Author Archives: greg

Last summer when I first began seriously thinking about making art about the history of the personal computer, one of the early images that emerged for me was of a ghostly Doug Engelbart floating over the classically-white colonnaded building of … Continue reading →

While working so hard on shaping the Augment story, it’s important not to lose track of the aesthetic component: what will the pieces look and feel like? What will they be made of? This week I explored those questions by … Continue reading →

A couple of posts ago, I presented an outline for the story of the rise and fall of Doug Engelbart. Since then, I’ve been working on how to translate that outline into something visual. The core of the challenge is: … Continue reading →

I mentioned last time that I’m starting to approach my thesis as if it was a Hollywood blockbuster. Right now I’m in the pre-production phase which means: story work, character work, casting, design of the sets and props, special effects … Continue reading →

In my last post, I made a case for myth making as an important role for art which has once again become possible after a long absence during the modernist period. “Could art actually be important to how a group … Continue reading →