Emerging from intersecting social, environmental and physical catastrophe, John Winfield Hoppin (he, him) is an artist and writer living and working in San Leandro, California. In 2001, he received his bachelor’s degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Film, Video and Performance. He has multiple sclerosis and hosts the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast to find support and explore disability theory. Chernobyl happened on his seventh birthday.
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I been in the right place
Dr. John, “Right Place Wrong Time”
It must have been the wrong time
The recent show at Refusalon titled High Touch/High Tech was a group exhibition consisting mostly of conceptual art. …
John Hoppin’s “Untitled” was a white TV with vertical bands of color scrolling slowly, left to right, then back again. The vast spectrum of colors-each band about an inch wide-were apparently those found in the show’s curator, Larry Rinder’s eyes. The intent of the piece was mesmerizing-you didn’t want to stop watching until the spectrum bar code scrolled to completion-and therefore hypnotic in result.
Sandy Thompson. “High Touch/High Tech at Refusalon,” Artweek (June 2000).