SVEN (Surveillance Video Entertainment Network) (2006)

http://deprogramming.us/sven

Real-time computer vision and surveillance system that detects "likely rock stars" among pedestrians and generates music videos based upon their features, as a humorous commentary on the subjectivity and malleability of technological systems used for control. SVEN is a public space project, exhibited in both stationary locations and primarily in a van-based "SVEN Mobile Unit."

theBOT (2000)

http://thebot.org/

Realtime, time-based animation and audio net art project using a web search engine robot to reveal the "narrative" of the web. Text gathered by the robot moves as "packets" across the screen and is heard as layered speech spoken by a speech synthesizer. An examination and perverse poetification of the narrative of the web.

More Installations

Several of Alexander's other software and internet art projects have also been exhibited as installations. Please see internet art and software art.