Expansion

Daniel Alexander Smith

In Boston, the skyline changes faster than we can. As our urban fabric extrudes heavenwards, people become the collateral of a new economic expansion. We fall continuously into the skeleton of a procedurally generated skyscraper. All around, we see the glowing bodies of others hurtling past. As they crash into the structure, light explodes from their bodies, lighting architecture the with firefly pulses.

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Daniel Alexander Smith is a Boston artist using CAD/CAM along with historical art practices to examine the impact of technology on culture. Recent works include Restoration, a low-tech exploration of the destruction of craft in Notre Dame’s fire; Four and No Waves, an installation using machines to reconstruct the form of water; and Paper-Thin, an experimental VR art platform for collaborating across the internet. When he is not in his studio, you can find Daniel at Studio Echelman, where he works with Janet Echelman on the design of large, suspended net sculptures.