About
Jack Whitsitt (aka sintixerr, jofny) is a Washington, DC based artist who enjoys pastel/charcoal/conte crayon drawing, making installation and conceptual art, and photography.
He appreciates the expressive, tactile, and visceral experience he gets from drawing. Photography, on the other hand, allows him to focus on and capture fleeting perspectives of a moving world to be reflected on and re-used later in other art. But…
The interweaving of traditional fine art and technology to create installation pieces is where he finds himself most at home and most capable of expressing himself (and to maybe be a tiny bit more theatrical, too) – this is where he gets to combine his two loves: information security and art.
Some might not see an obvious connection between the two, but consider this – the American Heritage Dictionary has a couple of interesting definitions of elegance:
- Restraint and grace of style.
- Scientific exactness and precision.
When we talk about art, Whitsitt tends to think the pieces that work “best” are the most elegant. They’re the ones where the artist has done no more or less than he or she needed to. The artist, in other words, has shown “restraint of grace and style”.
Information Security, on the other hand, depends on technology doing, as with the artist’s art, no more or less than it has to. Secure systems are built with “scientific exactness and precision”. Without the precision, loopholes are left for bad things to happen.
He find the connection between the two fascinating.
Read on further to see Jack’s art and for more information on his themes in:
Also be sure to check out his blog, some of the press his work has received, or some of the videos he makes of his work (or just for fun).
You can also find his old blog and information about his Cyber Security work at: http://sintixerr.wordpress.com/
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I totally love this statement, Jack. It clearly encapsulates who you are as an artist without resorting to worthless cliches. Good job!
-sw
Jack, I think you’ve summed yourself up, well, elegantly.
It’s nice to read someone’s statement that doesn’t tell the viewer how to view their work, but rather you’ve given a statement on how it comes about and sets a tone for the experience.
That being said, the flow of the “interweaving” paragraph could be a skotch smoother. I had to reread that a couple of times….
-tg
Sean: It’s certainly better than what I started with, thank you
(Even though worthless cliches can be fun sometimes).
Todd: Kiitos, sir. Regarding rereading that paragraph: In the light of a few hours of sleep, I have to reread it myself. Thanks for pointing it out.
your entire site redesign is very cool, and your statement ties it all together so well! i agree with todd though… that paragraph should be broken up into a couple of separate sentences. but the ideas are awesome.
I love the use of the definition.
My only quibble at this point is “when we talk about art” – since we – the reader – know this is you writing about yourself in the third person, the use of ‘we’ is akward. Maybe ‘When discussing art…’ instead?
Wow, you have not really changed much over the years but you have definitely figured out a way to be productive with your time. You do some awesome work! Congrats on your success. I particularly like, as Tom commented, that you don’t tell the viewer how to view your art, just where it comes from.
About 10 years ago I came up with the idea of paint on cars which would change colors according to whatwas playing on the radio-so you could avoid cars whose drivers were obvioulsy lost in somethign else or playign loud aggressie music, for example. Never did it, but still think it is a safety idea worth doing. SOunds to me like you are halfway there-I gift my idea to you, hope it supports your work.
Linda, thats an outstanding idea. If I ever do anything with it, Ill make sure and let you know
Thank you!