the anti experience of Ed

A common paradigm in the new media genre are pieces that reflect some aspect of the viewer’s visual appearance - virtual “mirrors” that take in live video input (usually via webcam) and then feed back that visual data in intriguing ways. My interest in using this technology is not to simply present a two dimensional “mirror,” but to combine that effect with 3D graphics, creating an onscreen virtual space that is sculptural and architectural, as well as, graphical. I call the approach “3D Video Sculpture.”

“Trails” series and “Net/Body Motion” - Interactive screen based works examining our visual identity and the “lag” effect imposed by technology on our networked presences.

“Threads://HTML” - A work reconnecting human presence with the content and underlying structure of a web page.

“Threads://porn_personals” - The dream of making love, as represented by the abstract motion of a video clip of porn in 3D Video Sculpture form, gives life to online personal ads.