April 2003


Proposed Solution is the title of my thesis project that I wrote in graduate school. I elected to attend California College of the Arts in San Francisco because uncommon to most two year programs, they require a written thesis in order to be granted a Master of Fine Arts degree. I specifically desired the theoretical challenge.

I decided to write about “context” and used my artwork as a gauge to contextualize the Art World that I had come to know intimately. As the title indicates, I established the problems of contemporary art culture first, then deconstructed the origin and offered an alternative.

Proposed Solution was intentionally written to be read like a script. There are five distinct voices identified by fonts. The narrative structure of the document models the script format for the film, The Terminator.

Both, Proposed Solution and The Terminator are synonymous because they attempt to rectify an impending failed future based on present day actions.

For my website, I have partitioned Proposed Solution from it’s original format into various sections for greater Internet navigational ease. The original version is also included.

Details the character voices and font identity. One may read the original version of Proposed Solution, by reading it through one font at a time.

Defines the language developed for Proposed Solution.

A list of Proposed Solution actions that are designed to impede the impending failure of the present day Art World. A new involvement is established.

A list of symbols and a shorthand formula for Proposed Solution is defined.

The aftermath if Proposed Solution is adopted.