Selected Works
Inspired by the mathematics of nature, the behavior of systems, and music, I play with interactivity and motion in my artwork. Explore below or learn more about me.
Audiograms Calendar
Print. 2019
Visual encodings of one minute field recordings from travels near and far, in calendar form.
Audiograms
Interactive Software Art, Print. 2017
Audiograms are visual encodings of one minute field recordings from my travels around the world. An Audiogram is a message from me to you, and from me to me - an artifact of remembrance, of being somewhere, of what it was like to be there at a particular place and time, and to listen.
Dance Variations
Print. 2016
A dance of a billion particles—abstract forms of bright white swirl over a vibrant blue background, perhaps mimicking smoke, liquid in suspension, or sheer fabric.
The Thousand Faces of Form
Real-time Audio-visual Performance. 2016
Five movement work for orchestra, bringing together music and visual art through the common language of mathematics.
Audiograph
Public Art Installation. 2015
A projected clock senses and visualizes the auditory environment in which it is situated, translating sound into light.
Searching for the Flow of the Tropical City
Single Channel Video Installation. 2014
Buses animated according to their schedule in a sped up 24 hour cycle typical of a weekday in Central Florida.
Local Notebooks
Laser Cutting and Etching. 2014
Meticulously crafted notebooks, featuring laser etched custom maps that emphasize alternative forms of public transportation.
Suspensions 6 & 7
Print. 2014
Appearing as a subtly shaded pencil or charcoal drawing, these black and white generative forms hang in a virtual space.
Process Prints
Print. 2014
Black and white prints with an architectural elegance, derived from mathematical equations.
Giant Marble Chute
Interactive Sculpture. 2014
An oversized cross between pachinko and a marble run, this interactive installation invites people to place cardboard tubes of various length and diameter onto a grid of pegs protruding horizontally from a wall.
Beautiful Chaos
Interactive Software Art. 2013
Use your hands to explore the curves and ripples of mathematical equations brought to life in vivid color.
Giant Marionette
Interactive Sculpture. 2013
Join the crowd to make the larger-than-life stickperson puppet dance.
Cardboard Tube Instrument
Interactive Sculpture. 2013
Slap the tubes with the foam paddles to play this "Blue Man Group" like instrument.
Mini Marionette
Interactive Sculpture. 2013
Miniature stickperson puppet with an icosahedron for a head, made from recycled cardboard.
Intersect
Public Art Installation. 2012
Two larger-than-life cardboard stickpeople rise overnight to occupy public spaces.
Four Dimensions
Real-time Audio-visual Performance. 2012
Single movement work for orchestra, surround sound electronics, and EWI, exploring the mathematical dimensions.
Interstitials
Real-time Audio-visual Performance. 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, and 2023
Minimalist grayscale generative animations cascade over a pipe organ, accompanying electronic compositions.
Spooky Organ Music
Real-time Audio-visual Performance. 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2023
Interpretive visuals for a variety of new and old classical music for pipe organ.
Alluvial Fan II
Print. 2011
Sweeping, organic forms resemble an aerial view of a mathematical river delta.
Sprites
Print. 2011
Intriguing lightning creatures hidden in the infinite possibilities of strange attractor space.
Untiled Faces
Interactive Sculpture. 2011
Command an abstract mathematical space with joysticks on a mysterious black box.
Box Kites
Sculpture. 2011
Mathematically generated calligraphic imagery adorns the delicate art kites.
Society of Stickpeople
Real-time Video Projection. 2009
Virtual stickpeople exhibit emergent behavior as they interact over the course of their short lives.
Double Pendulum
Interactive Sculpture, Print, Public Art Installation. 2008
Glowing, double pendulums exhibit the art and science of chaotic behavior.
Sign Language
Print. 2008
Sweeping, organic forms resemble an aerial view of a mathematical river delta.
Tiled Faces
Print. 2007
Faces emerge from the chaos in a grid of images that visualize a four-dimensional parameter space.
Chinese Warrior
Print. 2007
The smiling face of a Chinese warrior above his broad-shouldered armor, or a mustachioed warrior with a fanciful hat?
Death Mask 1
Print. 2007
With a gaping, leering mouth, this image evokes tribal customs surrounding death or spiritual forces.
Death Mask 2
Print. 2007
With a fractured skull-like form, this image evokes tribal customs surrounding death or spiritual forces.
Chinese Dragon
Print. 2007
The sweeping forms of this strange attractor outline an abstract face that reminds me of the head of a Chinese dragon kite.
Star Birth
Print. 2007
Virtual stars are born in the algorithmic expanse of this image, colored like a Hubble Space Telescope photograph.
Trefoil
Print. 2007
A delicate kite-like form drifts up towards you on unseen mathematical currents.
Society of Stickpeople Prints
Print. 2006
Digital chronophotography captures the evolution of an entire society in one frame.
Dance
Print. 2006
A dance of a billion particles—abstract forms of bright rusty orange swirl over a cyan background, perhaps mimicking smoke, liquid in suspension, or sheer fabric.
Suspensions
Print. 2004
Appearing as a subtly shaded pencil or charcoal drawing, these black and white generative forms hang in a virtual space.
Æxploration
Interactive Software Art. 2003
Part internal artist tool, part interactive installation for all to experience.
Aesthetic Explorations
Print. 2004
A 4x4 matrix representing a small portion of the parameter space of Pickover attractors.
