The Art in My Home Office

August 2024.

If you were on a video call with me, you've seen the two prints on the walls behind me. Colleagues sometime ask about those, so it's useful to have a ready reference to share as an answer:

Hanging to my left is a signed print by David Reeb of his 2021 painting titled Two Ceasers (Hadrianus & Vespasian).

A painting in gray tones. It's two portaits, side-by-side, of ancient Roman figures. Over their portaits, there are curdely drawn, as if by a grafitti, sunglasses and very big toothy grins.

Reeb had the following to say about it (in Tohu Magazine, 2021; translation mine):

Take here those portraits […] the “tyrant” emperors who are another model of politicians. To me, they and Putin represent something similar, they represent authority, a splendor that is inherently ridiculous.

On the wall to my right hangs a reproduction of a genuine U.S. Navy recruitment poster from 1944, captioned Learn To Operate a $7,000,000 Sub.

A color poster encouraging enlistment in the U.S. Navy Submarine Service. The poster features a large illustration of a shirtless U.S. Navy sailor at work in a submarine control room. He stands with his back to us, looking at the viewer over his shoulder with a come hither look. Black, blue, and red text at the top and bottom reads: LEARN TO OPERATE A $7,000,000 SUB. JOIN THE SUBMARINE SERVICE.

When someone asks, I joke it is an ad for Kubernetes (iykyk).

Not visible on camera, the wall opposite me has bookshelves, various personal electronic and computing projects (always in a semi-finished state), family photos, and a framed poster for a Sunn 0))) show in San Francisco.

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