News + Events

MARCH—MAY 2008

Maker Faire San Mateo CA., Blubber Bots Playpen. May 3rd-4th, 2008.

ALAVs 2.0 at FILE RIO 2008, Exhibition runs March 1st - 31st, 2008

NOVEMBER 2007—JANUARY 2008

Powers-Hall Galleries, "Near is Far", The Art of Three Maine Families. University of Maine at Machias, November 9th — Jan 7th, 2008.

Blubber Bots are on the cover of
Make Magazine issue #12, November 20th, 2007.

ALAVs 2.0 has been awarded with a Special Mention for the International Competition
VIDA 10.0, Madrid, Spain, November 9th 2007. You can vote for the Audience Award.

SEPTEMBER—OCTOBER 2007

Maker Faire Austin, Showed Blubber Bots. Travis County Expo Center, Austin Texas, October 20th-21st, 2007.

AER is an exhibtion at greenmuseum.org ALAVs 2.0 is featured in a group show curated by Andrea Polli, October 19th—, 2007.

Invited to
GadgetOFF 2007 NYC, exhibited ALAVs 2.0 at Liberty Science Center September 28th, 2007.

AUGUST 2007

invited to Robots at Play Festival on 23-25 August 2007 in Odense, Denmark. An exhibition of ALAVs 2.0 at Brandt's and Denmark's Media Museum. ALAVs 2.0 received an honor for Aesthetics

APRIL—JULY 2007

I was the shepherd of a one day workshop on building your very own
Blubber Bot at Machine Project, Saturday June 30th and July 14th, LA CA.

I was ask to pull out ALAVs 1.0 for an after party. Spark is a bold new competition—a unique crossroads of design, where the interests of all participants in the community are represented and their strengths brought to bear. Spark leaps beyond the '50s view of design to embrace criteria for process, strategy, integration, aspiration, collaboration, sustainability and other 21st century concerns. June 10th Art Center South, Pasadena CA.

Built and demoed a flock of Blubber Bots for reboot 9.0 reboot is a community event for the practical visionaries who are at the intersection of digital technology and change all around us..., May 31 - June 1, Copenhagen, Denmark

Maker Faire 2007, Blubber Bots debut, we built a few over the weekend. Also the Maker Faire Store had Blubber Bot Kits available. May 19th-20th, San Mateo CA.

Participated in the county-wide arts festival, the Imagination Celebration, with a younger audience. Family Day, on April 21, Beall Center, Irvine CA.

ALAVs 2.0 made an appearance at the Orange County Museum of Art, on April 17, 2007. Irvine CA.

I've been selected for the Beall Center for Art and Technology's 2007 "Emerging Artist" series. The next evolution of the ALAVs (2.0) will be on exhibit in a solo exhibition from April 3 - June 9th, 2007. Opening Reception: April 5, 6-9pm

DECEMBER 2006

TRANSITIONAL SPECIES—
a biotope for co habiting with others
Introducing the US debut of Autonomous Light Air Vessels (ALAVs) 2.0—. Art Center College of Design,
December 15th, 2006 (ALAVs 2.0)

CONNECTED— ART CENTER NABI, SEOUL KOREA
The exhibition aims to reflect on the current state of connectivity and relationship among people, environment, clusters of information, and objects in the networked condition of everyday life. Call 011 822 1537 4242 to speak with the ALAVs in Korean.
December 7-30, 2006 (ALAVs 2.0)

OCTOBER 2006

ACM 2006:
The ALAVs (1.0)
ACM 2006 Interactive Arts Exhibition. The theme of the exhibition is "Networked Realities & Prospective Locative Hacks" Santa Barbra, CA, October 22-28, 2006.


AUGUST 2006

SECT:

Seminar in Experimental Critical Theory— The geeseNecks exhibited at : "TechnoSpheres": New Work in the Art of Technology." Beall Center, August 18-27, 2006.

COLD STORAGE PROJECT SERIES: Herding Blimps & Wireless GeeseNecks, Sunday August 13, 2006

MACHINE PROJECT:
Presented a few projects at the Make Magazine issue #7 (backyard Biology) Launch party. Lecture and launch party- Saturday August 12,

JUNE 2006

The ALAVs (1.0) made another appearance for a children's robotics class taught by Syuzi Pakhchyan at Art Center.

APRIL 2006

MAKER FAIRE 'flocking blimp whales'
At the Make Faire, the ALAVs (blimp whales) captivated the kids in away I could not have imagined. I had the opportunity to refine my shepardding skills over that weekend. Some of the more notable attention came from Dave Lowder at Beyond Productions. They spent about 3 hours filming with the ALAVs for a science & technology program called Beyond Tomorrow that airs on Discovery Network worldwide. I also was interviewed by Jay Leno's film crew for the Tonight Show. April 22-23, 2006


DECEMBER 2005

ALAVs 1.0— First Flocking and Feeding
'The New Ecology of Things' supported by Sun Micro Systems, Art Center college of design. Pasadena CA, December 8, 2005


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