The Carnival Project – “Midway”
Multi-channel Video and Digital Photographs (2010)
About the Project
“Midway” is created from footage and images captured at state and county fairs in Indiana and South Carolina. Multi-channel videos examine the impromptu performances, staged competitions and visceral revelations that attendees experience while riding Carnival rides. Sound for these videos is by Ted Coffey. The show also consists [...]
STREB – BRAVE
Projection Design for Touring Performance (2008-2009)
Upcoming Shows
Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston, MA (October 22, 2009-October 25, 2009)
Herberger Theater
Phoenix, AZ (November 6, 2009 & November 7, 2009)
About
STREB – BRAVE is my 3rd collaboration with Elizabeth Streb, and our first to utilize responsive and generative visual content. Using video tracking and custom sensors (developed by Arizona State [...]
Dimitri, Los Angeles, 1984 (Concept)
Public Sculpture concept (from The Unrealized Gesture Series)
The proposed sculpture is a trace of an unrealized action, Russian gymnast Dimitri Bilozertchev’s Pommel Horse routine at the Los Angeles Olympics. The personal, social and political collided when the Russian team decided to boycott the Olympics, derailing Dimitri’s dreams of Olympic gold. The full scale (approx 8’ [...]
The Metamorphoses Series
High-definition video series (2008)
The Metamorphoses series (Biggie, Britney, George, Oprah and Michael) was shot at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum earlier this year. It documents transgressive and playful interactions that occur as people perform and stage encounters with “celebrities”.
46″ LCD panels with embedded Blu-ray players mounted inside custom frames.
Metamorphoses (Biggie) edition of 5
Metamorphoses (Britney) edition of [...]
Motive
High-definition Video (2008)
“Motive” examines 8 University of Minnesota Cheerleaders as they perform. Their individual performances are composited into a flickering video of the group as a whole. The resultant concatenation reveals subtle shifts in gesture and affect as each individual cheerleader attempts to synchronize her movement with the others.
Exhibition History:
Group Exhibition: Faculty Exhibition
August 28th – [...]
The Astounding Race
Performance (2007) – Collaboration with Erin O’Brien
The Art Institute of Chicago’s New Blood Festival
Links Hall, Chicago, IL
