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Creative Ruralism — an academic text by Professor Javier Poyatos Sebastián, Polytechnic University of Valencia discussing the artists project to re-open the last standing Convento De Los Carmelitas in Spain.

Creative Ruralism by Professor Javier Poyatos Sebastián examining the work of Alexander James Hamilton in La Alcarria, Spain Read the publication   ·  Access the PDF

 

Resonance Recorded as Structure — Form is not applied. It emerges.
a text by Alexander James Hamilton

Faraday Standing Wave, Plate 0152, from Cymatic Water + Light by Alexander James Hamilton, cover image for Resonance Recorded as Structure Read the publication   ·   Access the PDF

 

The Structure of Light: On Caustics — Light is not used to describe the subject. It is reorganised by the medium into structure
a text by Alexander James Hamilton

Analogue photograph by Alexander James Hamilton using water, light and surface tension as an optical system. Read the publication   ·   Access the PDF

 

The Artist as System Builder — Physical Process and Analogue Photography
a text by Alexander James Hamilton

Detail of Cymatic Plate 0262 showing fluid light patterns formed through resonance in water, analogue photograph by Alexander James Hamilton Read the publication   ·   Access the PDF

 

Why Human Authorship Still Matters in Photography
a text by Alexander James Hamilton

Why Human Authorship Still Matters in Photography by Alexander James Hamilton Read the publication   ·   Access the PDF

 

The Language of Vanitas
a curatorial statement by artist Alexander James Hamilton

Willem Kalf, Still Life with a Nautilus Cup, 1662 Read the publication   ·   Access the PDF

 

Perceiving Reality The Enthalpy of Existence — article published on Interalia NOV 2025, exploring the artist’s work with Enthalpy Of Fusion with Empirical Research & Evidence

Perceiving Reality The Enthalpy of Existence Read the publication   ·   Access the PDF

 

From Water to the Universe — a conversation with Curator & Critic Paul Carey-Kent, published in Seisma Magazine, August 2023

From Water to the Universe by Paul Carey-Kent for Seisma Magazine, featuring Cymatic Water and Light by Alexander James Hamilton Read the publication   ·   Access the PDF

 

FUSION in conversation with Author Emma Coccioli — an article first published on ArtNet APR 2024, exploring the artist’s work with Fusion (2010–2021)

Fusion in conversation with Emma Coccioli Read the publication   ·   Access the PDF