The exhibition is a series of data visualizations that weave together a story about population increase, climate change, natural disasters, refugees, and remittances and there affects on global communities. I was brought on to design and program the scenario about natural disasters and had the opportunity to work with three other amazing designer/programmers: Stewart Smith, Aaron Myers, and Bobby Pietrusko. The video was projected on a wall that circumscribes the gallery, surrounding the viewer with and immersive visual and audio experience. All visuals were created using Processing.


The scenario on natural disasters compares the magnitude and frequency of different types of disasters with the population affected by them. Through this, we see that disasters in the “global south” have a greater affect than those in the “global north” or “rich north”. In trying to understand this concept, I created an application that parses a database of disaster data (year, magnitude, location, displacement) and allows you to compare these sets of data at various scales.

This piece deconstructs the audio of Matmos’ “Germs Burn for Darby Crash” through a animated visuals in which the spectator is taken on an journey though abstract interpretation of internal physiology. The animations are controlled through live performance with a bandaged appendage. The piece was performed as part of the Visual Music Concert at UCLA’s Design | Media Arts department under the direction of Casey Reas.