http://www.filicide.com the art and design of alexander henken Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:13:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From April 4th through the 26th, the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts is exhibiting artworks from the graduating BFA and MFA students. I'll be showing my work along with the eight other graduating BFA students at the lower level of the museum. The opening reception takes ... http://www.filicide.com/2008/04/04/bfa-graduation-exhibition-fsu-mofa/ iDMAa is a forum for professionals working across the wide range of disciplines and initiatives that are clustered around the emerging field of Digital Media and Arts. Traditional disciplines including the Arts, Computer Science, Engineering, Journalism and Communications, Media Studies, Film and Television, and many others are embroiled in sweeping ... http://www.filicide.com/2007/11/16/alex-henken-wins-national-idmaa-award-of-excellence/ Newly completed silkscreen print. This is my first edition using the process and the result was ten 11x17" prints (of 20 produced). More silkscreen work to follow in the coming month. I'm still working on Varicose whenever time allows (and sometimes even when it doesn't). Working on the ... http://www.filicide.com/2007/03/22/bog-bodies/ Please excuse the lack of updates. I'm presently working on a 50 page "artist book" entitled Varicose: Lotions For Troubled Skins. I'm enclosing the front and back cover (spread) for now - a preview of things to come. Thematically, the book deals with the degeneration of the ... http://www.filicide.com/2007/03/08/varicose-lotions-for-troubled-skins/ This is a mixed media painting I recently completed dealing with the theme of astral projection -- easily my most involved work to date. The process begun as an initial rough sketch, then was translated into a 18x24" charcoal drawing on toned paper. The completed drawing was then ... http://www.filicide.com/2006/11/28/the-fabric-of-ego-death/ http://www.filicide.com/2006/11/16/public-image-ltd-concept-cd-packaging/ This is a five-page magazine spread I created for a class project. The magazine design could be based on any article of our choosing. I chose to use text from sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick's novel A Scanner Darkly. The spreads recap the first chapter of the book and the ... http://www.filicide.com/2006/11/09/sensory-obscura-magazine-spread/