The Forbidden Zone
Are.na
Damon Zucconi discusses his artistic process, which involves collecting and organizing various materials to inspire his work. He believes that creating a website can be an art form in itself, helping him contextualize his ideas. Zucconi also expresses his fascination with Carl Sagan's "Diagram of All Space and Time," particularly the "Forbidden Zone," which captures his interest in exploring the unknown.
2 Jan 2025
My collecting took a more formal basis once I figured out content management systems, or figuring out ways to structure my collecting on the web. It seemed natural for it to be online. And public, because it’s online. Before that, it was just folders of things. No structure, no thought. I would put things that resonated with me somewhere, thinking to myself, “This may or may not be useful.”
Like many other artists, I collect ideas. And every morning at 10am, I get a random text message containing an idea that I’ve saved in the past. Ambiently, it surfaces itself into my life every morning, usually while I’m working out. It’s something to think about.
In all my collections, I have a random button. So if I’m looking for something to do, or something to think about, I can just hit “random” multiple times until I find something.