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Got into the local paper… Read the Article HERE

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Earlier this year, the students of Douglas High School’s Media Arts class were introduced to multimedia artist Aaron Stewart Lewis Knapp of Portal.

Instructor Mark Silverstein and Knapp took elements from the technical class to help students look at the creative process in new ways.

“The class is focussed on media production, and I see that as involving two things really,” said Knapp. “You need to know how to work the camera and equipment, cast the right people, and produce; but really all of that is irrelevant if you don’t have quality content.”

 

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Aaron Stewart Lewis Knapp Born 1982, in Vero Beach, Florida Love for creativity flourished early in life for Aaron. He has created art since “he could hold things”. Earliest memories as an artist consist of drawing elaborate cross-sections of ant-hills at his grandmother’s kitchen table. Reflecting back he realizes, “It’s always been about connectivity, just look at the ant hills!” The talent grew from there. Knapp’s art is created from a feeling that the purpose of art is to “save the soul of humanity”; and believes the roles of artist, doctor, and priest to have a common origin and destiny; the shaman. He believes experience to be the engine of reality, with imagination as the fuel. His body of work is inspired by quantum physics, mysticism, anthropology, semiotics, mythology, ethnobotany, ecology, geometry and faith. In 2011, ‘The Chemical Marriage’ was created to house his many pursuits under one title. The name, chemical marriage, is inspired by a study of esoteric alchemy; part of a larger life-long pursuit in mystical experience. When asked to describe the nature of his work, one word sums it up, “Psychoactive”. Major Inspirations Include: Pythagoras, Nikola Tesla, Terrence McKenna, Jack Parsons, Salvador Dali, H.R. Giger, Bosch, Joseph Campbell, Alex Gray, MJ Keenan, Kris Kuksi, Olivier Sagazan, Joseph Bueys, Trent Reznor, Bill Hicks, Steve True, and John Lennon (to name a few in a very long list)