Kaz Maslanka in the "Prism" show --- Osaka Japan at The Contemporary Art Gallery

I am pleased to be a part of "Prism" a new show in Osaka Japan @ The Contemporary Art Gallery Zone. I will be showing a piece titled "10,000 Dharmas Return ..." A special thank you and shout out to the Venerable Hyon Gak Sunim who helped in retitling this piece. Also happy to have my Los Angeles buddy Brian Tucker in the show with me.

Not to forget a big thank you to Toru Nakatani for curating the show.


Below is "10,000 Dharmas Return"

Below is a show poster from the Prism show @ The Contemporary Art Gallery in Osaka

Unit Circle Words by Lawrence Mark Lesser

Karl Kemptons New Book "A History of Visual Text"

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Bengali Mathematical Poetry

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Kaz Maslanka at Los Angeles Center for Digital Art

I will be showing "The Graveyard of Empires

If you are in Los Angeles - see ya at the opening. February 16th 6:00PM

The Delusions of Control

Afghanistan has a horrible history of not only bands of marauders trying to control this land but, empires trying to control it as well. The piece was inspired by an Afghanistan general who said that his country is the graveyard of empires. Even today it is in political turmoil with militants trying to seize control of this vast mountainous area.  This is a proportional poem that addresses the imperial struggles of control and the futility of such a quest. 

In the vernacular, the poem can be read many ways including the following: "The value of Afghanistan is to the value of Hope as the value of The Graveyard is to the value of an Empire. Or the Value of Afghanistan is to the value of a graveyard as the value of hope is to the value of an Empire.

Kaz Maslanka to Show Again at LACDA

I am happy to be part of another show at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art.

I will be showing "What is the Radius of Your Compassion"

What Is The Radius Of Your Compassion by Kaz Maslanka

This piece uses the formula for calculating the volume of a sphere. 

For the metaphor, I am mapping the concept of compassion into the radius of the equation.

Kaz Maslanka at LACDA Los Angeles Center for Digital Art

I am happy to be a part of the show at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. I will be showing "Newton's Third Law In Karmic Warfare"