Birds in the Tree
Comissioned by Naherholung Stärnchen for the Shameless Limited Art Party.
Birds in the Tree is an interactive video, electronic, and wood installation which was created collaboratively with Dale Phurrough, based on his initial research on Kinect interaction and virtual flocks. more... Modern Primitive
Mechanical face, presented at Dadatek's K.I.T.A. exhibition.
The modern primitive spins its eyes and opens and closes its mouth in varying patterns. It stays quiet at times, or moves wildly at others... more... Robotic Sales Agent
Robotic collaboration with MNKY BIZZ GROUP
The sales agent robot follows a black path across the installation space, inviting the onlookers to purchase the art wares for sale. Programming and robot assembly. more.... Cyborg Clown
What happens when a clown becomes a cyborg?
An air powered robot arm sabotages the clown's already foolish performance... Mechanical construction, programming and live performance. more... The Soundweaver
A robotic musical suit for circus performers on stilts.
The fiberglass robot legs attach to the performer. Sensors react to the artists movement and produce music as she walks. Lights inside the robot pulse with the beat of the stiltwalker. more... Electronic Puppet Show
A theatrical collage of melancholic scenes of the future.
Robot looking creatures, animated by motors, batteries and old broken machines, move and sing to the tunes of ambient electronics. more... Hand Puppets for Bridge Markland's "Krug in the Box"
This play based on Heinrich von Kleist's "the Broken jug" is actively on tour since 2008.
I built all the hand puppets, the stands that they sit on during the play, and all the props used by Bridge Markland that make her look like the puppets. more... |
Recent ActivitiesreSource event 001: Trial Crack
11-12 May, 2012 : meeting wonderful media arts peeps at this new Transmediale event 2012. Pictoplasma Berlin : finally had the chance to go to this great conference on character design and animation and had the honor of attending and assisting Mark Gmehling with his Cinema 4D wokshop! 11-15 April 2012. Droidcon Hackathon :Sharing 2nd place with ligi's and his awesome Bismo app! Amongst other things, we added a nice droidcon schedule screen with the help of droidcon's own designer, Marie Schweiz! March 12, 2012. Kulturpark 2012: I have been invited to participate in the Spreepark project this Summer! Woohoo! Possibly an Augmente Reality project will be in the works... Want to collaborate? Get in touch! Phudge App : Our entry was the winner on at Photohackday! Now we prepare for our winner's trip to London to present our app to AKQA, one of the main sponsors! Feb 25-26, 2012. Cut n' paste Berlin 3d Competition: Participated in the 3d category for the Berlin edition! Feb 02, 2012. Trampoline Tracing Mobility: Berlin Curated and coordinated the Open Platform events during the Tracing Mobility show at the HKW. November 2011. Birds in the Tree: Interactive installation with Dale Phurrough. Illuminated tree and sensors, 3D models, commisioned by Naherholung Sternchen,16th and 29th of September 2011. Dadatek presents: K.I.T.A: the art of playfulism group show and party. Participating as cyberpuppet with Modern Primitive, an animated robot face, June 4th 2011. Trampoline Tracing Mobility: Berlin Discussion with the team and artists of the upcoming event at the HKW in November 2011. Supermarket Art Fair 2011: Stockholm. Collaboration with MNKY BIZZ, the rolling sales agent robot. Bridge Markland's "The Broken Jug" (Heinrich von Kleist). October 2008. Puppet creator for this ambitious one actor and seven puppet performance! Stage assistant for Theater Fragile's presentation of the mask theater show "Wir treffen uns im Paradies", July 8-17, August 30, Berlin, 2008. Participant at the Emergent Objects Colloquium at the University of Leeds. December 17-20, 2007. Presenter for the Viktoria Institute's Glowbots project at Wired NextFest, Los Angeles. September 14-16 and SIGGRAPH San Diego, Emerging Technologies Section, August 4-9, 2007 Robotics Instructor for iDTech Camps at the UC Davis location July-August 2007. |
