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School of Perpetual Training (2007-2009)
Are working or playing? Learn how to earn while you play as we investigate invisible labor and ewaste in the global game industry.
Invisible Threads/Double Happiness Jeans (2008)
Visit our virtual sweatshop in Second Life and purchase a sassy pair of Double Happiness Jeans you can wear in the real world.
Usernomics 1.0 (2007-ongoing)
Don't know what to do with all those old computers? Try our hacktivist workshop employing models of waste reclamation, recycling and reuse to create unique game controllers!
The Zero Hour (2005/2008)
Not sure about the buzzing in your backyard? Neither was the city of Buffalo, New York or Calgary, Canada.
Collective Simulated Synaesthesia (2004-2007)
Are you vibrating at an "A" sharp or a "D" flat? Learn how to sing your own tune through a new procedure that uses the body's own frequencies to recalibrate its internal rhythm.
sub/merg/ency (2005)
As globalization creates a more homogenous and corporatized landscape, is it possible to carve out a space of one's own? In conjunction with the Trampoline Radiator Festival in Nottingham, England.
Rethinking Locative Media (2004)
Suddenly find yourself lost and no GPS? Find your way home with "Divine Cartography". All you need is your faithful camera phone and some wire hangers.
Taylorism and You: Personal Efficiency Strategies (2002)
Wasting precious minutes thinking about how to streamline your day? Fret no more. PAN-O-MATIC hits the streets to find out how Americans maximize their time!
New Spring Line: Rorschach goes to Walmart (2003-2004)
It dices and slices and fits conveniently in your pocket. Still can't find exactly what you want at the Sharper Image or the Personal Care aisle at Walmart? Our latest market research puts a new twist on focus group studies.
Window Shopping: Citywide Storefronts (2001-2002)
Wishful thinking comes alive for the 21st century flaneur in these interactive storefronts.


Current/Ongoing
2009 Creative Capital Award in Emerging Fields
2009 Turbulence New Radio and Performing Arts Commission
2009 Harvestworks Artist-in-Residence
July-Aug 2009 Residency at Sumu/Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland
October 2009, Fastfoward: Angel of History, LABoral, Gijon Spain
2008 NYSCA New York State Council on Arts Award

Recent
April 2009, Turbulence@Pace Digital Gallery, Pace University, NYC

"Service Aesthetics" Artforum September 08
Dumbo Arts Festival/Video Dumbo

M:ST - Mountain Standard Time Performance Arts Festival
Amsterdam International Film Festival
Banff New Media Institute 2008 Interactive Screen

2008 ISEA Singapore

ZER01 Festival San Jose
2008 Sundance Film Festival

 
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