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education
2000 M.F.A in Video/Multimedia, California College of Arts and Crafts [San Francisco, CA]

1999

M.F.A in Photography, California College of Arts and Crafts [San Francisco, CA]

1997

B.A. in Cognitive Science, minor in Photo/Media, Sarah Lawrence College [Bronxville, NY]

 
employment
2000 - present

Exploratorium

Multimedia Exhibit Developer / Multimedia Specialist
Center for Media and Communication, Web Department

2007 - present UC Berkeley Archaeology and Anthropology Depts. Independent contractor brought in for design, info architecture, and programming for Ars Synthetica, Remixing Catlhoyuk and Digital Nineveh Archives
2005 Smithsonian Independent contractor brought in for info architecture and programming for Legendary Coins
2000 - 2008

ReadyMade Magazine

Founding Creative Director; contributing designer,
and writer of the "Post-Martha" column

Fall 2004 Mills College Professor, "Constructing the Technological Other"
Introduction to mechanical engineering, electronics, and programming for artists
 
arts
2008

2nd Skin - Exploratorium [San Francisco, CA]
CNET news article : http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-9929676-52.html
2nd Skin site: http://www.exploratorium.edu/2ndskin/
Monster Drawing Rally - Southern Exposure Gallery [San Francisco, CA]
SoEx site: http://soex.org/monsterdrawingrally.html
http://bunnywax.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/monster-drawing-rally-recap/

2007

Microscopica - Royal Society of Microscopy, [London] online exhibition
HandMade - Rock Paper Scissors Arts Collective [Oakland , CA]
Monster Drawing Rally - Southern Exposure Gallery [San Francisco, CA]
Visiting Artist - California College of Arts and Crafts [San Francisco, CA]

2006

Alumni Exhibition - Headlands Center for the Arts [Marin, CA]
Monster Drawing Rally - Southern Exposure Gallery [San Francisco, CA]
An Infinite Library - interactive installation [Oakland, CA]

2005 Episteme - interactive installation [Oakland, CA]
Monster Drawing Rally
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Southern Exposure Gallery [San Francisco, CA]
2004

Artist-In-Residence, Winter Session , Djerassi Artist Residency Program [Woodside, CA]
Interface Explorer: Shared Boundaries - Public Netbase Media Center [Vienna, Austria]
http://interface.t0.or.at/virtual/vp06.html
Monster Drawing Rally - Southern Exposure Gallery [San Francisco, CA]

2002

Visiting Artist - San Francisco Art Institute [San Francisco, CA]
Artist-In-Residence, Djerassi Artist Residency Program [Woodside, CA]
Affiliate Artist - Headlands Center for the Arts [Sausalito, CA]
transgenic . taxidermy - Headlands Center for the Arts, Summer Open Studios [Marin, CA]
New Work - Fellowship Recipient Award Exhibition, Kala Art Institute [Berkeley, CA]
Improbable Loves - solo exhibition at BioArts Gallery, Genetics Savings and Clone [Sausalito, CA]
Fauna 2.0 - included in Teleopolis at the Exploratorium Museum [San Francisco, CA]
http://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/2ndwednesday/teleopolis.htm and http://sponge.org/projects/m3_sauna_teleop.html
Manual for Succumbing(Illustrated) - Headlands Center for the Arts, Spring Open Studios [Marin, CA]

2001

Visiting Artist - California College of Arts and Crafts [San Francisco, CA]
Visiting Artist - Experimental Film Video Screening Committee - Mill Valley Film Festival
Visiting Artist - San Francisco Art Institute [San Francisco, CA]
Fellowship Recipient, Kala Art Institute [Berkeley, CA]
Artist’s Book Production Grant,
Women’s Studio Workshop [Rosendale, NY]
Artist Annual
- Kala Art Institute [Berkeley, CA]
Freestyle - Southern Exposure Gallery [San Francisco, CA]

2000

Refresh - Cantor Center for the Arts [Stanford University, CA] Part of the symposium Digital Art and Technology at Stanford University. ContentProvider Project archived on ArtMuseum.net.
Strange Affinities - Pacific Film Archive [Berkeley, CA]
Point of Departure - California College of Arts and Crafts [San Francisco, CA]
Miniature Artist’s Books - Mills College [Oakland, CA] and San Francisco Center for the Book [San Francisco, CA]

1999

Personal Works Grant, Film Arts Foundation [San Francisco, CA]
NSC National Media Festival - Lincoln Center [New York, NY]
INDEX - Bruce Gallery, California College of Arts and Crafts [San Francisco, CA]
Endings - Fine Arts Cinema [Berkeley, CA]
X6 - Artist’s Television Access [San Francisco, CA]
NXN99 North by Northwest Media Festival [Liverpool, UK]
Sunspot Laboratory Show - Cal State LA Fine Arts Gallery [Los Angeles, CA]
Alternative Visions - Artist’s Television Access [San Francisco, CA]
Exposure - Bruce Gallery, California College of Arts and Crafts [San Francisco, CA]
Artist’s Theater Workshop [Oakland, CA]
Correspondence - solo exhibition at Door 3 Gallery [Oakland, CA]

1998

Murphy-Cadogan Fellowship, New Langton Arts [ SanFrancisco, CA]
The Measure of All Things - Great Hall Theater [San Francisco, CA]
Artichoke - Fine Arts Cinema [Berkeley, CA]

1997

Artiface - Carriage House Gallery [New York, NY]
THAW’97 Experimental Media Festival [Iowa City, IA]

1993

NYS School of Media Arts Residency [Ithaca, NY]
New Media
- Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College [Ithaca, NY]

1989

Artist’s Books - Hartell Gallery, Cornell University [Ithaca, NY]

 
awards
2006

MUSE Gold Award
Science & Education Category
Museums on the Web

For Accidental Scientist: Gardening , collaboratively designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/gardening

2005/
2006
100 Best Web Sites
(ISTE Publications)
The Exploratorium web site was recently selected by distinguished author James Lerman as one of the best Web sites for teachers on the Internet today. Mr. Lerman went through an exhaustive and rigorous process to select sites for his book 101 Best Web Sites for Secondary Teachers, published by the International Society for Technology in Education.
http://www.exploratorium.edu
2005 MUSE Bronze Award
Educational/Interpretive Science
Museums on the Web
For Accidental Scientist: Music, collaboratively designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/music
2004
Scientific American
Science & Technology Award for Astronomy
For Jewel of the Solar System: Saturn site, designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/saturn
2004 Griffith Observatory Star Award For Journey to Mars site, , designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/mars
2004
New York Times
"At Museums, Computers Get Creative"
by Katie Hafner, December 2, 2004
For Traits of Life: Energy from Death floor exhibit,
designed and built for the Exploratorium
Online at http://www.exploratorium.edu/traits/mouse.html
2004
Internet Scout Report
selected as an exemplary educational site
For Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon site, designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/chaco
2004
Astronomy Magazine
review, December 2004, p.100
For Jewel of the Solar System: Saturn site, designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/saturn
2004
New York Times
sidebar, October 12, 2004
For Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon site, designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/chaco
2004
Anasazi Heritage Center
requested as a stand-alone permanent exhibit
For Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon site, designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/chaco
2004
Internet Scout Report
selected as an exemplary educational site
For Jewel of the Solar System: Saturn site, designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/saturn
2004
Yahoo! Picks
August 15, 2004
For Origins, top-site, designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins
2004
Internet Scout Report
selected as an exemplary educational site
For Origins: Astrobiology site, designed for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/arecibo
2004
Internet Scout Report
selected as an exemplary educational site
For Accidental Scientist: Music; Sink-O-Pation exhibit designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/exhibits/kitchen
2004

Webby Award
Best Science Website

For the Exploratorium site, collaboratively designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu
2003

SIGGRAPH
Jury-selected to be included in the Siggraph 2003 Web Graphics Expo.

For Origins, top-site, designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins
2003 Britannica.com
The Exploratorium is listed
as a 5-Star Site
For the Exploratorium site, collaboratively designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu
2003 Internet Scout Report
selected as an exemplary educational site
For Accidental Scientist: Cooking; Meat section and interactive exhibits designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/meat
2002

Design-engine.com
article

Think crafters gone mad. Or perhaps twisted geniuses with time to kill
by Zenadia Serrano Espanol
http://www.design-engine.com/stories/geniuses.htm
2002 Webby Award
Best Education Website
For the Exploratorium site, collaboratively designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu
2001

Yahoo.com
Exploratorium listed
as a Yahoo 4-Star Site

For the Exploratorium site, collaboratively designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu
2001 New Scientist Web Links
Site of the Day
Wednesday, February 7, 2001
For the Exploratorium site, collaboratively designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu
2001 bigchalk.com
The Education Network
Best Award - March, 2001
For the Exploratorium site, collaboratively designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu
2001 Yahoo! Internet Life's
"100 Best Sites for 2001"
Best Science Museum
For the Exploratorium site, collaboratively designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu
2000 Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) 2000 Award for Innovation For the Exploratorium site, collaboratively designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu
2000 Forbes Magazine
Best of the Web
Science Category

For the Exploratorium site, collaboratively designed and built for the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu

 
skills
languages/programs
  • CS3 Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver)
  • Actionscript 2.0 ; some AS3 and PaperVision
  • XML, used primarily for externalizing content for Flash
  • HTML + XHTML
  • Javascript + CSS
  • Lingo for Director, particularly serial Xtra for sensor input
  • Final Cut Pro, used primarily for creating Flash video (.flv) for integration into web sites
  • Max/MSP/Jitter 5, used to make real-time interactive media installations, and do video processing
video
  • video production and compression for web-streaming from a server or a live feed via satellite (webcast)
  • set-up and production of time-lapse photography/videography
  • Final Cut Pro (3.0 and 4.0) systems; compression for multiple web video formats
photography
  • QTVR panorama and object VR shooting and production
  • large and small format digital
  • large format film (8x10 and 4x5)
  • alternative photographic processes (cyanotype, van dyke prints, tintypes)
hardware + fabrication
  • electronics design and fabrication using solar cells, pressure circuits, infrared triggers, and stepping motors controlled via serial connection to Director MX or MAKE controller kit
  • design and fabrication of mechanical automata using levers, pulleys, and gear systems
  • bookbinding, letterpress, etching and intaglio printing techniques