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.

The Importance of Having (and Using) an Art Mailing List

The Importance of Having (and Using) an Art Mailing List

In May of 2009 I participated in an algorithmic mathematical art workshop at Rutgers University’s DIMACS (Center for Discrete Mathematics and Experimental Computer Science). The three day program was a great opportunity to share my artwork and to be inspired by other artists, mathematicians, and computer scientists. As I though about how to share my experience at this workshop with you in this post, I asked myself, how did this opportunity come about, anyway? A quick search in my email [Read More...]

Helios iPhone App Icon Spotted in the Santa Monica Apple Store

Helios iPhone App Icon Spotted in the Santa Monica Apple Store

This is a bit old (January of this year) but the icon for the Helios iPhone app is pictured here (I licensed my artwork, Helios to the developers). Exciting!

Bridges Pécs 2010 a Success; Thank You United Arts!

Bridges Pécs 2010 a Success; Thank You United Arts!

Amy and I got back a few weeks ago from a two week adventure in Hungary and Austria, the first week of which was spent at a math / art conference called Bridges Pécs 2010 in Pécs, Hungary. The conference is always a blast, bringing together a few hundred brilliant people from diverse geographic and intellectual areas. Pictured here is a Sierpinski tetrahedron collaboratively created in a workshop led by Vi Hart, who started us out with basic balloon twisting and [Read More...]

Upgrade / Downgrade Exhibition at the Open Concept Gallery

Upgrade / Downgrade Exhibition at the Open Concept Gallery

A last minute contact facilitated by my page on Rhizome.org led to a quick exhibition of Society of Stickpeople – A New Beginning (dvd version). If you’re near Grand Rapids during the short exhibition window, check it out (and let me know how it looks – I won’t be able to be there in person). Official announcement follows. Upgrade/Downgrade Open Concept Gallery is excited to present Upgrade/Downgrade, a multimedia exhibition demonstrating the experimentation and opposing relationship of nature versus or [Read More...]