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Colors of Commerce

Colors of Commerce

“Colors of Commerce” was a research-based curatorial concept and exhibition at FICTILIS in Seattle which focused on the colors of shipping containers at the Seattle port. We produced an infographic explaining why shipping containers are the colors they are, and why they tend to be arranged in certain groupings, a swatchbook with 20 of the [...]

10-22-38 Astoria

10-22-38 Astoria

“10.-22.-38 Astoria” is a collaborative print installation that transforms a space into a floor-to-ceiling print exhibition and temporary copy shop. (The name comes from the first xerographic print ever made – with permission by the Xerox corporation.) The concept was first presented at FICTILIS in November 2012. A suspended wire system was used to hang [...]

Graffiti As Technology As History As Graffiti

Graffiti As Technology As History As Graffiti

This mural was created in collaboration with Aimee Cameron for the Media Gateway room of the recently-completed North Quad at the University of Michigan. The basic idea of the mural was to view graffiti, or drawing/writing on walls, as an ancient (yet still totally contemporary) technology that compliments (or contrasts with) all the new technological [...]

Mongo Deco (2007-present)

Mongo Deco (2007-present)

interior design using entirely salvaged/recycled materials

Shadow Art Fair (2006-present)

Shadow Art Fair (2006-present)

a local, independent art fair that encourages inventive work

Alkalai School (2007)

Alkalai School (2007)

intensive, immersive, experimental music retreat

Marquee (2006)

Marquee (2006)

text installation on the Michigan Theater marquee

Bluish Barn (2005-2007)

Bluish Barn (2005-2007)

an experiment in collaborative living exploring the boundaries between public/private space

Vita Brevis (2006)

Vita Brevis (2006)

semi-mock-advocacy group advocating eventual death

map to my buried treasure (2005)

map to my buried treasure (2005)

“an adventure of considerable proportions” auctioned on ebay

Prefab Domains (2005)

Prefab Domains (2005)

domain name redistribution service based on lexicographic research on English “prefabrications”

Everyone Does (2004)

Everyone Does (2004)

text piece based on “universal” human behavioral traits

Sappycards (2003-present)

Sappycards (2003-present)

all-occasion, non-traditonal, brutally honest, highly recycled, limited edition greetings cards

Songs for Dead Blondes (1999-2004)

Songs for Dead Blondes (1999-2004)

a song-cycle about nostalgia

Great Lakes Shirts (2003-present)

Great Lakes Shirts (2003-present)

No political boundaries. No promo for your friend’s indie band. Just the lakes.

Like Spitting Everywhere (2003)

Like Spitting Everywhere (2003)

the human mouth, beatboxing

Champions (2002)

Champions (2002)

one (of-a-kind) sculpture from all my old trophies

Jesus of the Sink (2002)

Jesus of the Sink (2002)

a game common in shared living situations

So Little to Tell (2002)

So Little to Tell (2002)

an installation for darkened movie theater

Views of Maharashtra (2001)

Views of Maharashtra (2001)

a series of videos shot in Maharashtra, India about the relationship between subject/camera

You’re Going to Die (2000)

You’re Going to Die (2000)

text narrated by Vito Acconci for video directed by Dennis Palazzolo

Mesmera (1998)

Mesmera (1998)

a set of instructions for site-specific percussive events using a shared improvisational language of hand signals

India photography (1998)

India photography (1998)

photographs taken in India

the Perils of Rising and Falling (1998)

the Perils of Rising and Falling (1998)

an original rock opera reworking of the Icarus/Daedalus myth

When I Stopped Watching (1997)

When I Stopped Watching (1997)

a video study of television static