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Email me: xarene ∂ gmail 13 Dec 2011_Presenting at LAVA (Los Angeles Video Artists). Casey Reas will also be presenting. 25 Aug 2011_Well-received talk on a...
 
Thoughts and Words 
A collection of raw thoughts and well thought words are here: SpaceCollective. Here are some posts which have generated conversation and emails: Social Networking...
 
Publications/Talks/Exhibits 
Books Editor: vE-jA: Art and Technology of Live Audio/Video. [Published Dec 2006] Editorial Concept/North American Curator: VJ: Live Audio-Video and VJing....
 
Architectural Organ I / Skin 
Architectural Organ I / Skin is part of my ongoing body of work which are explorations into the relationship between architecture and the body. Architectural Organs...
 
Song Origami 
In progress. First stage is Song Origami. The Opera is the second stage. Formal studies as well as technical experiments on morphing folded origami-like forms...
 
Origami Opera 
in-progress The Origami Opera is a five act science-fiction opera inspired by the works of Octavia Butler and Ursula K Le Guin. It introduces the Architectural...
 
Deterritorializing Detroit 
Deterritorializing Detroit: Fragmenting Architecture to Fuse Community A proposal for reorganizing current community center models by fragmenting and dispersing...
 
Salton Sea 
(Time as landscape. This is second in a series of projects studying time: one, three, four and five.) I am in love with the Salton Sea; it is a magical otherspace...
 
Other Earth 
Rooted in contemporary philosophies discussing issues of disembodiment, immateriality, deterritorialization, and nomadism, this body of work is a reaction to my...
 
Other Earth Artifacts I / Shelter 
 
Other Earth Artifacts II / HVAC 
Tentative Architecture of Coastline Inhabitants of Other Earth_ This rare artifact from Other Earth tentatively behaves similar to HVAC systems in brick and...
 
Other Earth Artifact III / treePod 
Your can own your very own Other Earth treePod! treepod is a rare artifact from the parallel universe of Other Earth where temporality of body and materials are...
 
Tentative Architecture 
Our bodies and our activities define architecture; architecture facilitates our needs. A space to rest, a space to cook, a space to love, a space to learn. The...
 
Escaping Architecture 
Pushing, pulling, stretching, cutting, and tearing... out. (large-scale, corner projection)
 
Habitat Studies 
In these series of ubiquitous habitat studies, I start with very restrictive rules and in each step open up to more freedoms of space and movement. My focus is on...
 
Hypercities 
Narrative mapping of the post-election protests in Tehran, Iran. (current as of 26 December 2009 protests) Interview by Dr.Todd Presner. All mapped information...
 
Sand Collection 
(Time as place. This is ongoing in a series of projects studying time: one, two, three, and four.)
 
Mile Marker 
(Time as memory. This is first in a series of projects studying time: two, three, four and five.) These sketches began during a cross-country road trip in 2001...
 
tartist 
(Time as luxury. This is third in a series of projects studying time: one, two, four, and five.) I bake awesome tarts. All fruit and herbs are from my own garden...
 
Data as Capta 
(Time as elastic. This is fourth in a series of projects studying time: one, two, three, and five. It is s selection of graphics from the Data as Capta project I...
 
Google Marriage Proposal 
The Romancing of Google: Corporate Personhood and Marriage Equality Read more about the project on Linda Samuel's blog, Cause of the Week. Press releases are...
 
'vE-"jA / VJ Book and Installation 
‘vE-”jA: Art + Technology of Live Audio-Video is a global snapshot of an exploding genre of performance: VJing and live audio-video. The book covers 40...
 
Rube 
(double-click to play) Rube is self-watering plant unit. Dry soil (lack of resistance) triggers a muscle wire which in turns moves the plant. The movement, picked...
 
Napalm 
(double-click to play) During the Vietnam War the Department of Defence published a book titled, Improvised Munitions Handbook, a guide for servicemen to mock...
 
Halcyon 
Unbuilt Old project from 1999 and the days I worked in architecture and interior design: Interior design for unbuilt 208' private vessel. PDF shows concept sketches...
 
Prana 
"Bites the germs off your hands!" Soap design for kids. The more they wash their hands, the more fish skeleton is revealed! The form of the soap is designed from...
 
Competition Things 
"Origami Sukkah" for Sukkah City NYC [2010] The decisive symbol of perpetual mobility and temporality is the nomad, one who carries all her needs on her back....
 
I am a researcher, designer and media artist with a diverse background ranging from fashion and automotive design to architecture and live audio-visuals. I hold a...
 
References for Song OrigamiLatestThoughts and WordsPublications/Talks/ExhibitsArchitectural Organ I / SkinSong OrigamiOrigami OperaDeterritorializing DetroitSalton SeaOther EarthOther Earth Artifacts I / ShelterOther Earth Artifacts II / HVACOther Earth Artifact III / treePodTentative ArchitectureEscaping ArchitectureHabitat StudiesHypercitiesSand CollectionMile MarkertartistData as CaptaGoogle Marriage Proposal'vE-"jA / VJ Book and InstallationRubeNapalmHalcyonPranaCompetition Things