PROJECTS
I share stories and ideas through a variety of media, including writing, videos, and museum exhibits. Working on my own and with others, these projects make things visible, understandable, and interesting. They can help people recognize new elements of their world and, hopefully, imagine making changes.
Public History
Gearhart Knitting Machine
Video
Turn the crank and a sock forms by the ingenious magic of careful engineering– an ode to a favorite machine.
Inventing Lowell
Video
Lowell, MA was the first industrial city in the US and was design to work like a single machine. The city itself was an invention.
Mythbusters and the Joy of Making Things
An article about the joy of making and doing things, as seen through the lens of the Mythbusters TV show.
Cow Paths of Waltham
A graphic piece about how grazing cows designed the roads of Waltham, MA
Tinkering
CatalogDrowsyBot
ArtBot
The dreams of a library catalog terminal, forgotten in the sub-basement of the University library. This bot invents book titles and scrambled images of libraries.
DriveHomeBot
ArtBot
This bot posts map locations and updates from a long drive home.