Digital Picnic
A suspended holo-deck-like structure using projectors and a USB controller to adjust the environment with various images, patterns, and colors. I contributed production, assembly, conceptualization, and created visuals and an interactive controller using Arduino and Max/MSP, working with Christian Pepper and Robert Prochaska. We ultimately repurposed the installation into permanent furniture.
Related Projects
Bezeliness Intensifies
An art and research project in which I studied the aesthetics of frames and bezels through space-filling curves, packing algorithms, and reaction-diffusion simulations. The project also served as a personal investigation into various digital production techniques, including 3D printing, furniture making, pen plotting, rendering, video production, and reactive lighting for installations.
Cyprus Pavilion: Seoul Biennale
A lightweight VR installation featuring a 3D-printed, stereogram-inspired VR system that loops 360-degree stereo videos of climate modeling scenarios and disasters unfolding within a virtual model of Nicosia. I designed the system while assisting the VELab at the Cyprus Institute for the Cyprus Pavilion at the Seoul Biennale.
Guccibytes
An exhibition and print zine showcasing unfinished speculative pieces from our studio organization, Quipit, with a focus on revealing the often-unseen digital components of our work. The zine was printed on long scrolls wrapped around PVC lattices, with embedded QR codes linking to AR content in Wikar. Each contributor used the platform differently: some created virtual galleries, others showed complex models on virtual plinths, and I created a "3D portal" to show one of my miniature models staged in its fictional setting. The physical exhibition components were built from materials recycled from a previous project.
Quipit Student Survey
A participatory table installation in the school's atrium that challenged passersby with the question: What would you change if you ran the school? Designed as a platform for dialogue and collector of viewpoints, the table became adorned with students' handwritten responses, evolving into a mirror of collective sentiment. After a month-long response collection, QUIPIT—a student group in the University of Illinois' School of Architecture, with Ray Majewski, Christian Pepper, and Robert Prochaska—held an exclusive student event to discuss the gathered insights, culminating in a presentation to the school's director. Part of our broader initiative using tongue-in-cheek installation art and events to foster open dialogues among students, faculty, and administration.