New Projections: Recent Episodes
Curtis Bird
An amazing story of a promising architecture student who loses everything as war sweeps across his country, and restarts life in America, just as a new tech region of Silicon Valley begins to grow
Out of the dynamic growth of Silicon Valley came a new field of Biotech that would begin to outpace its technical field of origin. Even as people speak of the end of Moore's law and the slowing of tech development, it seems biotech just grows and innovates more quickly. Today's guest, Terry Guyer, was not only first hand for the growth of these industries, but met and painted portraits of many of the titans of technology, medicine and biology. From the aforementioned Gordon Moore, to Steve Wozniak, or Ray Kurzweil, Terry Guyer has spent time with them all. Most of all, Guyer was the maker of a series of maps that showed the growing Biotech industry from California to the East Coast and up to Canada.
From a lifetime of practical experience in community work, wrestling with the structures that form and direct peoples, Frank Romo (https://www.romogis.com/)has had an expanding perspective on the human experience. In this conversation we get to discuss his landmark, interactive "Black Lives Matter Map" (https://blm-map.com/), as well as his background and works such as the "Murals In Detroit" ( https://muralsindetroit.com/)
A young employee at the Harris Seybold printing company always loved those framed paintings of classic books. They hung in the offices, those original paintings, and were mostly done by artist and illustrator Everett Henry. They were extraordinary in their visual ability to represent the geography, plot and drama of a story in a single visual. Everett Henry literally could convert a book into a type of map. This young employee, Rich Foley, spent years at the company, and as the business changed ownership, he always kept tabs on what happened to those painting. He always made sure new management knew their story and that they were important... and should end up in a good home. Even in retirement he never let go, but made sure that eventually they made it home, to the Library of Congress. "They now belong to the American people".
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Drawing on a whimsical approach to depicting areas, Kirby Scudder has tapped into a greater depth and continues the tradition of the American Birds Eye View map. Here we chat with him about his early work for the Tech Regions around Boston with "Route 128" as well as his early Silicon Valley. Visit him at www.kirbyscudder.com
With its roots back to the 1870's the Kroll Map Company has been a regional mapmaker that adapted and grew, just like its home town of Seattle. Here, we get to speak with John Loacker, the third generation owner of the company about its history, its evolution and its future. In conversation we learn about their work throughout the Pacific Northwest, and their deep "Passion for Place"
While you might know his for a series of maps that looked at Sports history from Baseball, Football, Golf, and more. You really know, and believe his work from movies such as "Return of the Jedi", "The Goonies", "E.T." and more. Here a discussion with Frank Ordaz about his work and how it began with a transcendent moment.
He is your visual guide to understanding the slopes, and his work has taken him around the globe. Here an interview with James Niehues about his history, his process and how to capture the drama of a mountain experience and make it accessible.