issue 4
// art
Title: The Body Was A Tender Machine // Artist: Brad Rose
about the piece
| “The Body Was A Tender Machine” Materials used: Ink, acrylic, and marker on paper Meaning/purpose behind the work: “This Body Was a Tender Machine” imagines the body as both vessel and origin, a site where tenderness becomes structure and new life takes form. It evokes surreal cell diagrams, early biological systems, and imagined maps of emotional circuitry. Part archive, part blueprint, the piece reflects on how the smallest internal gestures might seed entire worlds. |
Title: The Slow Archive // Artist: Brad Rose
about the piece
| “The Slow Archive” Materials used: Acrylic, texture medium on cardboard Meaning/purpose behind the work: “The Slow Archive” is a record written in rings. Inspired by the growth patterns of trees, the work imagines time as something layered, patient, and embodied. This is an archive that resists speed, preserving what is felt more than what is said. A memory spiral, rooted in quiet repetition. |
about the artist // Brad Rose
| Brad Rose (he/him) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, working across sound, visual art, and writing. His work listens to relics of place and ecological change, weaving sonic and material traces into spaces for ritual, reflection, and collective dreaming. Shaped by Oklahoma’s shifting landscapes, his practice invites shared authorship and speculative storytelling. He is the founder of Foxy Digitalis, co-founder of The Bird House micro-gallery, a 2024–25 Fellow at the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, and a MAP Fund grantee. Across two decades, his projects have built bridges between grief, imagination, and the landscapes we carry forward. |
Instagram: @foxy.digitalis
Website: https://bradroseprojects.com
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