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Lighthouse

The Lighthouse is a sugar rush of sensory immersion. Upon stepping inside, you are surrounded by digital screens, blue LED neon tubing, and mirrored spheres. Embedded control knobs act as a psychedelic sketchpad, encouraging visitors to draw on the walls…

Charger Wall

Created for the multimedia installation “Sirens: Secret Passkeys & Portals”, the Charger Wall symbolizes a technologically advanced power source within artist Virgil Ortiz’ fascinating sci-fi vision of Native American culture. The build took place in several steps over a period…

Woven Crystal Cave

The Woven Crystal Cave is soft and sleek – a futuristic womb for multiversal travelers. Everything but the floor is wrapped in soft, brightly-colored, hand-woven yarn. Glowing crystals emerge from the walls, breathing color. As guests move through the room,…

Wind Chimes

When an older LED artwork – affectionately nicknamed the “Robot Worm” – was removed from the exhibit, it left a noticeably dim spot in the middle of the exhibit. The Wind Chimes were constructed to fill this gap – adding…

Fishy Fountain

Originally, this concrete enclosure was an actual fountain, filled with recirculating water. After a series of maintenance challenges, the decision was made to creatively reimagine it in a way that would be more sustainable over the long haul. Plastic netting…

Cole’s Piano

Working on another someone else’s art – especially when significant changes are required – is both an honor and a responsibility. Cole’s Piano originally made music by way of an ingenious motor-driven system, agitating actual piano strings with rapidly-spinning zip…

Whorld

Whorld is a free, open-source visualizer for sacred geometry. It is controlled by dozens of parameters – manually, or modulated by oscillators – generating animations which evolve over time. A small but dedicated user base of visual artists have been…

Video Feedback

Video feedback is generated when a video output is routed back to its source in a circular path. Historically, it has been created by pointing a video camera at the monitor receiving its signal; it can also be produced by…

Process

Being a busy squirrel involves constant experimentation, learning, and play. Over the years, that has included a wide variety of disciplines and platforms. Hardware, software, video projection, LEDs, music, fabrication, hacking, repurposed trash – anything and everything is fair game…