Selected Projects

WATER NARRATIVES 2016 - 2020

My project addresses water narratives in terms of our personal relationship to present environmental conditions. New media is used to extend our senses by amplifying the information that we are able to perceive. Data visualization is used to translate measurable information found within the environment into effective visual imagery. This deeper look into the environments that we inhabit allows for a deeper look at the quality of our habitat, its past, and our involvement in our future.

ARCTIC flEXI-BOOKS

I arranged contact microphone recordings taken in the Arctic Circle into a two minute score. Based on research into phonautograms I used Processing to convert my audio file into a vector based drawing that could be read by a laser cutter. From these series of handmade paper discs (that can be played with sewing needles and a megaphone) I was able to develop a PVC disc that would play the indexed recording. As the discs are played the audio erodes over time, pointing to an environment which is continuously changing.

LETTERS 2019 - 2020

Letters is a media installation built from letters and drawings I sent and received over the past ten years. I moved around a lot, and these letters became small symbols of the relationships that grounded me. Visitors to the space are welcome to play with the balls on the floor or read and explore the walls. A Kinect’s infrared sensor scans in visitors and connects to a Processing sketch which re-draws their depth from the lens onto the back wall. Data from this translation is never stored. By focusing on in the moment action the projection allows us to see ourselves as active in the conversation of the work.

likeness 2016 - 2021

This installation consists of a wall scale video and sound piece that is made from layered environmental data, sound and painterly moving images. In editing I rely on evolving processes ranging from precise, computer aided design to hand drawn animation. My video work documents how our senses perceive changes in the landscape, and uses the imperfections and imagery produced in the conversation between low tech painting and high tech code to create images in the video that appear at once organic and totally digital.

pink slips analog 2017 - 2020

Pink Slips Analog is a shared studio space in downtown Augusta, Georgia. Artists working in the space host monthly events which promote collaboration, community and non-commercial opportunities for artists and non-artists of all ages.

// Events suspended due to Covid-19

Electronic gallery 2020

The combination of hand painted panels and industrial forms in this installation speaks to the built environment. Materials are considered for their natural properties to illustrate the structural and aesthetic potential of engineered versus natural materials in pre-fabrication.

enduring element // Venice 2022

I’ve followed environmental change by focusing on water - an element with a constant identity but which changes shape based on its container. Within this mixed media installation, water acts as a central metaphor for our relationship to self and the journeys that we take to find ourselves.

GENERATOR CRASH

Visualization and play help us understand the relationship between mind and body. Viewers pedal a bike generator to activate a series of stop motion animations which are meant to ease the fear of crashing during an actual bike ride or race.

radio mapping // 2021 - 2022

I rebuilt toys into radio receivers to intercept the electronic sounds in my city to reframe my understanding of home.

pyramiden, russia

Both the world’s most northerly Cold War frontier and one of two Russian claims in the Arctic, the small coal mining community of Pyramiden supported several thousand people at its height before suffering economic hardship in the 1980s. This video documents the site as it was preserved by the arctic elements years after it was abandoned, just before its restoration and re-use.