MAT Projects

Laser at DANCEiSM

Friday, September 11th, 2009

The organizers of DANCEiSM invited me to bring the interactive laser project to their show on Friday September 4th. It was held at Lot 613, a warehouse / event complex in downtown Los Angeles. They requested that I enclose the laser in an ‘abstract geometric shape’ to fit with their aesthetic direction. This was also [...]

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Mindshare LA August 2009

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Last night the laser was featured along side an impressive array of interactive multimedia projects at Mindshare LA. A crowd of over 400 expanded their views on new media and learned a bit about a wide range of topics from healthy eating to Guerilla improv. Below are pics of the laser installation as well as [...]

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Laser showcase at Mindshare LA

Monday, August 17th, 2009

I will be showcasing my Contours laser project this thursday at the August Mindshare LA, a monthly gathering featuring invited speakers, live music and multimedia art installations. This month Mindshare is at the Print House, a repurposed industrial space near Downtown LA. See more about Mindshare at mindshare.la Contours from Pehr Hovey on Vimeo.

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Contours at EwE

Friday, June 19th, 2009

My interactive laser project, Contours, was featured as an installation outside the concert hall at Everybody Wants Everything, the 2009 MAT End-of-year show. The installation consisted of both laser and traditional video projection driven by a webcam. In addition to the live laser outline the system also periodically sampled and accumulated outlines to display history [...]

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Videos at EwE

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

I was fortunate to have two videos featured in the demo reel for Everybody Wants Everything, the 2009 End-of-year show for Media Arts & Technology. In addition to the reel of generative colloquium intros I also showed an excerpt from an audio-visual collaboration with Aaron McLeran entitled “Pulse.” The video comes from the results of [...]

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Algorithmic Studies at EwE

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

I presented two sets of six prints at Everybody Wants Everything, the 2009 End-of-year show for MAT. The first set is exploring additive complexity. The images were constructed by layering hundreds of faint lines that add up to create the final image. They look fairly homogeneous from afar and it is only when you look [...]

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