untitled, 2001
24x36
compressed charcoal
Mom and Me, 2001
18x12
charcoal
self portrait, 2001
24x36
acrylic on canvas
Art at TEP, 1997-2000
Here are some of the tidbits I contributed to the magical atmosphere of my undergraduate living group, TEP. On the left is room 33, which about 10 of us painted during a weekend of debauchery. The only rule was that you were allowed to paint anywhere "on the walls", and you could only use paint that was already in the paint closet. Those were really the only rules. On the right is a geodesic dome (purple, in the background) I made that now hangs in room 22. Another picture of the dome when it was larger.
The magazine GEO (sort of the National Geographic of Germany) sent a journalist to do a story about MIT and he spent a couple of days at TEP capturing its unique ambiance. These pictures appeared in their pages: Room 22 (my desk and radio-controlled camera-car are also in the foreground), Room 23.
2.007 T-Shirt Design, 1998
I volunteered to design the T-shirt for the 1998 2.007 Mechanical Engineering Design contest, themed "Ballcano." Front (left), and rear (right). The hand, incidentally, was from my left hand. I could say that's because left-handers are often good at design, but really it's because that it fit with the graphic much better that way. Anyway I'm right handed. My front graphic design has been popular: subsequent T-shirt designs have also used it. Sightings : 2000, 2002, 2003.
Lobby 7 Installation, 1997
This installation appeared in MIT's "Lobby 7," below the MIT's small dome. Most students pass directly through the middle of this lobby on their way down the "infinite corridor," a long, narrow hallway that seems to characterize MIT culture: social interaction is discouraged. It is nearly impossible to have a dialogue with anybody you meet in the hall because you will be impeding other people's progress through the narrow, crowded hallway. Contrast this to open social spaces such as the Harvard Yard. This installation encouraged passers-through to slow their progress as they attempted to solve the maze.
untitled, 1995
8x12
pencil
"the Doohicky" by Sawyer Fuller and Kurt Freiler, 1995
14"
Small, painted balls are lifted to the top and roll down tracks to the bottom. The material is brass welded with solder. The motor and belt drive from a salvaged VCR power the lifting mechanism.
untitled, 1992
24x36
india ink