Technology & Art

I have always been interested in new technology and the way it allows us to communicate. When I was in third grade, our school had two computers that were hooked up to the "world wide web," and one of the teachers thought it would be good to invite students who might be interested in learning about it to join a club that would teach them how to use it. Most of the students didn't really care, however myself and two other kids joined, and we spent the next few weeks learning about "web crawlers" (search engines) and how one might find a site of interest on the internet (using a phone book type thing that listed [literally] every site on the internet).

Fairly soon after that my family got internet access, and I spent a lot of time searching out new sites, discovering the internet's more interactive features, etc. Even now, I do graphic design work which eventually finds its way onto the web, adding to that massive phonebook that I used in third grade.

The projects I've worked on in the past and am working on now have all drawn in one way or another from this interest in technology. A past project related to video games and their ability and/or inability to be classified as art.

My current project will focus on communication and the ability of many individuals to work together to create something greater than themselves (drawing on the ideas of swarm technology, the Wiki revolution, etc).