"Diaz's work often looks as if it was pulled from centuries-old books containing esoteric knowledge, although they are often filled with images that speak to modern audiences. Take "Music, Mind and Meaning" as an example. Diaz, who is also a musician and plays with the band Trees Speak, uses diagramming techniques that connect a keyboard to organ pipes. Through this, Diaz surmises that, while working intuitively, he was looked towards sound waves connecting with humans as well as merging "the electronic world with the analog world.""
"Diagrams and anatomy drawings are often components of Diaz's pieces. And that's where the mechanical drafting and architecture that he learned as a kid comes in handy. "In order to really show reality and to really show things in a scientific manner, they have to be done with precision," he says. "They have to have that exactness to convey an idea.""
"On a typical day, Diaz will listen to a lot of lectures- "the most boring, dense lectures that you can imagine," he says- on science. He's been interested in cosmology, in learning about the Standard Model and the Higgs field, in trying to understand the foundation of the universe. "I listen to so many of them that I've created my own mythology based on all this stuff, and then it comes out as artwork," he says."
Diaz blends centuries-old esoteric visuals with contemporary imagery, using diagramming techniques to link musical instruments and sound concepts to human perception. Drawings often incorporate diagrams, anatomy, circuit-board motifs, and architectural precision rooted in mechanical drafting training. Diaz studies dense scientific lectures on cosmology, the Standard Model, and the Higgs field, then synthesizes those ideas into a personal mythology expressed through artwork. The work prioritizes conceptual sketching and exactness to convey function and meaning rather than strict scientific accuracy. Recurring themes include the interplay of electronic and analog technologies and systems that mirror bodily and functional networks.
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