John Lawrence Taylor aka Parts Deparment
Born 1976, Stanford, California, United States
John Parts Taylor was inspired by the huge technology stack used by analog VJ’s in the 1990’s and the transition to digital in the early 2000’s. Watching a friend’s technical rehearsal as a VJ for Radiohead at Coachella in 2004 brought a moment of epiphany as he felt the impact of subtle and restrained art that was also high tech.
John has recently produced Resonance In Light 3 at Heron Arts in San Francisco and has engaged in “digital art forensics” to rescue multiple artworks by the likes of James Turrell and Piere Huyghe.
In the late 2000s, John eventually brought his VJ and creative-tech skill set to international brands such as Red Bull and Heineken. He has a deep love of collaboration with fellow artists and the preservation of technical art.
John grew up in Silicon Valley as the son of native San Franciscans. His father was the son of a wartime Pier 70 shipfitter and his mother was the daughter of a North Beach artichoke farmer that grew with an Italian collective in Colma.
John is currently bicoastal with deep roots in San Francisco and New York with a smattering of international adventure.