Description

A performative installation with a twist. Waltz of the Puppets shifted the passive user experience of watching to that of direct participant. The user was harnessed directly into the performance and confronted with a video montage dealing with issues of control and trust in relation to 4 major world institutions: Government, Military, Religion and Media. By including the user in such a fashion not only did they get a visceral feel for the piece, but it gave them the choice to give in or resist the performance around them. This coincided perfectly with the thematical topics of choice and control.

Technical Details

Actors. Max/MSP. Harnesses. Adobe Premiere. Lighting.

Description

In conjunction with an electronics course taken fourth year, myself and a group of fellow students formed a media arts group called "Switch Foundry". During a single semester of the course, the gorup organized, marketed, produced and assembled the pieces of a public installation art exihibition. The exhibition, 'Capture', featured hand made electronic installation pieces that captured user interaction and displayed it back in a abstracted form.

Technical Details

Actors. Max/MSP. Lighting. Simple Electronics. Sound. Projection. Recording.

Description

Surgery was a performative installation conducted in Simon Fraser University's Fakespace™ media lab in March of 2003. Through a combination of moving and still images, sound design, performance and physical interactions, users took part in an intense and engaging experience intended to create a sense of vulnerability.

Technical Details

Max MSP. Adobe Audition. Adobe Premiere.

Description

This installation was an attempt to demonstrate the 'poetry' that is present in our actions and those of others. Users who participated in the piece would wear a solid colored jacket that was calibrated to a video camera fixed on the users. A program would anaylze the video feed and translate it into an abstracted pattern of color. These forms were then projected back onto a piece of cloth so the user could receive feedback on the changes they were making. As they explored the space, accompanying abmient sounds would also shift to the movements of the users. They were given the objective to try and discover how to create a solid tone with the sounds...little did they know this only happens when they are as close together as possible.

Technical Details

Max MSP. Projection. Speakers.

Description

Apple Experiences was a concept for an innovative online marketing plan for Apple products. In conjunction with typical online and offline marketing techniques, experiencial marketing and market segmentation were used to propose a unique plan. Market segments, such as those for business and home, would be identified and presented with a series of miniture videos of professionals using Apple Products. Users would then be directed to a website that expanded on the video series and demonstrate how Apple products are used to enhance their particular field.

Technical Details

Adobe Photoshop. Macromedia Flash.

Description

This trend board was a look into the ideas of cohort theories. It was developed based on research conducted of an individual. Interests, history, emotional condition and several other factors were analyzed through interactions and interviews with the individual and then translated into this visual collage.

Technical Details

Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Photoshop.

Description

A variety of experiments in the form and hierarchy of type and font.

Technical Details

Adobe Illustrator.

Description

The end result of a proposal selected by international air-conditoning company Belimo Air Controls. Our team developed an innovative educational website that included product information and learning tools such as weboards, an online classroom and interactive demos. The site was a simple, well branded site that was structured in such a way that it could be expanded to include other product lines.

Technical Details

Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Photoshop. Macromedia Flash. Macromedia Dreamweaver. MySQL. PHP.

Description

Based on the model developed by Peter Drucker, this was a test in visualizing a process for refining knowledge. Our diagram demonstrated a a cyclical process for refinement as well as definitions for knowledge and its impact on society.

Technical Details

Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Photoshop.

Description

GoFast was the product of a year long business course. Teams were expected to create an original, innovative idea and then produce and market it accordingly. In contrast to the passive nature of today's video games GoFast was a networked computer game designed to physically engage players at a cardiovascular level. The game was developed with the intent of being open source, and therefore, was released to the massive SourceForge community in the hopes that others could modify it for future iterations.

Technical Details

Java. Adobe Photoshop. Macromedia Flash. Macromedia Fireworks. Adobe Premiere.

Description

A 5 minute long short featuring the crustaceous character Crabby and his adventure into the 'Forbidden Cave.' My first venture into 3D work, this piece turned out quite successfully. All parts, including animation, texturing, editing and modeling were completed by our team of 3 in less than 4 months. A short video clip will be available later.

Technical Details

3D Studio Max. Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Premiere. Adobe Audition.

Description

These little creatures were modeled for an interactive shockwave game.

Technical Details

3D Studio Max.

Description

Movie titles are intended to give a visual introduction of the film to come. These title were created with the intent to visually communicate the story and theme of the film Rashuman by Akira Kurosawa.

Technical Details

Adobe After Effects. Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Premiere. Macromedia Flash.