June 11th, 2008 by msantram
Sometimes, hearing tells us more than seeing; birders often identify a species by sound, and much danger in the wild, or in the city, can be avoided by a growl or a honk. With this project, we develop a soundscape of Manhattan through GPS-enabled mobile phones. [more...]
June 14th, 2007 by msantram
To celebrate Magnum Photography’s 75th Anniversary, our team created a 10-screen slideshow installation on Rockefeller Center’s Concourse Level. The slideshow contained hundreds of photographs from Magnum’s impressive archives and was viewed by an estimated million people!
December 15th, 2005 by msantram
The HotSpot is an urban heating vending machine that dispenses heat for set periods of time for a specified denomination of money. The HotSpot has been designed to create a shared social space, where we can positively alter and create better moods and dispositions for New York City visitors and residents during extreme weather [...]
December 15th, 2005 by msantram
INTRODUCTION
‘Smoke’ is an interactive window display where cigarette smoke transforms a recorded video of a solo dance piece. Designed to be installed in a window outside a dance studio or performance space, Smoke is motivated by and reflects upon the prevalence of smoking in the dance community. Participating in the installation requires that a user [...]
March 15th, 2005 by msantram
Bickr is an online website and physical installation that uses image-based games, or online photo competitions, to raise group effects where participants share physical spaces and compete with each other and against teams in other physical locations. [more...]