
Mike Stoltz
2021Half Human, Half Vapor
Mike Stoltz
“This project began out of a fascination with a giant sculpture of a dragon attached to a Central Florida mansion. The property had recently been left to rot, held in lien by a bank. Hurricanes washed away the sculpture. I learned about the artist who created this landmark, Lewis Vandercar (1913-1988), who began as a painter. His practice grew along with his notoriety for spell-casting and telepathy. Inspired by Vandercar’s interest in parallel possibility, I combined these images with text from local newspaper articles in a haunted-house film that both engages with and looks beyond the material world.”—Mike Stoltz
Half Human, Half Vapor
Something to Touch That Is Not Corruption or Ashes or Dust
Mike Stoltz
Fences, zooms, blast beats, and oscillators search for possibility or perforation as walls close in, attempting to break free from patterns and spirals as bodies become contained.
Something to Touch That Is Not Corruption or Ashes or Dust