I had no idea "For Promotional Use Only" I used to see stamped on CDs and records is, actually, unenforceable.
"For Promotional Use Only" = meaningless
Rob Ray
I make site specific electronic installations, experimental public games. I also make audiovisual cacophony with I Love Presets. I've recently relocated to Los Angeles, CA from Chicago via Rensselaer's Electronic Arts MFA Program in Troy, NY.
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Current and Upcoming Events
Tracing Mobility Open Platform
Sat Nov 26 2011 - Sun Nov 27 2011
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
10557 Berlin
Let's Be Drupals
class at The Public School Los Angeles
12:00 Noon, Sunday December 4th.
951 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA 90012 [map]
Range: Local, Distant, Fringe
a Radius experimental radio project
January - March 2012
WIZARDS
Feb 2011 (Date TBD)
curated by the mighty Todd Bailey
Secret Project Robot
389 Melrose St.
Brooklyn, NY 11237 [map]
Recent Exhibitions and Performances
GLI.TC/H Festival - Chicago, USA
Thurs Nov. 3rd - Sun Nov. 6th 2011
COMPUTE-A-LOVE interactive artwork
GLI.TC/H Festival - Chicago, USA
Fri Nov. 4th 2011
I Love Presets Performance
8PM, at ENEMY
GLI.TC/H Festival - Amsterdam, NL
Fri Nov. 11th - Sat Nov. 12th 2011
COMPUTE-A-LOVE interactive artwork
at MB Labs
Designated Drivers
a Temporary Services collaboration at
Social Mobility: Collaborative Projects with Temporary Services
The Block Museum of Art Evanston, IL - April - August 2011
Spider Kills Bee
Produced by Channel TWo
Gallery 400 Chicago, IL - June 2011
Boom Harangue
a part of Daisy Chain: An Anarchic Performance Event
Produced by Channel TWo
Antena Gallery Chicago, IL - May 2011
Infinite Descent (Helmet Cam)
a part of the TWEEN exhibition.
The Octagon
Chicago, IL - May 2011
You Can Do It! Good Job!
MDW art fair
courtesy of What It Is gallery
Chicago IL April 2011
Bedside Performance with the Russian Woodpecker (DUGA 3)
ASCII Chicago, IL - April 2011
Bucky's Animal Spirit
SXSW Austin TX - March 2011
I Love Presets performance
The Nightingale Chicago, IL. March 2011
BIKE BOX locative media exhibition.
Devotion Gallery, Brooklyn, NY July 2010
Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival
Cumbria, UK. April 1-3 2010
Reanimation Library exhibition
GRIDSPACE, Brooklyn, NY. Feb 28 - Apr 8 2010
Recent Residencies
Abandon Normal Devices Festival
Manchester, UK
September - October, 2010
Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) - Wendover, UT Residency Program
July - August, 2009
Recent Workshops & Presentations
Guest Lecturer - History of Media Arts
Orange Coast College, Tues. Nov 16, 2010
w/ Prof. Hillary Mushkin
Conversations on Media Culture and Practice - Oct 25, 2010
Center for Integrated Media - California Institute of the Arts
Abandon Normal Devices Festival - Oct 1-7, 2010
Cornerhouse with bus ride to the LIVIA forest - Manchester, UK
My Strange Sounds in Strange Places workshop
Moles Not Molar - Oct 16, 2009
GRAY AREA at The Crane Arts Building Philadelphia, PA
My "The Conqueror" Neo Benshi
art.tech at The Lab - Sept 6, 2009
The Lab, San Francisco, CA
My "Dissecting Bucky" presentation.
Dorkbot Chicago - Aug 27, 2009
Enemy Sound, Chicago, IL
My "Into the Wild: Electronic Art and the Great Outdoors" presentation
Recent Screenings
SUPERNATURE, Capital Region Arts Center, Troy, NY
May - June 2010
Blockparty and Notacon 2010
April 15-18, 2010
Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival
June 16-20, 2009
DIGIT 2009 Digital Media Exhibition (winner of the DIGIT Excellence in Cinematography prize)
June 12 -July 4th, 2009