Name: GARNET HERTZ
Homepage: http://www.conceptlab.com

Bio: Doctor Garnet Hertz is a Fulbright Scholar and contemporary artist whose work explores themes of technological progress, creativity, innovation and interdisciplinarity. Hertz is a Faculty Member of the Media Design Program at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California, a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Institute for Software Research at UC Irvine and is Artist in Residence in the Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction at UC Irvine. He has shown his work at several notable international venues in eleven countries including Ars Electronica, DEAF and SIGGRAPH and was awarded the prestigious 2008 Oscar Signorini Award in robotic art. He is founder and director of Dorkbot SoCal, a monthly Los Angeles-based DIY lecture series on electronic art and design. His research is widely cited in academic publications, and popular press on his work has disseminated through 25 countries including The New York Times, Wired, The Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, NBC, CBS, TV Tokyo and CNN Headline News.

EDUCATION

2009
PhD Program in Visual Studies, University of California Irvine
Concentration: Media theory and interdisciplinary arts practice.
Dissertation: This research takes an inverted stance to new media studies by looking at contemporary media artists that intentionally use obsolete media - outdated and "dead" information technologies - in their work. In the process, these examples are used as tools to understand the creative, historical and cultural advantages of reuse. A critical theory of a cluster of related activities is built, including circuit bending, D.I.Y., tactical media and media archaeology.
Completion: November 2009.
Advisors: Mark Poster (Media Theory & Intellectual History), Peter Krapp (Film & Media Studies), Robert Nideffer (Interdisciplinary Arts), Cécile Whiting (Art History).

2005
Master of Fine Arts in Arts Computation Engineering, University of California Irvine
Concentration: Technology, art and robotics: "Animal-Machine" (199 page thesis)
Project: Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot
Advisors: Simon Penny (Arts Computation Engineering), Mark Poster (Media Theory & Intellectual History), David Reinkensmeyer (Mechanical Engineering), Antoinette LaFarge (Studio Arts).

2005
Critical Theory Emphasis Graduate Program, University of California Irvine

1997
BFA, Studio Art (Magna Cum Laude), University of Saskatchewan, Canada

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009
In Memory of the Dead Media Handbook (Solo Exhibition) curated by Cristina Trivellin and Martina Coletti
Studio D'Ars, Milan, Italy

2008
Robotic Art - Studio D'Ars Oscar Signorini Prize Exhibition, with Haakon Faste & Shih Chieh Huang
Curated by Cristina Trivellin and Martina Coletti, Milan, Italy

2008
Evolution Haute Couture: Art and Science in the Post-Biological Age, curated by Dmitry Bulatov
Moscow International Film Festival, Russia

2007
Dutch Electronic Art Festival, DEAF07
Rotterdam, Netherlands

2007
ZOO, with Amy Youngs & Ingrid Bachmann
InterAccess, Toronto, Canada

2007
Emergent Reaction, with Casey Reas, Simon Penny & Peter Cho
San Luis Obispo, California, USA

2006
STRP Festival
Eindhoven, Netherlands

2006
Latitude 53
Edmonton, Canada

2005
The Art Formerly Known as New Media, curated by Sarah Cook & Steve Dietz
Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada

2005
Hybrid Creatures and Paradox Machines, directed by Gerfried Stocker
Ars Electronica 2005, Linz, Austria

2005
ArtBots 2005, curated by Douglas Repetto, Michael John Gorman, & Marie Redmond
SJMC / The Ark, Dublin, Ireland

2005
Hybrid Vigor 2005, organized by Simon Penny
Beall Center for Art & Technology, Irvine, USA

2004
Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (Solo Exhibition)
Machine Project, Los Angeles, USA

2004
Guerilla Studio
Siggraph 2004, Los Angeles, USA

2004
Hybrid Vigor, organized by Simon Penny
Beall Center for Art & Technology, Irvine, USA

2003
Twitch, curated by Risa Horowitz, with David Rokeby
Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Canada

2003
The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture, curated by Bruce Grenville, with Duchamp, Muybridge, Picasso & Stelarc
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada

2003
Posthuman System #1: Cockroach with Wireless Video, curated by Brenda Cleniuk (Solo Exhibition)
Neutral Ground Gallery, Regina, Canada

2002
Reload, curated by Hayal Pozanti & Mehmet Sinan
Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

2001
Ghost Town, curated by Gilles Hébert, Dan Ring, George Moppett, Noreen Neu, & Alexandra Stratulat
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada

2001
Eyesyrup, curated by Neil Zakiewicz
CADE 2001, Glasgow, Scotland

2001
Pacemaker (exploring relationships through the computer interface), curated by Mary Cross
Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Guelph, Canada

1998
Digital Documentary, curated by Steve Dietz
pARTs Photographic Arts, Minneapolis, USA

1998
Arts Électioniques, 1re Biennale de Montréal, curated by Sylvie Parent
Montréal, Canada

1998
Cyberarts 98: .NET Participant, jurors: Broeckmann, De Kerckhove, Gehorsam, Ito, Simon
Ars Electronica 1998, Linz, Austria

1998
Images sur le web, jury chair: Maurice Benayoun
IMAGINA 98, Monaco

1997
Desktop IS, directed by Alexei Shulgin
www.easylife.org/desktop/

1997
Incomplete Dislocations, curated by Liz Mac Dougall, Andreas Guibert, Julie Lapalme, & Bob Rogers
Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Canada

1997
Web Projects, curated by Frank Teksum
Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway

1996
Stretching the Negative, coordinated by Brenda Pelkey
Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Canada

1995
Emporium (Solo Exhibition)
AKA Gallery, Canada

1995
Art on Site, curated by Brenda Burne
Site specific installation, Saskatoon, Canada

1995
TV/Grow (Solo Exhibition)
AKA Gallery, Canada

1995
Furniture Works
AKA Gallery, Canada

1994
Staging Identities
Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Canada

1993
Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils, curated by Tim Nowlin
Touring Exhibition, Canada

1993
Bookworks Exhibition International, curated by Dik Campbell
AKA Gallery, Canada

AWARDS / GRANTS

2009
University of California Irvine, Humanities Summer Dissertation Fellowship

2008
25th Oscar Signorini Prize (Robotic Art), Fondazione D'Ars Oscar Signorini Onlus, Milan, Italy

2008
University of California Irvine, Dean of Humanities Research & Travel Award

2007
Honorable Mention, Vida 9.0 Art & Artificial Life International Competition, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain

2007
University of California Irvine, Dean of Humanities Research & Travel Award

2006
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, Emulex Fellowship

2006
University of California Humanities Research Institute, SECT 2006 Grant

2005
Audience Choice Award, ArtBots 2005, Dublin, Ireland

2005
The Canada Council for the Arts, Media Arts Travel Grant

2005
The Saskatchewan Arts Board, Visual Arts Creative Production Grant

2005
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, Emulex Fellowship

2005
University of California Irvine, School of Humanities Regents' Fellowship

2003
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, Research Fellowship

2003
University of California Irvine Arts Computation Engineering Graduate Program, Academic Fellowship

2003
Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program Foundation, Graduate Student Program Scholarship

2002
The Canada Council for the Arts, Media Arts Production Grant

2002
The Canada Council for the Arts, Media Arts Travel Grant

2002
The Saskatchewan Arts Board, Media Arts Professional Development Grant

1998
Today's 10 Most Innovative Sites Award, IMAGINA 98, Monaco

1997
The Saskatchewan Arts Board, Visual Arts Creative Production Grant

1997
University of Saskatchewan, BFA Distinguished Exhibition Award

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

current
Faculty Member: Adjunct Graduate Advisor
Media Design Program, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California

2010
Making Lab: A Rough Introduction to Circuit Bending
Media Design Program, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California

2009
Undergraduate Research Advisor: Projects in Ubiquitous Computing
University of California Irvine, Department of Informatics

2009
Teaching Assistant: Computer Games as Art, Culture, and Technology (US12)
University of California Irvine, Department of Undergraduate Education (Interdisciplinary)

2008
Teaching Assistant: Computer Games as Art, Culture, and Technology (US12)
University of California Irvine, Department of Undergraduate Education (Interdisciplinary)

2008
Undergraduate Research Advisor: Engineering Design (ME 229.3)
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Mechanical Engineering

2007
Teaching Assistant: Computer Games as Art, Culture, and Technology (US12)
University of California Irvine, Department of Undergraduate Education (Interdisciplinary)

2006
Teaching Assistant: Computer Games as Art, Culture, and Technology (US12)
University of California Irvine, Department of Undergraduate Education (Interdisciplinary)

2002
Adjunct Professor: Introduction to Digital Media
University of Regina, Department of Media Production and Studies

2002
Instructor: HTML Code
Soil Digital Media Suite

2002
Instructor: Typeface Workshop
Graphic Designers of Canada, SKN

2000
Instructor: Desktop Publishing Using Adobe Photoshop
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Kelsey Campus

1996
Instructor: Introduction to Adobe Photoshop 3.0
The Photographer's Gallery

RESEARCH POSITIONS

current
Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Computer Games and Virtual Worlds
Institute for Software Research, UC Irvine

current
Artist in Residence, Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction
Department of Informatics, School for Information and Computer Sciences, UC Irvine

2009
Mentor, Digital Content Lab
American Film Institute, Hollywood, California

2006
Research Fellow, California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology
University of California Irvine

2006
Research Assistant, Transliteracies Project
Directed by Alan Liu as a University of California Multi-Campus Research Group on the Technological, Social, and Cultural Practices of Online Reading

2005
Graduate Student Researcher, Game Culture & Technology Lab
University of California Irvine

2002
Artist in Residence (17 month term)
Soil Digital Media Suite / Neutral Ground Gallery and Artist Centre

ACADEMIC ADVISING

current
Haelim Paek, Chris Lauritzen, Hyun Ju Yang, Haemi Yoon (graduate thesis committee member)
Art Center College of Design, Media Design Program

2009
Matt Shigekawa, Jessee Joseph, Mike Tang (undergraduate research project)
University of California Irvine, Department of Informatics

2009
Chris Guevara, David Dinh, Richard Vu, Erik Olson, Matthew Wong (undergraduate research project)
University of California Irvine, Department of Informatics

2008
Marc Thibeault, Landon Thompson, Dane Tress, Joel Thiessen, Curtis Strauss (undergraduate design project)
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Mechanical Engineering

2008
Derek Visvanathan, Shaun Veroney, Adam Wilkinson, Jon Wiebe, Jackie Wang (undergraduate design project)
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Mechanical Engineering

2008
Shane Berezowski, Brian Bauer, Akbar Aziz, Rocky Benz, James Bartel (undergraduate design project)
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Mechanical Engineering

2008
Chris McCaig, Jason Lopinski, Thomas Mathacheril, Colby Mainil, Kyle Maynes (undergraduate design project)
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Mechanical Engineering

ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISING

2009
Los Angeles International Airport, Art / Mobile Media

2008
Saskatchewan Arts Board

2007
Soil Digital Media Suite

2002
SNMDA

2001
Graphic Designers of Canada

2001
Video Verite Electronic Media Arts Center

2001
NextFest Digital Motion Picture Festival

2000
Saskatchewan Arts Board

GUEST LECTURES

2009
Ball-Nogues Studio, Los Angeles Downtown Artwalk

2009
University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts, Interactive Media Division

2009
University of California Santa Barbara, Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program

2008
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art & Art History, Canada

2007
Concordia University, Montréal, Canada

2006
University of California San Diego, Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts Lecture Series

2006
Dorkbot Eindhoven, in conjunction with STRP Festival (Netherlands)

2006
University of California Irvine, Emulex Fellows Lecture Series

2006
University of California Irvine, Department of Dance

2006
University of California Irvine, School of Engineering (EECS)

2006
University of California Irvine, Informatics (Paul Dourish Research Group)

2005
University of California Irvine, Department of Film & Media Studies

2005
IEEE Sensors 2005: The 4th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Conference on Sensors

2005
California State University Long Beach, Art Department

2005
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Computer Science Human Computer Interaction Lab

2004
Dorkbot San Francisco, with demo at Survival Research Labs

2004
University of California San Diego, Department of Visual Arts / Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts

2002
University of Regina, Department of Visual Art

2002
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Commerce

2001
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art and Art History

2001
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre

2000
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Engineering

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2009
DAC'09: After Media, Embodiment and Context
Digital Arts and Culture 2009, UC Irvine, USA

2009
Prospectives.09 International Digital Arts Festival
University of Nevada, Reno, USA

2009
Z-Axis: Technique, Collaboration, Innovation
Paved Art & New Media, Canada

2009
BIL2009: Where Is My Cyborg Self?
California State University Long Beach, USA

2008
CAA2008: College Art Association 96th Annual Conference
Dallas, Texas, USA

2008
GSFIR 2008: Forum on Interdisciplinary Research
CalIT2, University of California Irvine, USA

2007
Epicenter: University of California Digital Arts Research Network
University of California Riverside, USA

2007
GSFIR 2007: Forum on Interdisciplinary Research
CalIT2, University of California Irvine, USA

2005
Defense: Models, Strategies, Media. Organized by Peter Krapp, Felicity Scott, and Beatriz da Costa
University of California Irvine, USA

2002
ArtSci2002. Hosted by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc., The American Museum of Natural History & the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
CUNY, New York City, USA

2002
Bridges II International Consortium for the Study and Exploration of Interdisciplinary Collaborative Processes in Art, Culture, Science and Technology
Banff New Media Institute, Canada

2002
Crossing Over: Negotiating Specialization in an Interdisciplinary Culture
University of Regina, Canada

PUBLICATIONS

forthcoming
Visual Geographies (with Michele Teran and Kate Armstrong)
BlackFlash - Canadian Journal of Photo-based and Electronic Art Production

forthcoming
E.A.T.: An Interview with Billy Klüver, in Science, She Loves Me
Mary Anne Moser, ed. Banff Centre Press

2009
A Collection of Many Problems (In Memory of the Dead Media Handbook)
166 page bookwork, 4.25" x 6.875" perfect binding, Telharmonium Press

2005
Animal-Machine
Masters Thesis, Arts Computation Engineering, University of California Irvine

2002
Interview with Steve Dietz
BlackFlash - Canadian Journal of Photo-based and Electronic Art Production

2002
E.A.T.: An Interview with Billy Klüver, in Explorations in Art and Technology
Linda Candy and Ernest Edmonds, eds. London: Springer-Verlag

2002
Le Parrain de l'art et de la technologie: un entretien avec Billy Klüver du groupe E.A.T.
Archée Cybermensuel (Trans: Kathleen Goggin & Pierre Robert)

2001
Coretext
Editor

1996
Fusion: The Electronic Journal of the Art and Technology Society International
Editor

1996
CyberStage Magazine - (Culture : Technology : Experience)
Design Assistant

SELECTED CITATIONS

forthcoming
An Insect Theory of Media: An Archaeology of Animals, Technology and Cultural Theory
Jussi Parikka, University of Minnesota Press

forthcoming
Sketches of Another Future: The Cybernetic Brain, 1940-2000
Andrew Pickering, University of Chicago Press

2010
Art + Science Now: How scientific research and technological innovation are becoming key to 21st-century aesthetics
Stephen Wilson, Thames & Hudson

2009
Hybrid Bionic Systems: Interfacing Insect Brains for Space Applications
Di Pino et al., International Review of Neurobiology - Brain Machine Interfaces for Space Applications: Enhancing Astronaut Capabilities, Academic Press

2009
Beyond Biomimetics: Towards Insect/Machine Hybrid Controllers for Space Applications
Antonella Benvenuto et al., Advanced Robotics, Volume 23, Numbers 7-8, VSP

2009
Beyond Design: Cybernetics, Biological Computers and Hylozoism
Andrew Pickering, Synthese 168:469-491, Springer

2009
The Companion to the Philosophy of Technology
Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen, Stig Andur Pedersen, Vincent F. Hendricks (editors), Blackwell Press

2009
Art and Electronic Media (Themes & Movements)
Edward A. Shanken, Phaidon Press

2009
Leonardo's Choice: Genetic Technologies and Animals
Carol Gigliotti, Springer

2009
Machine Project Almanac
Mark Allen, Lulu Press

2008
Biologically Inspired Robots (Springer Handbook of Robotics)
Jean-Arcady Meyer and Agnès Guillot, Springer Berlin Heidelberg

2008
Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War
Jeffrey A Lockwood, Oxford University Press

2008
Die Tryin': Videogames, Masculinity, and Culture (Popular Culture and Everyday Life)
Derek A. Burrill, Peter Lang Publishing

2008
Machine/Animal Hybrid Controllers for Space Applications
Antonella Benvenutoa, Giovanni Di Pinoa, Fabrizio Sergia, Domenico Campoloa, Dino Accotoa, Giovanni Assenzab, Paolo Maria Rossinib and Eugenio Guglielmelli, European Space Agency

2007
L'Image ramifiée: Le Photographique du Web (French)
Élène Tremblay (ed) with Bardini, Frenkel, Kroker, Lalonde, & Lamontagne, Éditions J'ai VU

2007
Multimedia Histories: From the Magic Lantern to the Internet
James Lyons and John Plunkett, University of Exeter Press

2007
Seeing Animals at the Zoo (Exhibition Catalog)
Matthew Brower, InterAceess Electronic Media Arts Centre

2007
Interact or Die (Exhibition Catalog)
Joke Brouwer, Arjen Mulder, Brian Massumi, Detlef Mertins, Lars Spuybroek. V2_Publishing-NAi Uitgevers

2007
Shared Authorship: Dispersal of the Artist in Electronic Fields
Raivo Kelomees, Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi, Issue 3

2007
Brains, Selves and Spirituality in the History of Cybernetics
Andrew Pickering, Max Planck Institute for History of Science, Berlin

2007
Screen- und Interfacedesign: Gestaltung und Usability für Hard- und Software (German)
Torsten Stapelkamp, Springer

2006
"Biocomponents: Bringing Life to Engineering" in Ingenia (Issue 27)
Peter Moar, The Journal of the Royal Academy of Engineering

2006
Animal Controlled Computer Games
Wim van Eck and Maarten H. Lamers, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg

2006
The Roads In-Between: Causeways and Polyagentive Networks
John Normark, Göteborg University

2005
Créatures hybrides : des blattes font office de pilotes high-tech (French)
Hybrid Creatures: Kakerlaken als Hightech-Piloten (German)
Jens Hauser, September 2005, Arte

2005
Hybrid: Living in Paradox (Exhibition Catalog)
Gerfried Stocker & Christine Schöpf (eds), Hatje Cantz

2005
Roboter: Geschichte, Technik, Entwicklung (German)
Robots. Genese d'un peuple artificiel (French)
Robots: From Science Fiction to Technological Revolution (English)
Daniel Ichbiah, Knesebeck Verlag / Editions Minerva

2005
A Better Robot, With Help From Roaches
John Schwartz, The New York Times, June 6th 2005

2005
Creativity & Cognition
Linda Candy and Ernest A. Edmonds, Association for Computing Machinery Press

2005
A Strange Dance: The Creative Collaborative Origins & Processes of "9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering"
Robin Oppenheimer, ACM Press

2005
Jennicam, or the Telematic Theatre of a Real Life
Barry Smith, International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, Volume 1 Issue 2, Intellect

2005
Make: Technology on Your Time, Volume 2
Mark Frauenfelder, O'Reiley Press

2004
Internet Art (World of Art)
Rachel Greene, Thames & Hudson

2004
The Body and the Screen: Theories of Internet Spectatorship
Michele White, MIT Press

2004
The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Work and the Culture of Information
Alan Liu, University of Chicago Press

2004
Selbst/Reflexionen: von der Leinwand bis zum Interface (German)
Matthias Steinle & Burkhard Röwekamp, Schüren Verlag Marburg

2003
Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology
Stephen Wilson, MIT Press

2003
Twitch (Exhibition Catalog)
Risa Horowitz (ed.), Steve Dietz & Jennifer Woodbury, aceartinc.

2001
The Origin and Development of Robotic Art: Towards a Chronology of Robotic Art
Eduardo Kac, Convergence 7:1, University of Luton Press

2001
Toward a Third Culture: Being In Between
Victoria Vesna, Leonardo 34.2, MIT Press

2001
Transmigratory Moves: Dance in Global Circulation
Janice D. LaPointe-Crump, Congress on Research in Dance

2001
Ghost Town: Judy Bowyer, Garnet Hertz, Monique Martin, Terry O'Flanagan, Ian Rawlinson (Exhibition Catalog)
George Moppett, Mendel Art Gallery

2000
Eden by Wire: Webcameras and the Telepresent Landscape
Thomas J. Campanella, in Goldberg's "The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet" (MIT Press) and Mirzoeff's "The Visual Culture Reader" (Routledge)

2000
Tele-Agency: Telematics, Telerobotics, and the Art of Meaning
Edward A. Shanken, Art Journal 59:2

2000
Web Work: A History of Internet Art
Rachel Greene, ARTFORUM 38

2000
The Question Concerning Humanity: Obsolete Bodies and (Post)Digital Flesh
Bernd Herzogenrath, Enculturation, Vol. 3, No. 1

2000
Networked Public Spaces: An Investigation into Virtual Embodiment (Dissertation)
Victoria Vesna, University of Wales College, Newport

1999
Interactive Strategies of Network Art
Elisa Giaccardi, CADE '99 Proceedings, University of Teesside

1999
Interaktivität - Wer mit Wem ? / Theorien zur Interaktivität & Interpassivität (German)
Stephan Schröder, GRIN Verlag

1998
Evolvendo - Esperienze di Network Art in Atto sul World Wide Web (Italian)
Elisa Giaccardi, University of Turin

1997
With the Desktop as a Canvas
Matthew Mirapaul, The New York Times, 1997 December 18

PRESS SYNOPSIS

ongoing
The New York Times, Wired, L.A. Times, USA Today, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, CBC, TV Tokyo, ORF, Deutsche Wella, Arte (Paris), Associated Press, Make Magazine, Discovery Channel, Science Channel, Artforum, London Times, I.D. Magazine, and CNN Headline News. Assorted press in Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States. Over thirty interviews on television, radio and film.

LECTURE SERIES ORGANIZATION

current
Dorkbot SoCal (Founder & Organizer). Monthly meeting of Southern Californian electronic artists, hackers, and theorists. Presenters have included Tom Jennings (World Power Systems), Mark Allen and Sky Frostenson (c-level / Waco Resurrection), Beverly Tang (Rhizome.LA / Sublimina), Lucas Kuzma (UCLA), Paul Yarin (Blackdust / RealSimSystems), Perry Hoberman (USC), Dan Novy (Flash Film Works), Spot Draves (Electric Sheep), Doug Goodwin (Reactive System), Ryan Schoelerman (elint arts lab), Annina Ruest (t-t-trackers.net), Schoenerwissen/OfCD, Andreas Schlegel (Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore), Daniel Sauter (University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Art and Design), Janet Hansen (Enlighted Designs), Brett Stalbaum (UCSD), Paula Poole (paintersflat.com), Neil Kearns, Marcos Novak (UCSB), August Black (UCSB), Dan Overholt (UCSB), Julian Bleecker (USC), Peter Brinson (USC), Phil Stearns (CalArts), Jay Mark Johnson, Jonah Brucker-Cohen (Trinity College Dublin), Casey Reas (UCLA), Mark Daggett (Radical Software Group), Naomi Spellman (UCSD), Michael Lew (MIT Media Lab Europe), Samuel Coniglio (Space Tourism Society), Jennifer Silbert (3form Architectural), Tod E. Kurt (Hacking Roomba), Mark Frauenfelder (Boing Boing / Make Magazine), Jed Berk (Art Center College of Design), Philip Ross, Suzanne Stefanac (Digital Content Lab at the American Film Institute), Allison de Fren (USC / alt.sex.fetish.robots), Greg Elliott (UCI), Simon Penny (UCI), Mr. Jalopy (Hooptyrides / MAKE Magazine), Bob Blackstock (Laminar Sciences), Eric Kurland, Ray Zone (ray3dzone.com), John A. Rupkalvis (StereoScope International), Dave Bullock (eecue), Rama Hoetzlein (UCSB), Damon Seeley (Electroland), Thomas Edwards (Dorkbot DC), Gilad Lotan (ITP), Steven Gentner (RoboRealm), Gil Kuno (UCLA), Brett Doar (UCI), Jerrold Ridenour & Anthony Magnetta (Nerd Droid), Tom Koch (univac), Kevin Mack, David Guttman, Brian Evans (Metropolitan State College of Denver), Deborah Aschheim, Brian O'Connor, Eric Gradman and Brent Bushnell (Mindshare Labs), and Dan Goods (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory). Jeremy Douglass (playpower.org), John Arroyo (remixin.com), Norman Klein (CalArts / Art Center), Tim Durfee (Art Center), Xuan "Sean" Li (UCSD), Jody Zellen, Heather Knight (Personal Robots Group, MIT Media Lab).

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Strong knowledge of contemporary digital media production. Natively fluent in digital photography, image applications and workflow including Adobe Creative Suite. Motion graphics and video editing includes professional production experience in Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Flash, After Effects, digital media compression, codecs, webcasting and multimedia / DVD authoring environments. Experience in professional 2D print production, pre-press color correction and calibration, typeface design, book design and print layout. Audio experience includes traditional audio recording systems, mixers, effects processors, and software-based tools. Exceptional understanding of MacOS-based systems, hardware configuration, optimization and troubleshooting. Knowledge of networking, including Unix system administration, routers, DNS servers, mail servers, FTP servers, Linux. Familiarity with Perl, PHP, DHTML, and database systems. Experience with electronic circuits, Arduino, Basic Stamp and PIC microcontroller platform programming, laser scanners / controllers / optics, RS-232 Protocol, X-10 Protocol, Serial-driven LCD displays, Serial-driven voice synthesis circuits, thermometer sensors, infra-red distance sensors, touch sensors / custom keyboards, motor controllers, actuators, touchscreen-based kiosk system development. Experience in production of several web-controllable device systems. Sculptural fabrication skills in metal, wood and ceramics includes arc welding, oxy-acetylene, power tools, drill press, band saw, table saw, and molding processes. Printmaking experience includes serigraphy, lithography and intaglio. Experienced in product, identity, information, and industrial design including offshore manufacturing. Working knowledge of securities regulations, employee / corporate regulations, venture capital, intellectual property law, trademarks, copyright and contract law.

CONSULTING / CORPORATE

ongoing
Development of over 200 multidisciplinary commercial and cultural sector design projects since 1996. Management of up to 19 full-time employees and raising of venture capital. Design formats include: web, touchscreen, CD-ROM, print, flash, video, type, information design, identity, prototype development, events, packaging, electronics, robotics, software and object/system construction. Clients include Jerry Bruckeimer Films / Disney, academia, advertising agencies, cultural industries, startups, publishing, manufacturing and electronics sectors.