City creatives: Alexis Gomez

Photo caption:  “Room of Consciousness” was Alexis Gomez’ senior thesis project, featuring one of his paintings and a 3D scanned figure in a vinyl walled room. (Photo/Alexis Gomez)

By Cody Mello-Klein | cmelloklein@alextimes.com

Alexis Gomez’ studio at the Torpedo Factory is remarkably barebones.

There are a few faceless wood and plastic life-sized figures, one that looks like it’s walking out of the wall and another splayed out on Gomez’ desk, but the walls and floors of the studio space are almost completely empty.

The stark simplicity of the studio slips away, however, as soon as you strap into a virtual reality headset and dive into an early version of one of Gomez’ projects. […]

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