In 2004, I created a graphics program that simulated a population of stickmen and stickwomen through various iconic stages of life: birth, play, love, work, rest, travel, and death. From its humble beginning as a school project (thanks Marty!) the Society of Stickpeople has gone through many incarnations, detailed below.

Aesthetic Exploration

Aesthetic Exploration

Æxploration (Aesthetic Exploration) represents a new direction in my artwork – a focus on interactive algorithmic motion as performance and installation. What once was my internal artist’s tool has become externalized – the beauty and the mess exposed for all to see. This is experimental, in-progress work, as I revamp my codebase once again and seek opportunities to perform and collaborate using its generative visuals.

Fibonacci Spiral

Fibonacci Spiral

I am fascinated by the Fibonacci (Golden) Spiral, and love the geometric construction, which is mimicked and expanded in this Processing sketch.

A New Beginning

A New Beginning

With an emphasis on the conceptual underpinnings of this series, I reworked the Society of Stickpeople to focus on sustainability and the impact of what we build and how we build it. A New Beginning includes a video capture of the new interactive installation of the Society, which debuted at the Maitland Art Center in 2009.

Experiments in Digital Chronophotography

Experiments in Digital Chronophotography

These prints are an attempt to capture, in one frame, the entire “evolution” of a population of stickmen and stickwomen. Experimenting with the digital equivalent of Muybridge’s and Marey’s chronophotography has led to these fascinating, mysterious works.

Chaotic Attractors from Create Chaos 2008

Chaotic Attractors from Create Chaos 2008

Two new attractors from a live art session at Create Chaos 2008 in Orlando.