I am a researcher and designer with a background ranging from yacht and automotive design to architecture and live visuals. My research interests stem from the philosophy of technology and focus on new perceptions of the body and self through altering the perception of time and space in photography, video, and virtual reality. With this, I pioneered a new methodology for environmental data visualization called, realtime lapse (2013, IEEE) and the new aesthetic of 'time slice' in photography and visual culture (2010).

I hold a Bachelor of Science in Design, University of Cincinnati, and MFA in Design and Media Arts, UCLA, and speak and exhibit my work at international events and institutions. Since 2015 I have been speaking on artificial intelligence, augmented intelligence, and the ethics of technology.

After a 10-year hiatus addressing more urgent concerns (I founded a Tokyo-based AI company for environmental assessment), I completed my Doctorate in Media Arts and Technology, titled Aesthetics for a Philosophy of Scale.

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Exhibitions
2023 Mar Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles
2023 Mar Arts + Archive, Los Angeles
2021 Feb PRAXIS Gallery and Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis
2020 Feb Southern Utah Museum of Art (Permanent collection)
2020 Feb PRAXIS Gallery and Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis
2017 Apr Walt Disney Concert Hall for Los Angeles Philharmonic's Reykjavík Festival
2016 Jun Driving at the speed of the Nordic sun, USC School of Cinematic Arts
2015 Aug Mengi, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 Aug Hannesarholt Cultural Center, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 Jul Diffrazioni Multimedia Festival, Florence, Italy
2014 May Materials & Applications, Los Angeles
2013 International Photography Awards for two photos from the Salton Sea series
2013 Dec PØST Kamikaze, Reykjavík, Iceland
2013 Nov Default, SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2013 Oct IEEE VIS Arts Program, Atlanta, Georgia
2013 May Westmont Ridley-Tree Art Museum, Montecito, California, awarded Best in Show for Salton Sea Revisited
2012 Dec The Arts Fund, Santa Barbara
2012 Oct Istanbul Modern, 1st Istanbul Design Biennial, Turkey
2012 May Magenta for the CineChamber at Mutek, Montréal.
2011 Jun Speculative, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits
2011 May Spaceship Earth, Center for Contemporary Art, Torun, Poland
2010 Nov LandscapeTechne, Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia
2009 Nov amber Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 Aug SIGGRAPH, BioLogic Art Gallery, New Orleans
2008 Nov Outside of Sorts, American Design Club, New York City
2007 Apr Mapping Festival, Geneva, Switzerland

Invited Artist Talks
2020 Feb Towards a philosophy of semantics for AI, Southern Utah University
2018 Towards a philosophy of semantics for AI, Iceland Academy of Arts
2018 AI and Othering, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Sep Avoiding Nature, Iceland Academy of the Arts
2017 Aug Towards a philosophy of semantics for AI, Human Document Project, Freiburg University, Germany
2017 May Aesthetics of Temporal Perception in Virtual Reality, Experiential Technology Conference, San Francisco
2016 Jun USC School of Cinematic Arts
2015 Oct Pasadena City College, Department of Art
2014 Apr UC San Diego, Department of Art
2013 Dec Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík
2012 Oct Fabrica, Treviso, Italy
2011 Dec LAVA (Los Angeles Video Artists)
2011 Aug Visual Music Symposium, Concordia University
2010 Jul Korea Institute of Technology (KIST Europe), Saarbrucken, Germany. Human Document Project
2009 Sep School of Visual Arts, New York
2009 Jun UCLA Digital Humanities Symposium
2008 Jul ISEA (International Symposium of Electronic Arts), Singapore
2008 May 404 Festival, Trieste
2008 Jan Festival Futura, Eindhoven
2007 Apr VisuaLuxe, Tokyo
2007 Apr Mapping Festival, Geneva
2007 Apr Paysage Electronique, Lille
2007 Mar PixelAche Festival, Helsinki
2007 Feb REC Madrid

Essays, Papers and Articles
2016 Aesthetics of Temporal Perception in Virtual Reality, XTECH Conference, San Francisco
2015 Salton Sea Revisited: An Aesthetic Study of Realtime Lapse. Leonardo Journal, MIT Press, Volume 49, Issue 2.
2013 Salton Sea Revisited: An Aesthetic Study of Realtime Lapse. Proceedings of the IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP).
2011 Ecologies of the Machinic Phylum. Exhibit catalogue essay for Speculative.
2011 Other Earth. Exhibit catalogue essay for Spaceship Earth.
2010 LandscapeTechne. Exhibit catalogue essay for Landscape Techne.
2010 Deterritorializing Detroit. Paper for Spaces and Flows conference.
2009 Artifacts from a Parallel Universe. Leonardo Journal, MIT Press, Volume 42, Issue 4.
2008 Urban Intervention of Media Architecture. vague terrain 09. Edited by Carrie Gates.
2007 Introduction. Modul8 User's Manual.
2004 Masters of Light and Imagery, IdN Magazine, Volume 11, Number 1. Guest Editor.

Books
2015 Contributing Author: Mapping of the 2009 Tehran Election Protests. Hypercities: Thick Mapping in the Digital Humanities. Co-authored by Todd Presner, David Shepard, and Yoh Kawano. metaLAB Projects, edited by Jeffrey Schnapp. Harvard University Press. Project page.
2010 Designer, Contributor: Data as Capta by Dr. Johanna Drucker. Druckwerk, Los Angeles.
2006 Editor: vE-jA: Art and Technology of Live Audio/Video. h4SF Press.
2006 Editorial Concept/North American Curator: VJ: Live Audio-Video and VJing. Laurence King Publishers.

A collection of raw thoughts and well thought words are here: SpaceCollective. Here are two, more on SC:
Social Networking Tools and our Future Society _2008
Language as Virus _2009

Grants and Recognition
2020 Eccles Visiting Scholar
2020 Tanner Center Artist in Residence Grant
2012-2013 Robert W. Deutsche Foundation Fellow
2013 Westmont Art Museum, Best in Show Grant
2013 University of California Institute for Research in the Arts Grant
2012 Istanbul Center for Arts and Culture Grant
2012 Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Grant
2008 Honolulu Film Festival Gold Award of Excellence in Filmmaking

Online Interviews and Mentions
2022 Topia Magazine
2022 Topia Magazine
2020 APEX at Southern Utah University
2019 Visual Collaborative
2016 Voices of VR
2013 Fast Company
2013 Fast Company
2013 Flowing Data

Artist Residencies
2020 Zuni Mountain Sanctuary, New Mexico
2020 Southern Utah University
2013 SÍM, Iceland
2013 Skógar, Iceland
2013 NES, Iceland

Teaching
2017 Fall Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland: Visiting Studio Instructor for MA Design
2014 Fall Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland: Visiting Studio Instructor for MA Design
2014 Spring UCSB Art: Undergraduate Art & Technology Studio (Physical Computing)
2014 Winter Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland: Visiting Studio Instructor for MA Design & MFA
2012 Spring UCSB Media Arts and Technology: Graduate workshops on writing and presentation of artwork
2012-2013 Otis College of Art and Design: Product Design Technology Technology Studio (Physical Computing)
2010-2011 Otis College of Art and Design: Product Design History
2008-2012 UCLA: Design Culture; Media Arts History
2011 Summer UC Irvine: Media Design
2008-2009 UCLA, Teaching Associate: MArch II Studio
2006-2008 UCLA, Teaching Associate: Typography; Communication Design I & II

Other Things
2011~ Advisory Board Member for Center for Visual Music
2014 IEEE VIS Paris, Review Committee