Archinect - Features 2024-11-23T05:21:17-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/141826948/art-architecture-swipes-and-changeups-with-mike-nesbit Art + Architecture: Swipes and Changeups with Mike Nesbit Nicholas Korody 2015-11-25T14:12:00-05:00 >2016-02-23T21:25:42-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ix/ixf1r1swfej2c6qz.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>"I'm always looking at things and taking them at face value," said Mike Nesbit, a Los Angeles-based architect and artist, as he leaned over the table and grabbed an empty glass to use as illustration. He turned the glass over in his hands several times causing the reflection of an overhead light to splinter and reform with each rotation. &ldquo;Surveying a found object,&rdquo; he continued, &ldquo;and trying to eliminate the predetermined meaning that I have in my hand.&rdquo;</p>