I'm a new-media artist/writer/thinker/educator/organizer living and working in Chicago, IL. I am co-organizer and co-founder of GLI.TC/H, an international noise and [dirty] new-media festival/conference/gathering. I also co-organize Upgrade!Chicago, a monthly art and technology series held at the Nightingale Theater. As an educator I've developed and taught courses on new-media art, Internet art + culture[s], remix art + culture[s] and experimental music. I develop digital/web/interactive projects for various clients with Branger_Briz. My work has been exhibited at festivals and galleries around the world including the FILE Media Arts Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Sydney Underground Film Festival, the European Media Arts Festival in Osnabruek, Germany, and the Images Festival in Toronto, Canada. My video work is distributed through Video Out Distribution in Vancouver, Canada as well as openly and freely on the web.