Some recent work

I have been extremely negligent about publishing posts. Its nearing the end of 2009 and I'll go ahead and make my first new years resolution right now: I am going to try to update this blog at least twice per month.
There is actually quite a lot going on for me right now. I recently completed two sculpture projects for Cliff Garten Studio, the first a bench/sculpture at the new Sacramento Valley High School Library and the other is a collection of small columns in front of the Academy of Art University in North Hollywood. Both pieces use a simple array of stainless steel rods bent into the same profile and welded together at connection points. It is a very simple design which work well for these low budget projects, but I am pretty pleased with how they look when lit up at night. The Sacramento photos were taken by my friend Linda Dang.




I am also working with my friend Liz Terschurr on the design and electronics for the set of a dance performance this coming February at UCLA. The stage will be crisscrossed with visible laser beams that control sound effects. The dancers are choreographed to interrupt the beams at key moments and create a real-time background score for the performance. Essentially this is a larger version of this laser harp but the beams will actually cross parts of the stage rather than being confined to a small area. I will post some videos and the code I am working on shortly. As always comments and suggestions are appreciated since I am a bit rough in my knowledge of writing code.