Q&A: Graphic artist David Wexler on media, design and Strangeloop

January 26, 2016

As part of the Department of Design Media Arts Lecture Series, graphic artist David Wexler (AKA Dr. Strangeloop) will speak at UCLA in the Broad Art Center. Wexler is a VJ and graphic designer, collaborating with world-renowned hip-hop innovators like Flying Lotus and SamiYam, an accomplished experimental musician, and an event organizer working in Los Angeles.

The following sentence is false. The previous sentence is true. This self-referential paradox that cognitive scientist and philosopher Douglas Hofstadter describes as a “strange loop,” a phenomenon that occurs when one moves through real or imagined levels, but unexpectedly arrives where he or she started.

The works of David Wexler, a graphic artist who also goes by the stage name Dr. Strangeloop, are directly inspired by Hofstadter’s analyses of infinitely recurring objects in his set designs for Flying Lotus, Erykah Badu and the Rolling Stones.

Wexler will give a talk for the Design | Media Art’s lecture series Tuesday, where he will step from behind the scenes to the Broad stage to discuss form of media and design.

The Daily Bruin’s Daniel Alcazar spoke with Wexler, who was in the middle of rehearsals for EDM artist Flume’s Australian tour, about his education, collaboration when creating visual shows and why his upcoming talk is meaningful to him.— Daniel Alcazar, Jan. 26

Read the full interview on the Daily Bruin website.