Edifice II
Sebastian Gladstone•Jul 11, 2026 — Aug 15, 2026
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Apophenia, the tendency to perceive meaningful patterns or hidden links in unrelated events that is at the root of conspiracy theory, is difficult to apply to the torrent of images we face under late-capitalist dopamine tyranny. In the glut, there is no pattern, only epistemological crisis. But Nick Angelo is making connections. He’s abandoning his car under the 110/101 interchange in heavy traffic and going on a rampage with red string and Narcan.
Nick is watching the sky and making sense of the contrails. Or, he is the sky, looking down on the city and breaking it up into legible storyboards. He is The Thomas Guide. He’s seen all the Los Angeles urban decay crime films, where the irresistible force of individual momentum meets the unmovable labyrinth-object that is society. Is this not also the artist at work?
Nick’s conspiracy quilts are cooked up in his head and on his laptop and produced across the counter of a 24-hour print center on the grommeted vinyl you find zip-tied to…
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Edifice II
Sebastian Gladstone•Jul 11, 2026 — Aug 15, 2026
Press Release
Apophenia, the tendency to perceive meaningful patterns or hidden links in unrelated events that is at the root of conspiracy theory, is difficult to apply to the torrent of images we face under late-capitalist dopamine tyranny. In the glut, there is no pattern, only epistemological crisis. But Nick Angelo is making connections. He’s abandoning his car under the 110/101 interchange in heavy traffic and going on a rampage with red string and Narcan.
Nick is watching the sky and making sense of the contrails. Or, he is the sky, looking down on the city and breaking it up into legible storyboards. He is The Thomas Guide. He’s seen all the Los Angeles urban decay crime films, where the irresistible force of individual momentum meets the unmovable labyrinth-object that is society. Is this not also the artist at work?
Nick’s conspiracy quilts are cooked up in his head and on his laptop and produced across the counter of a 24-hour print center on the grommeted vinyl you find zip-tied to…



















































































