Projecting Information into the Distant Future Launch: October 18, 2001. 16:30 GMT International Center, Iowa City (Latitude 41.66 & Longitude -91.53) Calling all time-travelers. By creating this document to be institutionally archived as well as passed on as personal heirlooms we are sending you a message. If time-travel is possible when you are reading this […]
This was a CD-ROM developed for The University of Iowa’s College of Nursing (in conjunction with National Human Genome Research Institute). It was marketed to nursing educators at the collegiate and hospital staff development levels and included modules on ethics, genetic testing, and case studies on breast cancer and Alzheimer disease. It provided for individually […]
This project was produced simultaneously with The Ethics of Genetic Testing. The CD-ROM included hours of video interviews, stories, and case studies into an interactive learning environment to inform health professionals about the impacts of substance abuse in rural areas. Included on the disc were several multimedia learning objectives for the user to gain an […]
Haptic Author was a research project dealing with the writing and modifying of multi-dimensional English sentences and sentence fragments purely through touch. The goal was to discover new ways of presenting and accessing electronic information other than “link clicking” through static content. Often times these experiments blurred the line between subject and object and could […]
View the Quicktime version warning: 18.3 mb file Sarsenworld is a theoretical video game that explores the concept of “death” in a blurred distinction between fact and fiction. It’s a game-world where players can sacrifice their life and be reborn inside the game. The strange, paranormal interface allows players to control their characters “on the […]
Scavenged snippets of damaged library A/V material reconstituted into an impressionistic video narrative about ‘helping.’ Displayed as single channel video as well as multiple monitor installation. Winner of the Juror’s Choice Award at the 2001 Film and Video Retrospective, Des Moines Art Center.
Pale-Glo was an extremely short-lived corporation with high hopes. Our plan was to float our ideas (whatever they might be) in the mass media with the hopes of picking up a little publicity. It was going to be fun to use the corporate workflow and advertising structure to create a digital art project for school. […]
This is a conceptual translation of the sentence “Sometimes I think like a computer.” into binary, where each letter is represented by a string of 8 ones or zeros. 1=YES 0=NO. Some people believe that the entire universe is the result of a series of yes-or-no choices that take place at the quantum level. Others […]
Composite was a painting installation at the University of Iowa’s Checkered Space. Danielle and Kelli created two large vinyl banners with bingo daubers. Nathan produced a series of palm-sized iconic paintings. Matthew created this computer display to demonstrate a way to classify and access their work via a handcrafted electronic catalog. By clicking on one of […]
This video is dedicated to everyone with religious devotion to graphical and media representations of nature. It attempts to look at the Weather Channel from a spiritual standpoint while taking a scientific view on Eternal Word TV. For this initial proof-of-concept, I merely juxtaposed the soundtracks of each video. In the future I’d like to […]
In collaboration with textile artist Ursula McCarty, we produced this CD-ROM which documents her work with at-risk teenage girls at the Foundations 2 program in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Ursula spent several weeks at the shelter with the girls sewing a personally expressive quilt that covered an entire car. The car was then part of the […]
Video installation with Misha Burstein. watch the movie
Winner of the 1997 ART ON WHEELS competition sponsored by Legion Arts.