F.U.V. with Don Hanson, Sammie Veeler and Benny Lichtner of New Art City

Adapting Roman architect Vitruvius’s three characteristics of good architecture, outlined in his treatise ‘De Architectura’ more than 2,000 years ago, the F.U.V. interview series builds discourse around online curatorial platforms and projects, addressing the experience of UX design as well as the human structures that underpin the production and maintenance of these spaces.

Firmatis (aka Durability)It should stand up robustly and remain in good condition; Utilitas (aka Utility)It should be useful and function well for the people using it; Venustatis (aka Beauty)It should delight people and raise their spirits.

Each question is marked with a F, a U, or a V to denote which of Vitruvius’s three principals it was written in relation to. Text in bold is by the interviewee. Collectively the F.U.V. series intends to explore multiple interpretations of these terms by focusing on various facets of curatorial practice online.

Landing page of New Art City, showing where to ‘Sign Up’, recent ‘Events & Openings’, how to filter ‘Recent Exhibitions’ and advertising the ‘New Art City Festival 2022’.
Pivot . Point’ (2020) BFA Digital Media, San Jose State University. ft: Angelabelle Abarientos, Madison Aldaco, Guadalupe Almaguer-Vallejo, “Bryker” Bryant Baker, Antony Bui, Christian Calinawan, Mateo Campos, Jacob Cassell, Sarahi Cuevas, Ianne Racela De Leon, Krystal Alexis Deh, Yi Du, Dabria Fong, Ying Gao, Austin Glueck, Martin Guevara Jr., Eric LaMothe, Clarisse Lara, Calvin Lee, Charli Liu, Kohl Meek, Juan Moreno, “Big Cheese” Chi Nguyen, Jacqueline Regalado, Nhi Tran, Lillian Le Wang, Anna Wong, Guoxun Wu, Jasmine Zamora.
‘It was a Roadside Picnic (Beyond Balck Orientalism)’ (2021) by Salma Noor, w. Megan Broadmeadow, Brandon Covington Sam-Sumana, Nicholas Delap, Ben Hall, Nayu Kim, Kinnari Saraiya.
‘Origins’ (2021) curated by Black Beyond. ft: Zainab Aliyu, Vitoria Cribb, Mika Gadsden, Asha Hassan Nooli, JAZSALYN, Kiara Kalinda, Amirah, Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Mputu, Maliyamungu Muhande, Olivia M. Ross, Terri Wright and Akeema Zane
Screen-recording of the New Art City Info Center ‘How-To Guides: How to Improve Performance’ page.
‘Indeterminate Delineation’ (2020) curated by Maya Alam, UPenn. ft: Merrick E Castillo, Gordon Cheng, Nicholas Grant Houser, Lauren Heidi Hunter, Shiqi Liu, Joseph Robert Mathews, Sharvari Arvind, Mhatre, Danny Ortega, Nengjie Qu, Sami Samawi, Nahye Shin, Bhavana Shyamsunder, Katharine Elizabeth Vavilov, Congqi Wang, Tianshuo Wang, Hanqing Yao, Xiaoran Zhang and Yuan Zheng.
Left: ‘The Last of Us 2’ (2020) Naughty Dog; Right: ‘Seven Hills: An American Landscape’ (1818) Joshua Shaw.
‘Miss Sammie’s Shape Garden’ (2021) curated by Sammie Veeler.
Left: ‘Piazza d’Italia’ (1913) Giorgio de Chirico; Right: ‘Part of a spacious and magnificent Harbor for the use of the ancient Romans opening onto a large market square…’ (ca 1749–50) Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
Left: ‘Bioscleave House, East Hampton’ (2008) Arakawa and Madeline Gins; Right: ‘eat me’ (2021) by Alice Yuan Zhang.
Left: ‘RENDERING REAL’ (2022) curated by the Asian American International Film Festival. ft: Close Isn’t Home, Think!Chinatown, Macro Waves, Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong, Yun Hye, Self Evident, Debbie Ding, Tif Ng, Yuge Zhou, Hwa-Jeen Na, Blair Kanghyuk Naujok, Qianqian YE, Broad Target, the Korean Image Archive, Kenji Kojima, David Han, Christina Ong, Mark Ramos and Alice Yuan Zhang; Right: ‘Leymusoom Digital Shrine’ (2021) by Heesoo Leymusoom Kwon.
Screenshot of the New Art City ‘Current & Past Supporters’ listing on the ‘Join’ page.
Image of the Apple HQ in Silicon Valley.

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Online gallery founded by Pita Arreola-Burns & Elliott Burns. Research blog exploring the ideologies, systems, architecture and design of digital art spaces.