours once more, and it has been found by you again through fate, and not through planning. And that the moment you touched the memory, you complete a test you didn’t even know you were taking.

The present always feels eternal, and the past… a dream.

This flickr album contains snapshots of my spotless mind as I move through Italy, Switzerland, and France through the happy summer of 2010. A summer that confronts me with who I used to be, stimulating instincts left behind by forgotten memories. A summer full of textures and angles; where I make love to each curve and edge of my environment through my view finder.

Enjoy,
-Your Imaginary Dream Farmer, The one who lives when the Giant Wolf is asleep.

Sir Spider

Three different aspects of the divine can be found in one. Sir Surrey as predator, Sir Surrey as prey, and Sir Surrey as omnipresent benefactor. With this Trinity, you can finally become One.

Learn more about his music at www.sirsurrey.com

Wish You Were Here

Found some new fonts and have been playing with them. In this particular experimentation, I was just aiming for a retro look that had a bit of sophistication and nostalgia implied. The result is a Tom & Jerry look

Are The Terrorists Winning?

Old man reading newspaper, entranced and terrified at sensationalist headline “Are the terrorists winning?” This photo is taken by yours truly, in Bus #22 on my way to The Mission.

Sir Centaur

Art piece of fantasy landscape I did for Sir Surrey’s album artwork. Learn more about his music at sirsurrey.com/

Part of an awesome series. More to come!

Native Catfish – Surreal Byzantine SelfPortrait

Yours truly participated in a fashion show a few weeks ago for designer Carolina Sunshine; and had my friend and makeup artist, Yvannia Perez, take a few pictures of my face in this war-like fish-esque look. Thought the perfect treatment for this image would be to explore Byzantine portraits, and how “light” and metallic materials are so important to frame the subject.

-Alex

The Last Poker

When you are a saint, and you wake up at 5am, you are no longer haunted by nightmares. You can spend the hours teaching others nifty levitation tricks.

Another piece from my Strawmary Saints series. In this one I take The Last Supper out of context, using an already existing painting, and inserting poker cards in the fingers of stoic anthropomorphic deities. Not all iconoclastic images intend to destroy the symbols they build upon, often they just look to enhance or replace an old system by coopting the signs that feed that culture’s stream of consciousness.

Vera Wang Princess launches!

We at Fluid, Inc in San Francisco recently launched the most awesome site for Vera Wang Princess. It focuses on the fragrances (Original and Glam), and other cool social media content. This particular piece promotes the Vera Wang Contest at Polyvore.com, and for this I designed under Cat Lee’s art direction and Mariano Ferrario’s interaction design.

I must say the site has been quite a success, including the Facebook application we launched for them. This application allows the users to share their princess moments in their very own Vera Wang photo-op. So, what are you waiting for? Check it out for yourself!

Let It Shine!

The Holiday that shall not be named. Almost as scary as Sauron or Voldemort. The true meaning of… what was the name of that holiday again? Yes, religious holidays offer the best moments for average artists (like myself) to engage in iconoclastic behavior. ‘Tis the season for easy targets, falalalaaa-lalalala.

Dr. Seuss Holiday Party Invite

Fluid is having a holiday party next week, and we thought of doing a flyer that mixes the Dr. Seuss children’s book style with cheesy anaglyph 3D art. The intention is for it be fun, to pop out, and to evoke a retro feeling. Also, the inspiration behind the white elephant is that we were originally playing with the idea of having a white elephant gift exchange activity instead of a toy drive.

Hope you enjoy,
-Alex