Current Projects

LA Interchange


A proposal for a gigantic public water fountain at the intersection of the Santa Monica and Harbor freeways in Los Angeles activated by the highway accidents monitored by the California Highway Patrol Incident Report website.

Tilted Pole


Installation of a power utility pole and its accompanying cable, wires, transformers, etc. cantalevered at a 90 degree angle, the pole's base emerging from a wall and extending 30' into the gallery. Installed at Art Engine Gallery for BEAUTIFUL EYESORES with Bijan Yashar, San Francisco Sept 5 - Oct 18, 2008.

Drawing+Video series


New works that combine large drawings with video loops, began as artist in residence at Headlands Center for the Arts Fall 2008 in media arts genre.

Naos


Biometric architecture research with Carlos Castellanos developed while artist in residence at Montalvo Art Center June - August 2008. We developed a prototype Biometrics Capsule and the Montalvo Loyalty Test, a psychological test that determines racial bias based on the test subject's biometrics reaction to visual stimuli. (site in progress)

Included in upcoming Algorithmia show at Root Division gallery in San Francisco, March 2009.

Other members of Naos include Philippe Pasquier and Eyal Fried.

Acclair


A neuromarketing and security service for airports that uses brainwaves to determine Neurocapital and criminality. On-going project with Eyal Fried.

Overturn


A series of works around the notion of upsetting the cart, revolution, overturning a system, using the simple symbolic gesture of turning something over in various ways to suggest larger trends in global politics, economy and culture. (documentation in progress)

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