WHIP is a 3D drawing program. The software intentionally breaks many of the traditional methodologies that apply to the physical painting process. By striping down the painter's skill set, WHIP provides professional artists a fresh encounter with the craft of painting.

Medium: Ink on archival matte paper (13''x19'', 33cm*48cm), hand-drawn using digitized pen with custom software.

Edition:  Limited, numbered and signed.

3 Min. Performance on interactive Audio-Visual Instrument.

The Hammond B3 Organ is one of my favorite musical instruments.

The original Hammond has 9 drawbars - each one controls a fundamental tone. Combined together they create the overall texture of the organ's sound.

I've always enjoyed playing the B3 'backwards' - instead of first setting the drawbars and then playing the keyboard, i would hold one note down on the keyboard and play with the drawbars, investigating the ingredients of a note rather than the notes themselves.

The Hammond Flower instrument lets me do just that. It provides an alternative interface to the B3's drawbars, and then extends the metaphor by adding a dissonance component. In addition, A visualization engine (center part) translates the overall sound texture into a visual architectural element.

In this piece, you'll see a 3 minute performance that i've recorded using the Flower Hammond. You can also fiddle with the interface and examine the tool during the performance.

Drawings + Java software drawing tool

Whip is a drawing tool that was very hard to master - which was also the point. Draw the unexpected by unlearning how to draw.

This page showcases several prints, a real-time movie of me drawing, and an online version of the tool.

Interactive (Shockwave 8.5)

This is Mood Sculpture #6. It was made around 2002.

This kinetic sculpture starts out as frazzle minded and disobidient. It won't react to your mouse. Try to calm it down by moving your mouse in calm and repetitive motion for a minute or two. The more you calm it down, the more submissive it will become to your motion. Eventually you'll be able to fully control its shape.