Chris Lanier: An Algebraic Lens Essay
Ben Hoffman: An Endlessly Elegant Playground
by Chris Lanier
In conjunction with the An Algebraic Lens exhibition, CCAI commissioned Chris Lanier to write an essay on Ben Hoffman’s exhibition. Click here for the essay.
Chris Lanier is an artist with a background in both traditional and digital media, and a demonstrated interest in hybrid forms, having worked in multimedia performance, digital animation, web production, and comics. His animation has screened at Sundance and won awards at several international festivals, including the Grand Prize for Internet Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. His graphic novel “Combustion” was published by Fantagraphics Books, and his comics have appeared in a variety of venues, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Reader, Nickelodeon Magazine, and the Indiana Review. He is also an essayist and critic whose art criticism has appeared in a variety of online and print publications, including The Believer, HiLobrow.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon Magazine, the Bay Guardian, and the Comics Journal. Most recently, he curated the exhibit “The Art of Howl,” featuring concept and animation art from the film “Howl,” which featured James Franco as the beat poet Allen Ginsberg; he also did storyboarding for the film. Lanier is currently Associate Professor of Digital Art at Sierra Nevada College.