Sorry I haven't updated this site in months. I have been totally slammed with planning events and working on my own projects. In fact, I am rendering video clips at this very moment. Isn't multitasking fun?

I wanted to announce that I will be performing visuals at the 2011 Maker Faire Bay Area, May 21-22 at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds. I am also co-coordinating the music technology area called the Digital Sound Space.

LoveTech has teamed up with Pulsewave SF to create an interactive performance zone dedicated to new music technology. The Digital Sound Space will feature live performances and visuals from dozens of artists, as well as several different booths where you can meet the makers and experience exciting new music technology.

I will be performing visuals with my new VJ setup. I am using Resolume Avenue, and an Akai LPD8 as a controller. I generated most of my content with analog optical feedback loops. This is a slightly new direction for my visual performance. I have moved away from lugging around a CRT television and an old photo tripod. This new method is much easier and more stable, but still allows me to explore the world of analog video feedback.

I just uploaded a video demo of my Macroscope installation.

Macroscope is an interactive projection piece created through optical feedback. As you can see, the piece responds to movement and allows the viewer to physically interact with the piece.

The piece also appears to exhibit tendencies of a reaction diffusion system.

Macroscope premiered at the Projections gallery show at Million Fishes gallery in San Francisco on 9.10.10.



The video also features an original piece of music I wrote a couple of years ago, entitled "Silk Milk."

Again with another photo set, but this is visual art after all. These were shot by Lisa Ann of Somewhere in Time Photography at the Projections gallery show on 9.10.10 at Million Fishes gallery in San Francisco.

This was the first galley show I curated, and I intend to do many more! The one-night event featured interactive and experimental works in video by Rich DDT, Mary Franck, Jon Ferran and myself.

Pieces included Ferran's projected 3D facial recognition robot "TV Guy," DDT's cosmos channeling "Galaxy Conduit," which has been on tour at festivals up and down the west coast, a stunning video loop by Franck, a naturally occurring "Pythagoras Tree" I discovered in consumer electronics and more.

Yet another wonderful set of photographs by SpaceCat! These were shot at the California Academy of Sciences weekly NightLife event on 8.25.10.

The LoveTech crew invaded and filled the academy with live electronic music, visuals and interactive art including an untitled piece by me.

This was the first time I presented a feedback piece on a progressive scan monitor. The results were very different from my previous work with interlacing CRT monitors.