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International Debut: ‘1000 Cellphones’ at Synthetic Times 2008

June 15th, 2008 · No Comments

1000 Cellphones debuts at world’s largest media arts exhibition, Synthetic Times 2008, Beijing

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David Carroll, Sven Travis, Benjamin Bacon, and Haiyan Huang debuted their mobile media installation, “1000 Cellphones” at the opening of Synthetic Times 2008, a media arts exhibition at The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, as a Cultural Olympics venue.

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Adobe Case Study Published

October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

Web Ink for Mobile Media Curriculum
Adobe published a case study on my work with students at Parsons Communication Design & Technology in the area of mobile media design.

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Red Flags: The Great Firewall of China vs. Secret AT&T NSA Wiretap Rooms

August 1st, 2007 · No Comments

We enjoy a free and open society and promote it to the world as the model of existence.
We look to China as a totalitarian police-state undergoing hyper-capitalism.
We know that China’s internet is filtered by the Great Firewall of China, an intricate, secretive and semi-effective internet censorship system.
As a guest-professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, I [...]

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Red Studio: Teaching Design at Tsinghua

July 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Red Studio: Teaching Design at Tsinghua Design Professor reflects on his experience teaching at the Academy of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, over the summer of 2007.

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Lecture: The Origins of Interactive Media

June 21st, 2007 · No Comments

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The Origins of Interactive Media.

A brief examination of two influential American scientists who pioneered the idea of interactive information systems and graphics. Dr. Vannevar Bush, The Memex↑ and Dr. Ivan Sutherland, Sketchpad↑. Their research accomplishments resonate through every aspect of modern computing. A lecture given on Thursday, June 21, 2007, 13:30, Room B413 at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University.Sponsored by Information Art & Design in collaboration with Communication Design & Technology, Parsons The New School for Design.

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