Key Projects
HIVE
New
Media Studio
at SAY Sí
I have founded the HIVE New Media Studio and have been its director since 2014. I've had the freedom and responsibility to define what "new media" means to a generation of young San Antonio artists.
In the HIVE New Media Studio, students produce digital and tech-based work, tie visual art and narrative together, consider interactivity as a feature of art, and explore new artforms.
Working sometimes solo, sometimes in teams, HIVElings make digital paintings and illustrations, draw comics and animations, write interactive fiction, program video games and procedural art, design books, card games and board games, build installations with AR, Kinect, microcontrollers and electronics, record sound art, compose and perform electronic music, and so on. They hone their practical trade skills by tabling and holding panels at conventions and fests such as PAX, Comic Con, San Japan, Zine Fest, and various pop-ups.
Similar to other SAY Sí studios, the HIVE challenges youth to reflect on the world around them, to do research and to critically analyze art, technology, and other contemporary topics important to them. Students use professional software, rely on technical documentation, learn to troubleshoot projects, and have opportunities to code in several languages. Since technology is always evolving, the HIVE fosters a commitment to self-directed and peer-to-peer learning that is beneficial beyond the specific technical skills learned in the studio.
Word Salsa
wordsalsa.com is a poetry-generating robot trained on bodies of work of dozens of San Antonio poets past and present.
Official San Antonio Tricentennial Celebration project.
Hobo Lobo
of Hamelin
hobolobo.net is a short infinite-canvas parallax web comic about a wolf and a town, his woodwind, and their rat problem
Seditious Industrial Complex Licensing Office
Installation, performance, papier-mâché, legalese.
Gift yourself the permission to do what you always wanted!
Affordable terms available.
Service your licensing needs at your local SIC pop-up.
The Guy Faux mask design is released into the public domain.
For a nominal handling fee, the license is available in traditional white, black, red, and DIY—but also as a Revolution Starter Kit™ plaster mold.
Hook up your friends and neighbors!
¡Adelante San Antonio!
Interactive kiosk component of the Dos Mestizx San Antonio Tricentennial mural
Design
Fine Art & Illustration
