art projects

 

Selected Films


2005

  1. •Artists Medal, 19 min. video diary excerpt about how nice it is not to obsess about becoming an artist, screened at Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY (2005).

  2. •It’s Good– But It’s Not Video!, 8 min. ode to the categorization of “art” vs. “not art”, screened at Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY(2005)

  3. •Rock Opera Dance-Along, 45 min. remix of dance sequences from dance movies and rock operas, for personal use

  4. •untitled (30 sec. movie with eggs), 30 sec. pretty texture movie, screened at Rdece Zore International Women’s Festival, Slovenia (2007), You Oughta Be In Pictures, Boston, MA (2005)

  5. •Tanya and Her Knee, 5 min. video diary excerpt where my hand goes on a date with my knee

  6. •to Justin, 18 min. response to Justin Hall’s video diary nervous breakdown screened Anaïs Nin Video Diary Festival, Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, CA (2005).

  7. •The Boston Independent Film Festival Deadline is today, 7 min. conceptual piece about technology making film-making more like performance.

2004

  1. •Winds of Change, 4 min. improvised musical number about election results, screened Brickbottom Film Festival, Cambridge, MA (2004)

  2. •Adventures of the 4D Witch, 20 min. re-purposed-footage project by Sam Zimmerman; I did the voice-over

  3. •Blueberry Muffin on Martha’s Vineyard, 8-min. Halloween news segment for Plum TV

  4. •Air Paradise, 5 min. part-diary, part-fantasy movie about French openmindedness, has played at Rdece Zore International Women’s Festival, Slovenia (2007); Air Paradise, Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY (2004)

  5. •Porn is the Medium, 5 min. part-diary film musing whether porn is content or medium, made for the You Oughta Be In Pictures Festival, Boston MA (2004)

  6. •Dynamic Double Weave, documentary about electronic textile artist, screened at Boston Cyberarts Festival (2007).

2003

  1. •Naughty Garden, 5-minute erotic musical comedy has screened on HBO Real Sex, and at Oni Gallery, Boston MA, (2003); CineKink NYC, Anthology Film Archives (2003), New York; Brickbottom Film Festival, Cambridge MA (2003); You Oughta Be In Pictures Festival, Boston MA (2003).

2002

  1. •Make Your Own Holiday Musical Party, 22-minute musical comedy, screened Superette, at Deitch Projects, New York NY (2003); Superette, at Participant Inc., New York NY (2002); CCTV and SCAT Cable Access, Cambridge and Somerville MA.

2001

  1. •new century songbook: Level 1, 45-minute album excerpting musical moments from my video diary, excerpt screened at Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY (2005); full length screened at Digital Biedermeier, [d]vision–Festival For Digital Culture, Vienna;  excerpt screened at 24-hour cinema, Resonant-Wave Festival of Arts, Kultur im Spannwerk, Berlin.

  2. •Phi Phenomena Tour on Wheels, 60-minute documentary about noise musicians on tour

1993

  1. •inside, 5-minute hand-drawn animation, screened Carpenter Center, Harvard College, Cambridge (1993).


Selected Performances


2005

  1. •Porn On The Cob, Redtail Artist Collective, Boston, MA 

2003

  1. •How To Get The Gold, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge MA

  2. •Mother Love Raffle, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA

2002

  1. •my own MTV Video Music Awards, Whimsy, Somerville MA

  2. •Enlightenment Cookies, La Fete Du Sisk, Cambridge MADress You Up, with Allún, International Festival of Women, Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia

  3. •Body Language part 2, Subzero Festival, Minneapolis MN

  4. •Body Language part 1, 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis MN

2001

  1. •DUMBO Arts Festival, Massacceci fashion show, Brooklyn NY

  2. •Naughty Cherubs, Radio Free Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY

  3. •Mother Love Raffle on Phi Phemomena tour: MOCA DC, Washington DC, Good/Bad Art Gallery, Brooklyn NY, Berwick Research Institute, Boston MA, Hive Archives, Providence RI, AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH, Millvale Industrial Theater, Pittsburgh PA, Madlab, Columbus OH, Flywheel, EastHampton MA, Speak in Tongues, Cleveland OH, Fireside Bowl, Chicago IL

  4. •Tanya with Tanya, Scrape and Pry, New York NY

  5. •Strangers in Paradise, Scrape and Pry, New York NY

  6. •Washer Women, 12 turn 13, New York NY

  7. •new line, Obscene, Rebar, New York NY

  8. •Showgirl Revue, Madagascar Institute, Brooklyn NY

2000

  1. •/WOLF, happening to launch newcenturyschoolbook.com couture fragrance, New York NY

  2. •School Days, Rubulad, Brooklyn NY

1999

  1. •Frau Holle, Sidewalk Café, New York NY

1997

  1. •Mechanical Flight, Las Vegas Arts Factory, Las Vegas NV

1995

  1. •Klimmt’s Pear Tree, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge MA

  2. •Elvis: A Rockumentary In Puppets with Onion Weavers Puppet Theater, Cambridge MA

1994

  1. •Magic Box, Arts First Festival, Cambridge MA

  2. •Star Wars: The Trilogy In Puppets with Onion Weavers Puppet Theater, Cambridge MA

1993

  1. •Frogs of Aristophanes with Onion Weavers Puppet Theater, Cambridge MA


Plays & Musicals


Porn on the Cob, musical lamenting how corny contemporary porn is (20050

MONEY, reality musical encouraging artists to confess their financial situations (2003)

Naughty Cherubs, musical comedy pitching God against the Devil Woman (2001)

School Days, puppet-show with tragic bus accident (2000)

Mechanical Flight, one-woman musical about my fear of dying at age 25 (1998)

Elvis: A Rockumentary in Puppets, award-winning comedy musical (1995)

Star Wars: The Trilogy in Puppets, the great movies retold in puppets (1994)


Costume and Production Design (for other people’s productions)


2001

  1. •Costume design for Bereft, directed by Angela Delichatsios, St. Mark’s Theater, New York NY

  2. •Costume design for American Scandinavia House Museum children’s theater, New York NY

  3. •Props for Dick Play, directed by David Levine, La MaMa, New York NY

2000

  1. •Electronic Wizard Coat for June Powers’ European Tour

  2. •Costume and set design for Sport Fuckers, directed by David Levine. Theater for the New City, New York NY

  3. •Set design for Richard III, directed by David Levine, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, New York

  4. •Electronic gown consultant for Webby Awards 2000, San Francisco CA

1999

  1. •Props for Steve de la Steve spectacle, Sidewalk Café, New York NY

  2. •Costume design for I Still Arrive, choreographed by Omar Rahim.  Fresh Tracks winner, Dance Theater Workshop, New York


Group Shows


2006

too soon (collaboration with Tony Keefe), Pure, Brighton, MA

Pickle, Superette, Exit Art, New York, NY

5th Date, digital photos with Sean Stevens, Fort Point Open Studios, Boston, MA

2002

To/from, Superette, Cuchifritos, New York NY

Tribute to OVO, Punto G, Monokle, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2001

newcenturyschoolbook.com, net art nominees, ARCO 2001, Spain

artist multiples, Superette, Radio Free Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY

2000

Dress The Hippo, Virtual Circus, Revolving Museum, Boston MA

1999

Netscape No!, Gif-Art Generator, on-line show

1998

newcenturyschoolbook.com, uwzoo.com, on-line show

Mechanical Medusa, Downtown Summer in the City, Reed Whipple Gallery, Las Vegas NV

props from Mechanical Flight, Enigma Cafe, Las Vegas NV


Awards and Honors

2006Best Documentary Short, CineKink

2003Most Creative Screenplay, You Oughta Be In Pictures Festival

2001newcenturyschoolbook.com, net art nomination, ARCO 2001, Spain

1995Harvard Independent’s “Best at Harvard” Award for Elvis: A Rockumentary in Puppets


Panels

2005Director of 2nd Annual Anaïs Nin Video Diary Festival at the Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur, CA

2003Webby Awards Judge in the Personal Web Site category since 2001


Selected Bibliography

2004"The New Media Schooling of the Amateur Pornographer" by Katrien Jacobs, in Spectator April 2004

2003“Interview with Real Sex Series producer Patti Kaplan,” hbo.com

Radio interviews for HBO Real Sex, "Don and Mike Show," syndicated; "Mancow's Morning Madhouse," syndicated; "Drew and Mike Show," WRIF-FM Detroit; "Greg in the Morning Buzz," simulcast to WHEB-FM, WGIR-FM, WXMR-FM and WVRR-FM out of New Hampshire; "The Rock Morning Show," WIYY-FM Baltimore;"The Buzzard Morning Show," WMMS-FM Cleveland.

“The Naughty Garden,” October 02, 2003, Fifteen Minutes by William L. Adams

2002"Rdece zore III" women's festival review, March 18th, 2002 Mladina, Slovenia

Digital Biedermeier:  Reproducing the Private exhibition catalogue by Mirko Tobias Schaefer

2001"Looking for Art in All the Wrong Places" TakeOver: Ars Electronica 2001 by Jon Ippolito and Joline Blais

"Algunas de las obras presentadas al concurso de Net Art" El Mundo by Jose Luis De Vicente

"Critic's Choice" Chicago Reader by Liz Armstrong

"The Sound Is Furious" Rochester Democrat and Chronicle by Jeff Spevak

"The End of the World in an Hour" ArtVoice by Vance Lipscom

2000"Wired Women" ArtByte July August 2000 by Jon Ippolito

newcenturyschoolbook.com “Web Wrap” product mentioned in L.A. Times style section.

1995"The Cream of the Crop" Harvard Independent

"Elvis Speaks!  Thank You So Much" The Harvard Crimson by Ted Gideonse

“ARTS FIRST Festivities Showcase Talents” Harvard University Gazette

“Onion Fun” Fifteen Minutes by Lindsey M. Turrentine

1993“The Frogs:  Aristophanes With Strings Attached” The Harvard Crimson by Sarah C. Dry

“Hands-on Theater” The Harvard Independent by Steve Huang


Publications

2005"LoVid Videowear: If We’re Going to Work Here, We Might As Well Make Ourselves at Home," for Knit Knit

2003“The New Performativity”, cover story on new artists putting entertainment back into performance art.  Art New England, April/May 2003

2001“The New Vulnerability”, feature on new artists invigorating high tech languages with extreme human vulnerability.  Art New England, April/May 2001

2000“Next Sex,” daily dispatches from Ars Electronica 2000,  artbyte.com

Worlds of Nam June Paik.  Researcher for Guggenheim Museum exhibition catalogue backmatter.

1999“Through the Carpal Tunnel” covering new interfaces featured at CHI ’99, The Village Voice

“Smart Looks,” a report on electronic fashion design, ICON, vol. 3, no. 6

“Ars Electronica,” a review of the 1999 Ars Electronica Festival,  ArtByte, vol. 2, no. 5

“Ars Photographica,” photographs of exhibits and people at Ars Electronica 1999, Rhizome