core themes

same ideas loop through almost everything he touch 循环:

• displays as geometry — split-flaps, flip-dots, LCDs = shape alphabet not info box.
• constraint + permutation — strict rules, infinite combo inside finite system.
• movement as choreography — animation open state space over time.
• digital materiality — LED have weight, board hum, plastic scratch.
• ASCII minimalism — character as smallest visual language.
• repurposed infrastructure — email, station sign, pharmacy cross lose function become art.
• creativity as recombination — off-shelf display + new software rules.
• systems first — rules before poetry. viewer add meaning later.
• determinism + human seed — same input same output (e-mail piece).
• research mentality — residency = lab for what medium can do.