RESEARCH
Applying theories of Play established by Stuart Brown, Wolfgang Iser, and Scott Eberle to the practice of Digital Interactive Installation, specifically featuring a cross examination of Camille Utterback’s 1995 Text Rain, as well as Italian studio FuseWork’s 2009 Snow Fall.
A detailed examination of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s 2005 Public Interactive Installation Under Scan, in addition to the artist’s contentious (and controversial) relationship with surveillance. Through this lens, a survey of the social consciousness of surveillance as a national practice is established.
An exploration of the intersection between Virtual Reality media (specifically virtual reality documentary media), and Cinema Verité (or observational documentary). Examines work by Lynette Walworth, Lucien Casting-Taylor, and Frederick Wiseman.
SCREENWRITING
LIMINAL is a short film about a man making the most important, and possibly the last, decision of his life. In order to adequately process this decision, he retreats to a mental space where he is confronted by a version of himself.
THE DIVINE is a proposed pilot for a series that follows a teenage girl through her journey of faith. Born into a Mormon family, she struggles with the religious expectations placed on her, and tries to reconcile her personal views with that of the church. Based on true events.