{"id":1042,"date":"2025-05-09T00:44:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T00:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/?page_id=1042"},"modified":"2025-05-14T18:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:20:45","slug":"erika-baumgartner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usfca.design\/2025\/erika-baumgartner\/","title":{"rendered":"Erika Baumgartner"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Erika\u00a0Baumgartner <\/strong><\/h4>

Pronouns: she\/they <\/span>
Major: Design
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I am an artist and designer originally from the South Bay of Los Angeles! I have always loved drawing and painting, but never saw myself doing much beyond those skills until pursuing an education in design. Since then, I have developed a genuine passion for type and printed design \u2014 while I\u2019ve explored and have come to love digital and web design, I always find myself drawn back to physical media. There\u2019s a finiteness with all things digital, and I find the physical existence and tangibility of the media I like to be more comforting, whether that\u2019s with books, music, or other forms of art. I walk through ideation knowing that the learning process is never-ending, and I embrace the fact that there are so many things I will never fully grasp. Through my creative process, I love learning as much as I can about the world, leaning into the niche and unknown, and discovering myself and what life has to offer! <\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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89 Seconds to Morning <\/strong><\/h3>

89 Seconds to Morning <\/span>is a project that synthesizes my thoughts on our nuclear past, present, and future. Touching mostly on the Cold War and Space Race eras, I wanted to create something that helps me come to terms with our prospects, and the feelings I have that may or may not be shared with others around me. I\u2019ve always had an odd fascination with space, the Cold War, and human audacity and will, and this project acts somewhat as a culminating checkpoint. The book is divided into chapters that discuss the Apollo 11 landing, humanity\u2019s gall in the creation and involvement in nuclear war, along with the use of the same technology in interplanetary space travel, Artists Against the Bomb, and a conclusory section that (I hope) maintains a positive perspective of our future. Like a journal, most of the writing in the book is free-flowing, and though based on much research, is quite opinionated with an air of levity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

My intention with this project isn\u2019t to be a place to learn an objective timeline of our nuclear history \u2014 it\u2019s more so a diary that lives within our current time from the perspective of someone who isn\u2019t a scientist or politician, in a space that other spectators are a part of as well. The book exists within a living room similar to one from the late 1960\u2019s which references what people were part of when watching events like the Moon Landing or Kennedy\u2019s Rice Speech. Accompanying the project is Brian Eno\u2019s <\/span>Apollo 11 <\/span><\/i>album to reinforce this atmospheric ambience. The title, <\/span>89 Seconds to Midnight, <\/span><\/i>is in reference to the Doomsday Clock piece, <\/span>89 Seconds to Midnight, <\/span><\/i>that projects how close we are to the irreversible effects of climate change, AI, and nuclear technology. Though the topic is somewhat anxiety-inducing, I want <\/span>89 Seconds to Morning <\/span><\/i>to be a place where we can revel in our smallness within the universe and <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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WET PAINT
<\/b>USFCA Design & Fine Arts<\/span>
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DESIGN<\/a>
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FINE ARTS<\/a>
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INFORMATION<\/strong><\/a>
EXHIBITION<\/strong><\/a>
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