stumbling towards beauty

I’m a multimedia artist specializing in collaborative creation, writing, and performance. I work with words, bodies, music, images, lights, film, computers, and many many other artists.

current projects

Into The Green Green Mud

A novel (with pictures) about time and love and the weather. An ode to impermanence and the beauty in passing moments. Published online by Teacup Gorilla in collaboration with OddBird, with animation and music. Check out the demo and get involved. 2006-present. (related posts)

Vicious Trap

A phrase referring to the artistic collaborations of Julie Rada and myself. Also a blog of our writing, towards performance and otherwise. 2008-present. (related posts)

  • Variations on Riding Sidesaddle - An open-source novel/experiment on collective queer memory around the body. in development.
  • Pity+Fear - An operatic clusterfuck myth on tragedy, physics, sexuality, and the subtle difference between flying and falling. in development.
  • glASS (and other imponderables) - An in-the-moment performance meditation on Indra’s Net, the phenomenon that alchemies sand into glass, and what exactly constitutes polite behavior. Feb, 2011.
  • Missa Populi - A reclaiming of the Catholic Mass, dissected and rebuilt in the guise of performance and the name of humanity. March, 2010.
  • A Murder One Less - People (and houses) cannot always find out what they want to know. Uncertainty prevails. One evening, woman, man, and house collide; not all of them survive. Aug, 2009.

Teacup Gorilla

The artistic collaborations of Dan Eisenstat, Sondra Eby and myself. 2010-present. (related posts)

  • Teacup Gorilla (the band) - Petite and deadly.
  • Fuck You and The Fuck Off - Delta blues/punk. Robert Johnson + Johnny Rotten.
  • Missa Populi - see above.

OddBird

Building tools that help people do what they do. The brothers: Carl Meyer, Jonny Gerig Meyer and myself. 2008-present. (related posts)

  • Mozilla: Case Conductor - (contractors) Quality assurance test case management tool.
  • The Providence Plan: Master Lookup Table - (contractors) Land management mapping tool.
  • Susy - (creators) Responsive grid system for web designers.
  • Compass - (core contributors) Stylesheet authoring and sharing tool for web designers.
  • Django - (core contributors) Python web framework.

other projects I’ve worked on

Raven Jane

Creating moments of collective joy through music and performance. With Rachel Eisenstat, Dan, Sondra and myself. 2010-2012. (related posts)

The LIDA Project

Art collective with an emphasis on live performance, led by Brian Freeland. 2008-2010.

  • Roller Skating With My Cousin - Devised ensemble work
  • Rain /of Terror - Devised ensemble work
  • The Anonymous Mr. W. - Devised ensemble work

Countdown to Zero

Political theatre collective run by Julie Rada and Brian Freeland. 2008-2010.

  • The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht
  • My Name is Rachel Corrie - based on the words of Rachel Corrie, edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner

New World Arts

Alternative ensemble theatre in Goshen, Indiana. 2001-2007 (Artistic Director: 2003-2007)

  • Fear/falling by Michelle Milne - Devised ensemble work
  • Bigger Guns III - Devised ensemble work
  • Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley
  • Hello and Goodbye by Athol Fugard
  • Sadomasochism, In a Time of War, and Every Other Day by Eric Meyer

Dirt Circle Dogs

Bright/Dark music with Aaron Liechty, Dan, Sondra and myself. 2007-2010.

Elephants for Sale

Math-punk band with Jesse Miller, Mike Shank, Dan and myself. Loud in ever-shifting time signatures. 2001-2002.

Fetus Films

‘Slightly gay’ film production company with Eric Kanagy. 2002-2004.