the mechanics of community is the latest DIWO project. we are coming together as a community to turn the most public gallery at San Jose State’s Art & Design School into an open workshop on electronics. we will be teachng artists how to use small electronics & robotics in their work and practice. James Stone is …
mechanics of community is a DIWO project created community and transforming the most public gallery at San Jose State’s Art & Design School into an open workshop on electronics. artists were taught how to use small electronics & robotics in their work and practice. James Stone participated as a guest instructor with a project called …
a machine inspired by a nostalgia of modernism, an absurdist algorithm. fontanaBot (2008) is a sattelite arm programmed to autonomously design and execute ‘slash series’ works as an homage to Lucio Fontana. the robotic arm is equipped with a vibrating razor blade. the programming decides the number of slashes, where they start and where they …
Tantalum Memorial: Reconstruction is a sculptural and technology project that commemorates the 4 million people killed during the civil war in the Congo. much of this conflict is directly attributable to the battle over the mining right for a high priced ore that is key in all contemporary electronic technologies, coltan. Tantalum Memorial: Reconstruction was …
publicDomain is an interventionist activity leveraging Etherpeg (http://etherpeg.org), the open source software that looks for the transmission of .jpeg and .gif files as they are sent over the public wireless system in the art history lecture hall at San Jose State. the images are collaged showing a real time visual study of the art history …
Parhelion is a projection environment sited at Villa Montalvo’s Love Temple during the Starry Starry Night program. Realtime images of the Sun from satellite observatories are cast on the ceiling of the temple structure providing a low and ambient light near and around the structure.. This video installation allows visitors to do the extraordinary: stare …
in 2007, i was commissioned to fabricate the Fang Quai, a yearly award to celebrate those who have made contributions to the CADRE Laboratory. My design is a modular sculptural piece manufactured by the Lego Corporation. DIY Fun is the name of the game! the award comes in a custom designed box with all the …
personal exchange: a social investment proposal is an interventionist performance that proposes a artist funding vehicle based off the dire need for organ donors. visitors schedule appointments for a consultation to explore if they would be willing to donate their organs/body to transplant in exchange for stock and liquid capital. the black market for transplants …
Karaoke Ice is a collaborative residency project originally built for the ISEA 2006/ZeroOne Festival in San Jose CA (August 2006). The project is a symbiosis of ice cream truck and karaoke bar. A theme park character, Remedios the Squirrel Cub, hands out ice pops and encourages the crowds to step up and sing. The song …
My work titled Fluoxetine is a soft sculpture representative of the bio-active chemical and is reminiscent of the plush toy transitional objects of childhood. Fluoxetine is an anti-depressant pharmaceutical. This chemical is popularly known as Prozac, the trademarked name by manufacturer Eli Lilly and Company. It is commonly prescribed for conditions related to depression and …