Prototype software for a client's proposal to demonstrate the range of aesthetic qualities of different orbital particle systems. The user can adjust every visual and behavioral aspect of each emitter and it's respective particles.

A prototype for a system of energy fields to be projected around people walking down a corridor. The presence of different individuals causes fluctuations in the energy fields. Press the 1-4 keys to load presets (and adjust vertical spacing of lines), or press the + and - keys to adjust the energy wave intensity.

An 80' wide projection wall designed for the Guadalajara University International Literary Festival features the names of prolific Los Angeles authors. A large LCD touch screen allows users to move the cloud of author names and reveal quotes and bio information.

Interactive kiosk software developed specifically for the presentation of medical information in multiple languages. The software is used to present cancer awareness information and encourage screening in underpriveleged communities.

An electric wave of blue light that follows cars as they drive past the Los Angeles Fashion Center. A camera tracks the movement of vehicles and people along the street and mirrors their activity with bright blue light along the face of the five story building.

A carpet of bright red LED tiles at the entrance of the MetLofts apartment complex react when people walk over them. The animations triggered by peoples movement is reflected on the five story facade of the building overlooking the LA Live area of Downtown Los Angeles.

A jungle of large hanging electric flowers light up the entrance to the Los Angeles Fashion Mart. The flowers react when people pass in front of them, displaying a colorful animation with a soundtrack. Every 15 minutes a large animation occurs on all flowers, and every hour the Westminster Quarters chime.

An interactive lighting and sound installation in the Indianapolis Airport. Stereoscopic cameras track the movement of people in the space, and the grid of lights overhead reacts to them, with an occasional big show illuminating the entire space accompanied by music.

A visual interface to compare and contrast martian climate data collected by the Mars Climate Sounder. Surface readings from the sensor can be compared to readings from similar sensors on previous orbital satellites in order to analyze trends and gauge accuracy.

A visual interface of sensor level orbital data from the Mars Climate Sounder. Results from the sensor are plotted along the path of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter with color indicating the value of the reading.

The written component of my MFA Thesis, outlining the background and concept behind the Power Structures project. It details the philosophical background behind the software's functionality as well as the artistic and technical inspirations for its development.

An online system for illustrating the networks of power brokers that influence our daily lives. Connections are made between people, places, organizations, and events using testimony from various sources in order to create a more intricate and revealing map.

Each visitor to the project has their IP address turned into an 8x8 pixel icon. The color is derived from the first three octals of the address, and the pattern is a binary interpretation of the last octal. The icons are then organized spatially by their meta data to reveal further possible trends.

A visual transposition of the english wikipedia's recent article changes. Each minute of activity is plotted as a line, with additions to articles tinted green and reductions tinted red based on the amount added/subtracted. New articles are indicated with white, and placed based on their initial size.

The third iteration of my fathers web site cataloging his photographic portfolio. The images float in a 3D space, allowing the user to zoom forward and backward to navigate, or by clicking on image thumbnails to automatically move through the site. Double clicking a thumb displays its large image.

A response to an article on the aesthetics of auto-destructive art, applying their inverse qualities towards generative art for an analysis of the genre. The work of Casey Reas is used as an example to be assessed by these inverted aesthetic principles.

A live mapping of the linking structure of wikipedia articles. Mapping starts with a user search for a particular article, and all of the articles it links to are then revealed around it. The user can continue hopping between articles by clicking the individual nodes.

A visualization of keywords originally derived from military terminology now used across a variety of sectors. Web sites are analyzed for their corporate, military, technological, and cultural values, and then collectively used to create a weighted rank for terms found on their sites.

An improved visual interface to social bookmarking activity. Anyone using del.icio.us can login with their username and password and visualize their bookmarking activity. This version includes improved analytical aesthetics as well as better sorting features for tags.

Playing with sin waves and sorting by hue to create dynamically generated paintings which, while ultimately staying the same, continue to animate over time. An experiment in adding texture and movement to a conventional analogous gradient.

Experiments in the third dimension and depth of focus using Macromedia Flash AS1. Originally based on the Kirupa 3D tutorial, I made some modifications using the Flash 8 bitmap filters to add some depth of field effect and apply some radial spin to a test menu.

A visual client for the Body Daemon server built off of the Gravitons & Graviolies sketch. The server, connected to a human being, outputs heart rate, respiration, galvanic skin response, and muscle tension over UDP packets to network clients which interpret the data.

A philisophical investigation into the transvergent properties of computational information design. Formatted from the hypothetical perspectives of four great minds with eight questions each related to the artistic and scientific qualities of the newly formed discipline of computational information design.

A visual experiment in creating a cool spherical particle system without needing to simulate the physics required for an orbital system. Using the sin function and some push/pop/rotate functions as well as adjusting the tail length and color creates a mixed system of different particles.

A visual interface to the Rhizome.org Art Base. Projects are connected based on keywords, terms, and genres assigned by their respective artists. Combining several of these tags connects multiple colored lines indicating the projects with shared tags.

A simple test of the blurring bitmap filter in Flash 8. I later implement this same filter in the Flash 3D sketches to simulate a depth of field effect. It was unavoidable to add an old joke.

Investigating the flow of page rank between the top ten search results. My hypothesis was that the top ten search results for a given query would create a long tail distribution in page rank among the rest of the results due to them linking between each other.

Teledildonics has been a long discussed but only recently developed upon subject of technology, involving both engineering, sociology, and human sexuality. What questions can be posed about the common place adoption of teledildonic devices within society?

Visually mapping artists across the pacific based on shared characteristics. Artists were asked to contribute information to create comparisons, display relationships, and inspire potential collaborations. Connections are made using tags by interest, organization, and prior collaboration.

My first technical exercise attempt at creating some force directed placement action for future visualization needs. Slight adjustments to the algorithm can result in drastic changes, creating recursive effects in the system causing constant motion.

A visual history of my undergraduate academic career. Classes are plotted by semester and by class, with the box color indicating the grade received in the class. Boxes are sorted by class, time, or grade, and clicking individual boxes reveals further details about that class.

A technical experiment in creating an untangible multi-touch interface by combining both shadow tracking and capacitance sensing. The goal was to simulate a tactile connection with software elements by relying on dragging gestures.

An experiment in mapping skills and disciplines contributing to a variety of creative projects. Artists were asked to contribute their projects for comparison, using their tags and relative weighted percentages to create a spatial arrangement.

A group project blending visual, audible, and tactile senses using computer software, physical sensors, lights, microphones, speakers, infrared camera, and projection. Audio input is sent to tangible and visual output, tangible input is sent to audio and visual output, and visual input is sent to audio and tangible output.

A visual interface to social bookmarking activity, allowing me to evaluate my research habits and the overall trends of my web browsing interest. Timing of research activity also reveals sleeping habits and academic deadlines.

A data visualization of network traffic based on packet latency made specifically for the Carnivore project. The longer it takes data to travel to the server, the farther the node is positioned from the center. Network traffic is animated between nodes and a system beep occurs at the frequency of the destination port of the packet.

A data visualization of the third debate of the 2004 presidential election. Transcripts of candidates were analyzed for word length and reiteration over time. Data is then spatially mapped in a 3D scatter plot, allowing the viewer to rotate the model and analyze trends in word usage.

A simple technical exercise in creating a musical interface which would allow the spatial mixing of a composition. Instruments are spatially positioned around the microphone to adjust volume, and the microphone can be moved to dynamically change the mix.

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