Searching for Solutions

The AAP IT Solutions Team exhibits a mix of paintings, prints, photographs, and an interactive installation intersecting with history, technology, art, and sustainability. In this collaborative display, each exhibitor explores a personal narrative through their own shared collective experiences in art, textiles, environmentalism, and mixed media. Each exhibit takes a deeper look into the IT team's artistic vision and ideas for creative expression.

About the Exhibitors

Kevin Dossinger

I explore the beauty of forgotten spaces through the lens of demolished buildings in Ithaca. Each piece is a visual narrative, intertwining the architectural details of the building with abstract interpretation. I invite viewers to engage with these works not only as representations of a lost landmark but as reflections of their own experiences with change and nostalgia. Through this exploration, I hope to evoke a sense of connection to the past while encouraging a dialogue about the spaces we inhabit and the stories they hold. As Ithaca continues to evolve, I believe it is crucial to honor the memories of the places that shape our identities, even as they are replaced by new visions for the future. In this way, my art stands as both a memorial and a celebration.

Domenic Gagliano

Vas Enterprises
My father, Victor Gagliano, started his own business making custom race suits in the late 1960s called Vas Enterprises. It grew out of his love and passion for driving fast cars recreationally and soon competitively, though things changed when he started a family in 1969. He cemented Vas Enterprises as a project where he could continue to stay close to the racetrack while using his creative spirit to design bespoke race suits for competitive and friendly racing. The business ran from the early 1970s until his passing in 2018. These photographs were taken at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut by his cousin Gigi Criscuolo.

Eric Harvey

Woodblock Prints
I made these woodblock prints in 1999 during a residency at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, CA, in between receiving my B.F.A. from Alfred University in 1996 and starting an M.F.A. program in painting at the University of Texas at Austin in 2000. I was fortunate to fill this time with a variety of experiences, including residencies at Kala and the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, CO, as well as a teaching assistantship at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, WA. I also worked for several artists in the Bay Area on projects ranging from a kiln-formed glass installation for Frank Gehry's DZ Bank building in Berlin to artist editions of Japanese-style woodblock prints. The prints shown here feature open-ended narratives set in patterned spaces populated with found imagery from newspapers, gas station receipts, and an old Sears and Roebuck catalog, among other sources. They are a hybrid of the multi-block Japanese techniques I learned from the master printmaker at Experimental Workshop in Emeryville, CA, and the rough and ready reductive style I was introduced to as a student at Alfred. They are all monoprints made utilizing oil-based inks and a combination of press and hand printing techniques.

Andre Hafner

Trash or Transform
This installation draws attention to the often-overlooked cost of large-format printing in architectural education. Over four years, our department at Cornell AAP has consumed the equivalent of 113 trees (around 188,391 feet of paper at 42" wide), with most prints discarded post-critique. By highlighting this significant waste, the project also showcases how a blockchain can be harnessed to mitigate our environmental impact.