Diana Rojas explores the hidden and invisible through interdisciplinary collaboration and conversation across fields such as Philosophy, Music Composition, Physics, Material Science and Visual Art. The tools and environments she creates - by utilizing the archaic and contemporary, the digital and sculptural, known and unknown, and the minute and immersive -culminate in experiential works that prompt viewers to slow down and inspire introspection. The slowing down that these works provoke raises questions about existence, reality and being. By combining materials and elements of theories and devices of exploration, she references their antecedents, but creates new opportunities for viewer investigation. This includes utilizing creative coding, video, 3D modeling, welding steel, kiln forming and soldering glass, and cutilizing sand as projection screens. Additionally, she utilizes sound and light to create captivating installations, inspired by interest in the influence that immaterial forces have on human minds and decisions.

Works of art on mixed media by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Google Chrome Search History from June-July 2021, digital print on cotton, resin-coated digital print on Masonite, resin hanger, printed tags, by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Edited Instagram Ad Interests on 8/31/21. Digital print on cotton, resin-coated digital print on Masonite, resin hanger, printed tag of a message back to Instagram's Ad algorithm by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art on video, installation shot of "Surveillance Capitalism is a Savage" by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art includes Google Crop Top, iPhone Geolocations Graphic T-Shirt, Instagram Crop Top, Spotify Crop Top, Facebook Third-Parties Crop Top. From artist's data, digital print on cotton, a resin-coated digital print on Masonite, resin hanger, printed tags, by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Apple iPhone Significant locations from 2019-2021, digital print on cotton, resin-coated digital print on Masonite, resin hanger, printed tags, by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Apple iPhone Significant locations from 2019-2021, digital print on cotton, mannequin, painted box. By artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Apple iPhone Significant locations from 2019-2021, digital print on cotton, mannequin, painted box. By artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Off-Facebook Third-Parties from 2019-2021. Digital print on cotton, a resin-coated digital print on Masonite, resin hanger, printed tags by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art on AR by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022. https://newart.city/show/third-party-pop-up-shop

Works of art on mixed media by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art on AR by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022. https://newart.city/show/third-party-pop-up-shop

Works of art on AR by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022. https://newart.city/show/third-party-pop-up-shop

Works of art on mixed media from artist's Off-Facebook Third-Parties from 2019-2021, digital print and machine embroidery on cotton, mannequin, monitor, Off-Facebook Ai-Generated Legalese.mov, vinyl. By artist Cristine Drake Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

Works of art from artist's Spotify streaming data from July-Aug 2021. Digital print on cotton, resin-coated digital print on Masonite, resin hanger, hand embroidery of Spotify's statement on their data selling policy by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022.

In my work, I explore the ancient occult concept of the egregore or collective thought-form and its continued relevance in contemporary life. One might not think of the systems that we operate in today as ritual in nature, especially those that utilize new technology. We may imagine cyberspace as the ultimate rational and objective realm where all things can be categorized, quantified, and monetized. However, it is a place saturated with ceremonial situations upon close inspection. I seek out these ceremonies of niche digital communities and reconstruct them in new forms operating adjacent to their original stream.

Works of art using pen on paper by artist Nathan Harper as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "…And Still I Wander South" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 27 to 29, 2022.

Works of art using pen on paper by artist Nathan Harper as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "…And Still I Wander South" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 27 to 29, 2022.

Works of art on virtual environment by artist Nathan Harper as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "…And Still I Wander South" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 27 to 29, 2022.

Works of art using pen on paper by artist Nathan Harper as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "…And Still I Wander South" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 27 to 29, 2022.

Works of art on copy paper by artist Nathan Harper as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "…And Still I Wander South" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 27 to 29, 2022.

Works of art on virtual environment by artist Nathan Harper as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "…And Still I Wander South" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 27 to 29, 2022.

Works of art on AR by artist Christine Drake-Thomas as part of a 2022 MFA exhibition, entitled "The Third-Party Pop-Up Shop" in the Cora Stafford Gallery South, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201, from April 13th to 16th, 2022. https://newart.city/show/third-party-pop-up-shop