Collection of work
Scream Chopper
Scream chopper is a take on the classic Flash helicopter game. Except instead of clicking your mouse you make a noise into your microphone. There is something very special about controlling something with sound. I like it when people stretch their comfort zones, so naturally I like making people yell and make strange noises.
Built in p5.js.
You can try the game out below. Make noise until the blue circle goes away and the game will start. You can set your sensitivity in the top left corner. https://www.wirelesstaco.com/dev/p5/screamchopper/
Interactive Table
This project was an exploration of a simple game with goal of creating a moment of play. I gave myself two challenges when creating this project. The first challenge was to build a game that lived on a single ws2812b LED strip. The second was that each player would only have a single button as input. I debuted the table at a show for an immersive theater company I am part of. The table lived as a pre show and after show attraction.
I did the programming and built all the electronics using an Arduino and a friend of mine took care of the physical construction of the table.
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Interactive Vest
I love getting people to play, especially when they are not expecting it. I built a vest that I wear that turns me into the game board. I stand between two people. Player one faces my front while player 2 faces my back. Player 2 will shout the color the appears on my back and player 1 will then press that colors button on my chest.
Built with Ardunio
Grood Actual show – RGB Shift Visuals
For this project Show Party(an immersive theater group) was tasked with activating Grood’s(A Band) actual show. We activated every song throughout the show, Ranging from puppets, dance and story telling.
I built this activation using Touchdesigner. I attached a 32 foot Powered USB extension to a Web cam that I carried out into the audience during the performance. The visuals projected behind the dancer have a 3 channel color split on a time delay per channel. So when you move, each of your color channels move at a different rate.
Clown
I am a clown. It’s a beautiful world to explore. There was a hole in the Chicago clown community that needed to be filled and there are too many beautiful performers in Chicago for that hole to remain. So to help fill the gap and build community I now run a monthly Clown Jam with the goal of developing work and community.
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Circus
About a year ago I decided to start training circus arts and it is a really wonderful world I am glad to be a part of. I am training Acrobatics, Hand Balancing and Russian Bar. I also Run the audio and AV for a monthly Circus show.
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Mask Making
I trained Mask Making and Lecoq based physical theatre for 3 months in San Miniato, Italy. I trained with master instructors Paola Coletto and Matteo Destro.
Agency Work
Kraft
Working with the team at Next Now Interactive I helped develop the Kraft Macaroni Interactive Floor experience. The project was deployed in Supermarkets across the US where users could interact with the Kraft brand. The experience was developed in Unity 3d, C#, Kinect and openCV.
BestBuy Intel
On two 9 foot tall totems there was an intel robot that the user could control by moving their body around and could trigger animations by discovering certain poses. The experience was built with the Xbox Kinect and Unity 3d.
GITHUB – Couch Games
During the closing event party at Github Universe this year I curated a set of couch games for people to play and enjoy. I was responsible for all things technical. Johan Sebastian’s Joust was the crowd favorite.
Websites
Trend Report.
This is a template I built out that can be highly customized for different articles. It was built in wordpress, using HTML5, CSS Javascript and PHP.
https://agencyea.com/experiential-marketing-trends-in-2018/
Cognizant Visualizer
This web app was built for an event where the client needed to easily be able to update goals they were tracking for their event. Our solution to give the client a google sheet to edit. This was a familiar format to them thus lowering the learning curve need to update the application.
It was built in Google Sheets App, using HTML5, CSS Javascript and PHP.
Other
These are some projects that I have built in the past. Some are more active than others.
http://www.unexpectedwisdom.com/