The print edition of Maquette Issue 3: Serendipity has arrived at CCAM! Designed by Jun Jung, it features an exclusive cover contribution by the artist and photographer Balarama Heller.

First published online in November 2022, each article approaches ideas of luck, destiny, chance, and fate in relation to artistic, architectural, literary, and pedagogical practice.

Featuring:

• CCAM Director Dana Karwas and artist and architect Keller Easterling in conversation about surprise, Jacques Tati, and “the switch”
• Maquette Editor and CCAM’s writer-in-residence Alex Zafiris and artist Ian Cheng discuss the unconscious, dreams, and reality
• Lisa Kereszi on searching for moments and meaning through her photography
• Artist Anahita Vossoughi on her new series, “Exoskeletons for Protection”
• Artist and writer Jace Clayton a.k.a DJ /rupture on serendipity in the digital domain, with contributing artwork by Hayal Pozanti
• CCAM team member Matthew Suttor discusses his new Creativity Lab, “a space for play” with contributing artwork by Sewon Roy Kim
• Karwas on her “Terra Cosma Space Suit” collaboration with MIT’s Ariel Ekblaw, with contributing artwork by Aleksa Milojevic, Amelia Gates, and Samantha Hrusovsky
• Zafiris examines William S. Burroughs’ cut-ups as a disruptive literary technology
• Balarama Heller in conversation with Zafiris about his ideas on interconnectedness, free will, and consciousness within his photography practice
• Musician and computer scientist Roxanne Harris on how she began to perform live coding with Sonic Pi
• Dramaturg Madeline Pages describes her fascination with historical models and images of outer space
• Jun Jung outlines his process and ideas for the print design of Maquette Issue 3, including his “Serendipity Sequence”
• Artist Damian Loeb presents his second algorithm project in “The Camera on the Roof”
• Designer Anežka Minaříková describes her search for a memory chip that would forever preserve the sound of her grandmother singing a song
• Management psychologist David Caruso and research scientist Zorana Ivcevic discuss emotional intelligence, fear, luck, and creativity; and an interview with contributing artist Brennen Steines
• Zafiris and Karwas present CCAM’s very own “checking stick,” an interdisciplinary version of the David Lynch original