The expressive and evocative capacities of abstract form are important complements to those afforded by other visual media such as text and information graphics. My theis work has focused on the design of real-time environments which allow people to create abstract shape, color and sound in ways which are direct, engaging, physical and communicative.

The images below are stills captured from my animated environments while they were being used. Several of these full-screen software pieces have been sonified, and can be used as real-time sound synthesis instruments in addition to visual performance environments. All software is written in C++ and runs in the IRIX and WindowsNT operating systems.

Meshy (1998) is an interactive drawing environment in which the user's strokes scaffold a gauzy mesh of animated elements. Users can gesturally tease and torque the mesh in real-time. A smaller version of this program has been implemented in a Meshy applet.