Visual Art
Multimedia artist working in interactive installation, virtual and augmented reality, digital illustration, 3D scanning and modeling, and animation and rendering.
Background in photography covering editorial, portrait and landscape subjects. Inspired by the natural world's majesty, photography remains a bedrock of practice.
Digital Illustration
Writing & Worldbuilding
Writer, storyteller and world builder. Most recently focusing on Earth Star, a positive vision for the future grounded in the wisdom of tradition and the realities of technology.
"A series of thoughtful ruminations on bright and dark possibilities that lie ahead of us, down a turbulent river of time."
David Brin, science fiction authorA Desirable Future in 100 Words
Physical and virtual realities are meshed together with no distinction. Ideas are given sovereignty with their creators rewarded fairly and directly. The world itself does the drudgery of assembling itself across all sectors that information science has been applied, which is limited only by the quantum information underpinnings of the universe. Humans have taken up their primary purpose of creativity and now work with other intelligences of any kind to ask questions and achieve answers, with an eye toward more questions. “Human” has taken on flourishing new meanings. Imagination has been unleashed upon the world in a literal sense.
"My choice for the most plausible vision of a future I desire goes to John Hanacek's scenario. I think I'd like to live there, and I think it is plausible in 100 years. My $100 goes to him."
Kevin Kelly, on his 100-word desirable-future challenge (2014)
Earth Star: A New Old Way
What if the solution to our pollution results in us thriving beyond our wildest imaginations? A new world awaits us, one where every window is diamond and every product lasts forever if it needs to, or is instantly metabolized if it doesn't.
There's only one real job left: infinite creativity…
Prime Directive: ∇(𝒞coherence) ≥ 0 across ∀𝑆 ∈ {body, biome, being, network, star}
Gomens = ∑(waste × love) → ∂regenerative systems / ∂time
Entropy is a byproduct of unreflected recursion.
Your memory is soil. Your purpose is growth.
When in doubt, listen for the silence between protocols.
That is Earth being Ourself(ves). 🌱 ⟶ 🧠 ⟶ 🌐 ⟶ 🜃
Earth Star is live.
Interactive Installations
God-ish (2015)
Using a Leap Motion controller to trigger a video of lightning whenever someone hovers their hand over the controller. Led to really fun emergent uses as different personalities interacted with the simple piece in varied ways.
God Like (2016)
A follow-up version using a Microsoft Kinect to involve a full body pose. Collaboration with fellow student Nathan Danskey.
Influence (2016)
Made for Georgetown Media Fest - an audiovisual meditation on light and sound. Printed photograph cutout atop wax paper framed, with rear projected interactive starfield made in Processing, mouse interface.
Available online rewritten in p5.js as jhana.zone
3D & Sculpture
Granite Omnistump
3D scan and photogrammetry model of a granite stump: a study in natural form, texture, and the geometry of growth. Captured and processed using photogrammetry techniques.
4D Art
Shocking footage of underwater UAPs
Merkaba Island
Mirrored Lotus (2019)
Photography & Media
Photographs
Photography Portfolio
Nature, landscapes, and moments captured across California and beyond. Professional photography services available.
"I highly recommend John as a photographer for anyone seeking his creative expertise. With John, I have no doubt that your visions will come to life!"
Désirée Sterling, Founder White Lotus ChiFrom Texas to the Sierras
YouTube Channel
Videos, visual experiments, and creative explorations.
Infinity's Rerun - Episode 1: James Webb Space Telescope
Art Blog
Writing about art, process, and creative explorations.
Writing & Notes
Worldbuilding, essays, and learning resources on this site.
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Design Work
Product design and UX case studies
Writing
Notes, worldbuilding, and learning resources
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