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I really wish I was down in Rio for 8-Bit Game People, which includes chiptunes performances as well as an exhibit of videogames. I'm showing Survive/Progress there, which was selected as one of the best games at FILE 2009 in São Paulo. After digging around a bit on the website, I found the full list of games (pictured below). Just about every other name on that list is someone I've referenced as inspirations in one talk or another, so it's exciting to end up on it.
I'm very excited to announce the opening of "39˚ 44′ 11″ N x 104˚ 59′ 21″ W", an interactive installation included in Embrace! at the Denver Art Museum.
I am one of the collaborators on a team led by Timothy Weaver that also includes David Fodel, Brigid McAuliffe, and Nick Meyers. The show officially opened on November 14th, 2009 and our work is installed in the FuseBox Gallery on the 4th floor.
The Embrace! exhibit is all about engaging with the specific space of the Hamilton Building, designed by Daniel Liebeskind. The 39N x 104W (for short) interactive installation addresses the challenge by using ecological data (solar wind, terrestrial climate, and biological) specific to the location of the Fusebox space to "paint" the gallery with sound and images. The visitor to the space contributes to this process — a camera tracks his/her location which allows the images to move and temporarily paint the wall.
The exhibition runs through April 4th, 2010, and features the work of 17 artists from around the world. It's the boldest exhibit yet in this building and definitely worth a visit.
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I was down in Reno, NV at the University of Nevada last week to install Gaming the Network Poetic at the Prospectives.09 festival (you should check out the website, because every time that you do, this drill from Jonah Brucker-Cohen will drill into the wall at the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery), and to deliver a talk on the work. Because I couldn't afford to ship the whole piece out there, festival organizers Joseph DeLappe and Jeff Erickson graciously offered to build a table for it that ended up working quite well. After talking with Joseph about it, I decided to leave the G5 computers that ran the games exposed but positioned in such a way to reinforce the pentagonal shape of the table top. The previous post features some of the setup photos. The exhibition runs through December 16th, so check it out if you're in the area
Some photos from my setup at Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery in Reno, NV for the Prospectives.09 festival. Higher quality photos coming soon. There was also some nice coverage of the event in the News Review.
Absolutely gorgeous electronic pop-up book design. This came out of the MIT High-Low Tech Group which is run by Leah Buechley. I was fortunate to see her presentation at a CO-LAB event last year when she was still out here in Colorado. She's doing some of the most interesting work anywhere on the intersections of gender, technology, geekdom, and play.
Last Wednesday I was invited to be a guest on the Untitled Art Show, a weekly audio podcast focused on the Denver Arts Scene. I really enjoyed being on the show and having the opportunity to talk about my work. In case you didn't get a chance to check it out, you can listen in the player above. Feedback/conversation is welcome in the comments.
Here's a fun photo of our artist group which is producing the 39N - 104W installation (sans Brigid McAuliffe, who could not make this photo shoot) at the Denver Art Museum as part of this fall's Embrace! exhibit. From left to right: David Fodel, Joshua Fishburn, Nick Meyers, Timothy Weaver. Today (Tuesday, October 20th) at Noon there will be an "Insider Moment" with Timothy Weaver, who will be available to talk about the work and answer questions, as well as show the work in progress. The piece is being installed in the Fusebox space on the 4th floor of the DAM.
I've been building a software component in Max/MSP that selects and arranges audio based on years of Denver weather data. In general, the piece is a creative interpretation of the ecological history and memory of the point on earth that the Denver Art Museum now occupies.
I'm a graduate student at the University of Denver, MFA Candidate in the Electronic Media Arts Design program, and game artist/designer/educator. I work as a research assistant on the P4Games project and blog here about games, computing, design, and art.
