projects
The Laboratory For What's Possible
The Laboratory For What’s Possible is a project that tells the story of a fictional telecommunications research center. 2018-2019. more >>
Alouette 1
Alouette 1 uses salvaged technology, objects, and the human voice to create sustained tone soundscapes and unexpected harmonic relationships. 2017-2018. [sound] [performance] [participation] [hardware] [interactive] more >>
Future Satellite
Future Satellite is a personal satellite radio system made out of salvaged materials and old technology. 2017. [installation] [sound] [sculpture] [participation] [hardware] [radio] more >>
Weather Center for the Apocalypse
Weather forecasting with an eye on our greatest cultural fears. 2015-2017. [installation] [sculpture] [performance] [participation] [software] [hardware] [solo exhibition] [public art] more >>
Weather Center for the Apocalypse: Forecast Portal
Weather forecasting with an eye on our greatest cultural fears. 2015-2017. [video] [performance] [participation] more >>
New American Sweatshop: Training Module
A game that simulates the workflow and economics of a fictional electronics cooperative in a dystopian future. 2015. [game] [participation] [interactive] more >>
Transient Civic Broadcast System
A method of alerting your local community of crises, due to internal or external events. 2014. [sculpture] [hardware] [radio] [interactive] more >>
New American Sweatshop
The New American Sweatshop is an immersive experience where participants re-purpose electronic waste to create communication devices for the future. LUMEN full commission. 2013-2014. [installation] [sculpture] [performance] [participation] [solo exhibition] [public art] more >>
Sound Booth
Amplified privacy. The participant is visually obscured but provided with a microphone, which creates a democratic and intimate space for performance and public speaking. 2012. [sound] [sculpture] [performance] [interactive] more >>
Re-wired
Re-wired is a wearable device that translates ambient sound into haptic feedback using bone conduction technology. It is a DIY medical device that augments sound for partially deaf patients. Called "simple, inventive, empowering" by Make. 2012. [sound] [wearable] [hardware] more >>
Community Phone Booth
A free phone for a local, offline community. The public phone booth allows anyone to interact on the Signal Strength network. To be used for political protest and disaster relief. Supported by SIGGRAPH. 2012. [sculpture] [network] [software] [hardware] [interactive] more >>
Signal Strength
A project to advance mobile democracy. It consists of modems for ad-hoc social networking that let people in an urban area interact offline, leveraging their mobile phones for untraceable communications. Supported by Eyebeam. 2010-2011. [network] [software] [hardware] [interactive] more >>
Gender Anarchy Project
A custom restroom door featuring an interactive sign with responsive iconography to give the participant the experience of a gender-neutral space. Neural said it "casts a light on the fragility of the gender concept." 2004-2005. [installation] [software] [hardware] [interactive] more >>