Umbrellas and Raindrops, 2015. Balloons, drink umbrellas, Max 7 programming.
Participants have the option of two rainy day activities during this 10 minute piece. They may work together to keep giant raindrops from falling to the ground, with the help of tiny umbrellas. They also have the choice to interact with a Max 7 program that allows users to translate any english alphabetic letters into images of rain from around the world. Images correspond to keystrokes, keys correspond to the first letter of the country from which the photo originates (e.g. type "U" for an image of children playing in the rain in Uganda). Note: number keys, punctuation marks, and some letters, like "X," do not correspond to an existing country; those keys instead correspond to various images of rain in the Max 7 program.
Performed at A World that Falls Apart in One Hour: an Experimental Media Performance Lab Interactive Event, XMPL, UCI, December 3, 2015.
To Take Your Breath Away, 2016. A Flux-inspired Score. [Simulation. Digital presentation for indoor participants]. QR codes, sunset images, and student reflections on paper.
Modified digital version [looped slides-above right] exhibited at Lumen de Terra, UCI's Art History Undergraduate Association's Annual Art Show, May 2018
A Twist on Painting, 2017. ~5 min. Performance (malleable to accommodate any number of participants), acrylic paint, "Twister" board game, audience participants' voices. Performed at Hyperfocused: A Performance Event, 2017.
Participants instruct the Painter to make marks on the back of a "Twister" mat, using the classic rules of the famous American board game. When the spinner lands on a color and a body part, the Participant calls out the results of the spin for the painter to apply in acrylic (e.g. for "right hand red," the Painter will cover their right hand in red acrylic, then proceed to make the red mark on the mat anywhere they see fit). If the newer edition of twister is used, the new rules must also be followed and performed. For example, when the spinner lands on a "T" space, the Participant must read aloud an instruction of their choice from the back of the spinner in order for the Painter to perform in addition to their color + extremity mark (examples of "T" instructions include "scream for 10 seconds," "bark like a dog," etc.). Participants take turns spinning and instructing the Painter until all Participants have spun at least one time. The piece may be repeated as many times as the Painter and Participants would like to perform, or as time allows.
Hyperfocused: A Performance Event. Performed at Claire Trevor School of the Arts Room 165, UCI, December 7, 2017.
Performed Pieces Include:
A Twist on Painting (Performed with Amanda Le)
Out of Darkness (Performed collaboratively with Keven Colchado and Cooper Woods)