The Black House is one of downtown Charleston's most talked-about private residences — a boldly conceived property designed by architect Kevan Hoertdoerfer and conceived by its owners as a complete artistic environment, inside and out. Sculptures, curated art, and a commitment to the idea of home as art defined the project from the beginning. The exterior mural was its centerpiece.

The owners came to Pure Hart Studio with a vision: ben-day dots, flowing across the dark facade of the building like a constellation. They had sketches. What they needed was someone who could refine the concept, resolve the composition, and — critically — solve a complex installation challenge that had proven difficult to execute at this scale by other artists. We solved it.

The result, Cosmic Print, is a field of graduated dots that cascades down the building's dark exterior — precise, varied in scale, and distributed with an intentionality that reads as both mathematical and organic. At night, lit by the property's exterior lighting, the dots glow against the black facade under an open sky. The name says everything.

The project was featured as a hero image in the New York Times and is prominently featured in the portfolio of architect Kevan Hoertdoerfer — the same architect Pure Hart has collaborated with across multiple projects.