What my projects have in common is a desire to experiment and create new forms, particularly in unlikely places. Why shouldn't channel surfers stumble onto something surprising sandwiched between reality shows and wildlife docs?

My efforts balance aesthetic and ethical goals because I'm committed to social progress. I'd like to see television and other mass media become more playful, more poetic and more expressive of individuality.

The projects below were developed since 2004. Some were completed on my own, and some were highly collaborative, even corporate. For a few years I managed LAB HD, a television channel committed to video art. It started as a fantasy, but I was able to realize it through my day job with a media company.

For more background, here is my general artistic statement.

active projects




Ouroboros
6-channel 3D video, 2010

The history of the universe told through 3D animations that unfold in an immersive holographic space.
Created in collaboration with SWEATSHOPPE. Curated by Koan Jeffrey Baysa. / see more

Here's my Ouroboros artistic statement and an installation shot. Selected reviews:
The New York Times
XXXX Magazine (video)
Cool Hunting
DINCA Experimental Film Journal
flavorpill
Reality Sandwich
Tree Hugger

Epiphany
Immersive video, 2008

A journey through the afterlife presented as visual & musical poetry.
Shot in Greenland, Iceland, France and USA. / see more

4Monkeys
Immersive video, 2008

Custom software generates a swirling panoply of letters that coat
walls with secret meaning. / see more

Philogenesis
Theater, single-channel video, 2008

Short surreal films bring concepts of philosophy to life. / see more




past projects




LAB HD
Broadcast television, 2004 - 2006

A TV channel and collaborative artwork broadcast across the USA. / play LAB
LAB produced the Voom Portraits, which are now a traveling exhibit. / see voom portraits

Baghdad Transcendental
Process printing & charcoal, 2009

Large-scale prints recreate a walk through the ancient city of
Baghdad between wars. / see more
Fast Company says, " What Yoko Ono, Ali Hossaini, Julian Montague,
and Ranier Ganahl all have in common is a keen intuition of their urban
environments."

ArtTV
Single-channel video, 2001 - 2003

Sketches for a fantasy video art TV channel that became LAB HD. / see more

Divine Machines
Single-channel video, 2008

The history of eyes, cameras and optics in less than 10 minutes. / play video

Unperception Now
Single-channel video, 2006

A kaleidoscopic video postcard from the highlands of Madagascar. / play video




exhibitions

• Selection from Ouroboros, Charles E. Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music, Bowdoin, Maine, July, 2010
• Oceanic Verses, The New York City Opera at Skirball Center, New York City, May, 2010
• Ouroboros, Ise Cultural Foundation, New York City, March - April, 2010
• Baghdad Transcendental, The Drop Urban Infill, New York City, October, 2009
• Prints from Epiphany, The Kaufman Arcade, New York City, September 2009 - May, 2010
• Prints from Epiphany, Gallery 8, New York City, October, 2009
• Divine Machines, The Hackney Empire Theatre, London, UK
• Study for Epiphany, American Museum of the Moving Image Feb - April, 2008 (Image 1, Image 2)
• Unperception Now, Montreal Festival of Film on Art, Montreal, Canada March, 2008
• Productions from LAB HD, Perpetual Art Machine, Scope Art Fair, New York City March, 2008
• Unperception Now, Janos Gat Gallery, New York City December, 2007
• Productions from LAB HD, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California October, 2007
• Productions from LAB HD, San Francisco Cinemateque October, 2007
• Productions from LAB HD, Scanners Film Festival, The Lincoln Center, New York City July, 2007
• Productions from LAB HD, Borderlines Festival, Beijing June, 2007
• Productions from LAB HD, Orchard 47 April, 2007
• Unperception Now + productions from LAB HD, Anthology Film Archives November, 2006
• Study from Epiphany + productions from LAB HD, Anthology Film Archives June, 2006

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