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Arts Van Go

An $60,000 NEAExperimental Arts Grant Project

 

 

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I was a Grant Administrator - $60,000 National Endowment for the Arts – Experimental Arts Grant, a ($20,000 Annually) for Arts Van Go Christina Cultural Arts Center, Wilmington DE.

I Developed a mobile arts pilot program for Christina Cultural Arts with an NEA Experimental Arts Grant. It was the first experimental arts grant to be distributed by the NEA for a project of this nature.

The program served children in impoverished neighborhoods by bringing them a vibrant dance, literature and arts program. For the project I managed personnel, program budget, developed and organized the syllabi, designed and built the mobile arts studio and dance floor.

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Real World Barcelona

First Amusement Park Designed by New Media Artists

 

Description:

A Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno project, New York, N.Y., and London, England.

In 1991 I was asked by Laurie Anderson to submit proposals to Real World Barcelona a first artist-designed amusement park in the world. The park was a project that was instigated by Peter Gabriel as a way of bringing contemporary artists and their audience together.

Many Multi-media artists were designing project proposals. I Submitted eight proposals to Laurie Anderson for large scale, audio-visual experiences (52 pages of blueprints and written text). I chose one of the eight proposals named "Flight" and built a prototype called "Passage".

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Real World Barcelona (exerpt 18 of 48 pages)

 

 

FONline/Shoreline

A US Sprint
Grants Project

 

Description:

Special Projects Grant - US Sprint - Ponline/ Shoreline (a collaborate grants funded project). Concept of Matt Patulski, collaborative between Matt, Kristen Morse and myself.

The project entailed combining miked sounds of both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and transmitting that signal through the Sprint fiber optic network to play live for 45 minutes for an audience in landlocked Kansas City, MO.

I was in charge of the east coast. I assembled a crew and permit from Michael Feres Mayor of Rehoboth to secure 37,000 sq ft of beach and boardwalk areas of Rehoboth Beach Delaware (to isolate a recording area ocean and running XLR cables). As well I had to obtain permission from the Atlantic Boardwalk Hotel to obtain usage of their communication lines.

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