A portfolio of video productions, visual imagery and writings that challenge convention and explore alternative forms of perception. The intention is to inform and affect without bias, so that conclusions can be drawn by the audience instead of by the artists, performers, or participants in real-life dramas.

this really happened: a study in conventional video feedback

By connecting a video camera to a large LCD television and aiming the camera almost directly at the center of the screen, patterns emerge that to some extent can be shaped and molded with the hands. This is due to a tendency for the video stream to ... more

Pattern Formation Syndrome: on the recombinant behavior of disparate video electronic devices

This sequence shows how two distinctly separate pieces of video electronics equipment can be combined to produce a result that is remarkably lifelike. It is theoretically possible for "edge-enhancing" algorithms commonly found in both video cameras ... more

The Recursion Paradigm: experiments in projected video feedback

On April 23, 2005, the Art Interactive (Cambridge, MA) hosted an after-hours party featuring many illustrious video artists, including NKV4, Walter Wright, Benton Bainbridge, dj Flack, and sosolimited. In a separate performance before the show, I se... more

Inertia: an urban manifestation

The streets of New York City are never calm, but during the final days of August in 2004, there was an unrest of such proportions that, at times, traffic was stalled by masses of people who took to the street without obtaining permits to march. On A... more

Light Floes: about as much fun as you can have with a cardboard stick and a flashlight

On November 3rd of 2004, though consumed with apprehension about the outcome of the presidential election, I was nevertheless able to discover a phenomenon of projected light that continues to baffle and amaze me. Under certain precisely control... more

Melodicon: bridging the gap between sight and sound

Acoustically enhanced video feedback is a combination of two graphic generation techniques I´ve been developing and experimenting with since the summer of 2003. Video feedback is produced by connecting a video camera to a video projector, then direc... more

Central Park West: one hour of evening sky captured in May of 2004

On May 13th, at approximately 7:30pm, I set up my camera on a tripod in Central Park and videotaped the night sky until dusk. I was thrilled to discover that a bright celestial object, perhaps a planet, was poised to enter the frame just as night wa... more

The Blob Sessions: Gelatinous pools of light can make good pets

Of great popular interest among those who have experienced video feedback first hand is the creation of highly stable, luminous objects in the center of the projection area. These stable forms do not occur without considerable effort applied to the s... more

Unmarked Package: a case for feeling insecure

Over a weekend in May 2007, the Institute for Infinitely Small Things set out to research insecurity in Chicago´s public spaces. They ceremoniously carried over a hundred white packages (each marked "UNMARKED PACKAGE") to different locations in Chica... more

Union Square: the downfall of an uprising

Although the local mainstream press reported the harsh treatment that protesters endured from the last day in August until the end of the Republican convention, very little of that reporting made its way outside of New York or continued beyond the ti... more

Sones De México: "Un Son a Cuatro Vientos"

In January of 2005, I finished work on a promotional video for a Chicago based traditional folk music ensemble called Sones De México. Juan Díes, the producer and camera operator, asked me to edit a collection of performance clips, interviews, rehea... more

The A31 Street Party: a mass arrest by the NYPD

On August 31, 2004, at about 7:00pm, a marching band launched from Union Square in downtown Manhattan into the street as an act of civil disobedience. All those who followed their path, and even those who were there for incidental reasons, ... more

Express Yourself!: demonstrations outside the 2004 Democratic National Convention

The demonstrations outside of the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston were relatively tame compared to the events that would occur in New York a month later. However, the presence of riot police in full armor set an ominous tone outside o... more

Funerals for a Moment: mourning events of no particular significance

On May 15, an excursion led by performance artist Kanarinka commemorated the passing of seven seemingly insignificant moments throughout the lower east side of Manhattan.  The group consisted of Mourners, Ushers, Journalists, and... more

Holographic Portfolio: capturing the works of Harriet Casdin-Silver

As a preparator of Harriet Casdin-Silver´s works, I´ve had the rare opportunity to capture the wide rage of emotion and complexity of her work, using a video camera, in various museum and gallery locations as well as in her studio in Boston. A holo... more

translation/history/archive: Documentation of a site-specific installation by Natalie Loveless.

In the spring of 2003, a curatorial group called iKatun produced an exhibition called "info@blah" at the Mills Gallery, as part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival held that year.  The work by Natalie Loveless was a site-specific installation that invol... more

Thee Electric Bastards: Hanging out with the dudes of "psychodelic garage pop rockin´ stuff"

During the summer of 2005, Dutch videojournalist Charlotte Govaert followed members of Thee Electric Bastards, a Boston-area rock band, to capture their unique performances and points of view on videotape. Charlotte asked me to edit the piece, which... more

All for Free (Free for All?): a durational performance by Andi Sutton and Catherine D´Ignazio

On March 10 2007, Andi Sutton and Catherine D´Ignazio stood resolutely in front of a pile of plainly wrapped packages and held up each in turn as if offering them for free to the audience. For most of those who accepted the invitation, the offer was... more

After the Fall: in performance with Inter Alia

On December 9 2006, the members of an improvisational performance group called Inter Alia performed at the CasaNia dance studio in Cambridge, Mass. The mission statement of Inter Alia reads: "Each piece we perform is created in a completely collabor... more

homage to sisyphus: a journey of absurd proportions

In May of 2005, hundreds of performance artists from around the world converged on Providence, Rhode Island to participate in "Provflux," a weekend-long event dedicated to artistic and social investigations in psychogeography. Anna Shapiro, an artis... more

Corporate Commands: A Training Video Commissioned by the Institute for Infinitely Small Things

In April of 2005, I was commissioned by the Institute of Infinitely Small Things to produce a video that could be used to train their novice members on the recognition, documentation, and re-enactment of corporate commands in an urban environment. W... more

Butterfly: A performance in remembrance of Brooks Thomsen Singer

On October 2nd 2004, the Meredith Butulis Dance Ensemble performed a new work commissioned to pay tribute to the life of a young man named Brooks Thomsen Singer. The performance was held during a daylong event held at a new children´s museum in Coha... more

The Institute for Infinitely Small Things: excursions launched from the back of a truck

On October 16, 2004, a mobile institute was parked in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston which was dedicated to the discovery and analysis of infinitely small things. Excursions were coordinated by Kanarinka and Pirun of iKatun based on questio... more

4/21: An improvisational video recursion project

On April 21st 2004, five members of the captured a performance of three contact-improv dancers and two musicians in the studios of Somerville Community Access Television.  The resulting 10-minute video was featured during a live performance titled "... more

Micki Taylor-Pinney: two performances at Boston University

On June 11th and 12th of 2004, Micki Taylor-Pinney performed a solo, choreographed dance to a Sarabande by J.S. Bach, as part of a site-specific, multi-media event titled "LAUNCH!" in the Sargent Gymnasium at Boston University. Taylor-Pinney is the ... more

Sarah Hickler: Improvisation #104

On March 12th of 2004, I was fortunate enough to catch a performance at Studio 211 in Boston´s Fort Point Channel neighborhood to capture a Sarah Hickler work titled "Improvisation #104." In it, she dashes wildly from one persona to the next, none of... more

The Wailing Stall: Glimpses of a five-hour performance during ArtRages.

On November 22 2003, Natalie Loveless performed a work as part of a large-scale art and music fundraiser called "ArtRages," put on by an independent arts organization called Mobius in Boston. The performance was a serious test of endurance: for 5 ho... more

Holography, Bananas and Life: conversations with Harriet Casdin-Silver

Harriet Casdin-Silver is a pioneer in field of fine art holography, and her career in the visual and performing arts goes back more than half a century. On April 27th, 2004 I produced a live show for the Somerville Producer´s Group thatshowcased her... more

16th Street Tactical: protected speech about unprotected rights

On September 14 2004, two weeks to the hour after their arrests with 1200 others during the Republican National Convention, Charles Shaw and Michael Hall described their experience on a live cable access show which was broadcast in Somerville Massach... more

Sky Saw: electronic zithers, video synthesizers, and improvisational dance

As with many of the live TV events presented by the Somerville Producer"s Group, the show that aired on September 30 2003 was not scripted or rehearsed in any way. The musicians had never met the dancers, and only a few of the members of the studio c... more

Of Lemons and Superheros: showcasing films from the 48 Hour Film Project, Boston

On June 22, 2004, a live cable sccess program was produced in the studios of Somerville Community Access Television which showcased two films that were submitted as part of the "48 Hour Film Project Boston." Cast and crew members of these production... more