amy Since 2009 I’ve been operating a Facebook page about early 20th century artist/inventor/suffrage activist Mary Hallock-Greenewalt. Born in Beirut, and mainly raised in Philadelphia, Hallock-Greenewalt is mainly known for her work designing and performing color organs — as well as her art of colored light performance, which she called Nourathar. I recently visited the Historical … Read more
Haven’t posted much as I’ve been hard at work in the mad scientist dungeon for the past several weeks, coding away at PIGS (Percussive Image Gestural System.) It’s taken some trial and error time, but we now have a framework in place, and are working on the more interesting aesthetic and research aspects. In other … Read more
Wow! I’m a finalist for the 2014 World Technology Summit & Awards in the Arts category. In the esteemed company of: Nova Jiang – Julia Kaganskiy – Yael Kanarek – Joanie Lemercier – Marta de Menezes – Carsten Nicolai – Ai Weiwei Whodathunkit?
Thanks to Rebecca Webb for including SVEN (Surveillance Video Entertainment Network) in the Filmatic Festival this spring. And for these pics!
I’ve got a new paper in the book, “De-automatization.” (“Entautomatisierung.”) My text, “SVEN (Surveillance Video Entertainment Network): Looking Back and Forward” looks back at my 2007 project SVEN – with Wojciech Kosma and Vincent Rabaud – and discusses some of the changes in the cultures of surveillance and sousveillance since then.
Spoke on a panel at UCSD Women in Computing’s “Girl’s Day Out” for high school women interested in careers in computing. Lots of fun meeting everyone and finding out the other panelists paths to becoming Women in Computing – almost all a bit complicated! And… Women in Computing gave me this t-shirt!
The inimitable Katia Haus has published this interview with me in FAQ Magazine. Woohoo! Thanks Katia!
Some pics from SVEN (Surveillance Video Entertainment Network)‘s brief re-emergence at the Filmatic Festival last month. Thanks to Rebecca Webb, Andrew Heideman, and everyone at Qualcomm Institute for helping bring SVEN’s nosiness to Filmatic!
Here’s a post in the Times of San Diego about the upcoming Filmatic Festival – and featuring a video interview with lil ol me! Great job on the video by Emilyn Edquilang and Jordi Olimon!
More news! SVEN (Surveillance Video Entertainment Network) sneaks out of retirement once again for the Filmatic Festival at Qualcomm Institute in April: More info on the Filmatic Festival here! Curated by Rebecca Webb. Part of ArtPower! at UC San Diego.