the objects project
“objects” is a collaborative project of cheyanne epps and kyle lane-mckinley that shines light on the structural imbalance of power between police officers and ordinary individuals by researching, illustrating, and mapping incidents in which police officers have mistaken a commonplace object for a weapon, thereby authorizing the use of deadly force. epps and lane-mcKinley are […]
pescadero bike booth at zero1 garage
In Spring of 2012 I worked with some folks from Puente de la Costa Sur (PUENTE) to start a free bike repair booth at the farmers market in in Pescadero, CA., where there are a lot of folks who are dependent on their bicycles, but no local resources for fixing them. Slow to start, the […]
this is not a sign ‘zine
A rather silly attempt to “theorize” a rather silly collection of interventionist “street signs” that I made in the fall of 2000. The zine was made around the same time for Chris Connery’s “space” seminar in the UC Santa Cruz world literature dept, a course that has had many after lives.
building stories: secret spatial histories of santa cruz
As part of a three month exhibition titled “Work in Progress,” at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH), the building collective has been invited to create an installation that explores spatial stories of santa cruz. http://buildingcollective.org/2012/11/02/building-stories-secret-spatial-histories-of-santa-cruz/ PROJECT SUMMARY The building collective is interested in exploring and transforming spaces. For Work in Progress, we will transform […]
(re)turning the tables
returning to an old idea. hand-cranked phonograph, complete with bicycle hub dynamo which powers the amp / speakers. (re)turning the tables from kyle mckinley on Vimeo. as seen at Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) “Art that Moves” September 2012.
more toast
more in an ongoing series of toast. iconic names are the search terms to identify iconic faces in google image searches. each piece of toast in its’ place.
fun-a-day 2012
fun-a-day is an annual, dispersed event hosted by the artclash collective that ends with exhibitions of everybody / anybody’s fun-a-day results. This year I went for t-shirt-a-day. These appeared in the Santa Cruz Fun-a-day show at Pergolesi. Thanks to Elaina and Jenina for hosting.
re:building the public university
a project of the building collective, made possible by a grant from the Santa Cruz Faculty Association. project proposal: Re: building the University is the creation of a convivial and relaxed space at the site of picket lines on March 1st, 2012. Students and staff plan to picket, and, indeed, blockade, both entrances to UCSC […]
kepler app
With the guidance of Prof. Jonathan Fortney, our openlab research cluster created an iPad / iPhone / Android app as part of NASA’s “Summer Visualization Workshop.” Our app (forthcoming) encourages users learn about the exo-planets that NASA’s Kepler Telescope has been rapidly identifying. Below are images are of the custom cabinet interface that I built […]