Examples of Student work and projects:
New Media and Dance
Part of the GWU Dance MFA program, this course introduced dancers to all aspects of video production, including lighting, shooting, editing and post production as well as the integration of interactive multimedia in dance performance
Interactive Applications with Custom Interfaces
Students programmed interactive applications on the Mac using original assets including pictures and video. The software was controlled by custom interfaces made by deconstructing and re- making computer peripherals.
Tools used included Quartz Composer software, soldering, found objects, video.
Serra Verb Videos
Beginning art majors made short, performative videos based on Richard Serra’s “Verb List Compilation: Actions to Relate to Oneself.
To Bend
To Spill
To Grasp
To Open
Interactive Installations
Students were tasked with creating a video installation that reacted to or was dependent upon the viewers presence. Solutions included multichannel video switching, interactive dioramas, and custom controller activated spaces