TL;DR After over a decade of writing screenplays, I’m sharing summaries of two of my favorites that feel unnervingly relevant today: A-Ron & The Machine and American Guerrillas. A-Ron is a sci-fi action story about a young man who gets a backdoor into a global computer network that controls society. Read more…
Preserving Dance Culture Through Movement Over the past few years, I’ve had the incredible honor of working on Ephrat Asherie’s “UNDERSCORED” — a vibrant, multi-generational celebration of NYC’s underground club dance scene. This evening-length work isn’t just a performance — it’s a living archive. It preserves the lineage, love, and Read more…
🎉 We’re on FOX SOUL! On March 15, 2025, something wild happened: Never Enough – The Struggles of Cice officially premiered nationwide on FOX SOUL, thanks to a partnership with KoldOpen. Watching the show live on television with Cice, Man, and his wife was surreal — laughter, love, and disbelief Read more…
It started with a conversation between me, Shade Balderose, and Jami Morgan from the band Code Orange. The idea was simple but intense: a fully immersive, sweat-drenched, industrial-goth-techno-freakshow. We called it BLOODRAVE. (Unfortunately, no — they wouldn’t let us spray blood all over everyone. Plus, AppleCare doesn’t cover blood-damaged laptops.) Read more…
This past May (2024), I had the amazing opportunity to go to Geneva, Switzerland, as a guest artist and educator for the Mapping Festival. It’s an international gathering of visual artists, coders, and performers who are all pushing the boundaries of digital art. For two weeks, I got to work Read more…
Every so often, a project comes along that’s a perfect mix of storytelling, technology, and creative problem-solving. I was lucky enough to be part of one with Bricolage Production Company for their escape room, “The Mind’s Eye.” The project had been in the works since before 2020, and I was Read more…
Over the last few years, Pittsburgh has seen a growing trend in custom RGB light installations that are changing the way we experience our city’s public spaces, events, and businesses. From the enchanting glow of animated trees at UPMC Magee and Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in Oakland Read more…
Teaching the recent LED pixel mapping workshop at Tech25 in Pittsburgh was an absolute thrill. Over two packed days, we dove deep into the fascinating world of LED pixel mapping, exploring both the technical foundations and the creative possibilities of this innovative field. I want to take a moment to Read more…
I’ve been eager to write this blog post/tutorial about “Supercell” for over 2 years, but the timing had to be just right. We had to wait until after our final east coast tour dates to avoid spoiling any surprises in the show. Now that the coast is clear, let’s dive Read more…
While working on a Loupedeck profile for VDMX. I thought I’d quickly jump on making a profile for QLab. If you’re not familiar with QLab, it is a very popular show cueing software used in performance spaces around the world. Stylized by its GO button. QLab lets you build shows, Read more…
VJ software, such as VDMX, has a number of FX that can be applied to layers in real time. In this tutorial, I’ll demonstrate a way to integrate Snap Camera’s Lenses into your next performance.
DIY 3D printed foot weight for Knees Over Toes exercises.
Music video for WITHOUT off of MISC Record’s FURY ANGEL release for slowdanger 2021sound/movement: slowdangerediting: anna thompsoncamera/projection/after effects: Projectile Objects
I’m a fan of the Wireless Go II. This isn’t a sponsored article, but more of a release of something cool for something cool — and I’m also shouting out to Rode asking them to please update their Rode Central software to allow for batch renaming and exporting! (please) I’ve Read more…
A 3D printable DIY camera dolly that you can customize for your needs.
In August 2020, Sam Jimenez (production/lighting designer) reached out on behalf of the Grammy nominated band Code Orange. They were planning a show unlike any other before. A new adventure, but where to start? They wanted something immersive — larger than life. We needed a space. The ideas were already Read more…
for shadowing by slowdanger for the Kennedy Center in D.C. (@kennedycenter) in their Arts Across America series sponsored by Facebook with support from the Kelly-Strayhorn theater in Pittsburgh, PA (@kstheater). It was a tight turn around time for me with four shows in the same week. (BentTV DC, MachineGirl, Code Orange, and Read more…
COVID stopped the show, And started it up again in a whole new way! At the end of 2019, I set out to build a wireless camera mixing box for Machine Girl whom I was first introduced to in 2018 by the multi-talented Meg Fair. With their voyeuristic, bold, and Read more…
Projection mapping mask evolution for music video and live performance
I wrote this article at the end of February 2020, set for release in early March, but Covid-19 shut everything down. I was hoping to release this with more photos and videos “in use,” but for now, you’ll just have to take my word for it that these projectors work Read more…
It’s been a while since I’ve had time to post. For a moment I was optimistic about a “2019 year in review”, but that fell off by a few weeks of incoming projects. To keep things short, I’ll just post photos and videos with a few comments. Maybe one day Read more…
Thanks to @VIDVOX & David Lublin for the opportunity to be featured on VDMX’s blog. Check it out here: Projected fun from Projectile Objects
A project popped up with my friend Pandemic Pete. Los Mirlos ( “Blackbirds”) is a Peruvian cumbia band on their first USA tour. Pete wanted to give them something special — and 3D. This seemed like another perfect project to collaborate with Char Stiles on. Pete wanted palm trees, blackbirds, Read more…
Link for anyone who needs them. There are two Instagram presets. Wide with 16:9 Aspect ratio and the other is Square aspect ratio with HD resolution of 1080×1080 or 1:1 for IG If they helped you say thanks @ProjectileObjects on IG Adobe_Media_Encoder_Instagram_Presets Download and extract the zip file. Info to Read more…
I’ve been on the road for a few days with the TouchUpdate team preparing for our show premiere at New York Live Arts. This past week has been fantastic with our two showings at DancePlace in D.C. Their communications coordinator Amanda even made a video for Instagram TV. The project Read more…
::{{{ Update to this post at bottom of page }}}:: I’ve known the slowdanger duo for some years now. During a recent residency with them and Bill Shannon. We had time to talk about a future collab. I sent them this video of moving shadows. (gif now). They liked the Read more…
Original Blog post from Projection-Mapping.org before it retired. DIY: Automated projection mapping installation. Projection mapping installations are cool. Here’s a DIY method for automating your own… The sun goes down, the lights come on, and viola, you can make anything happen. But not all projectors have a built-in schedule or Read more…
I’ve been contributing to projection-mapping.org more frequently than my own blog and it has been some time since I last posted an update. For me, it’s a good problem to have, I’ve been busy… Over the last 2 years I’ve been piling up a collection of unedited videos from a slew Read more…
Its been a while since I’ve a moment to blog and even longer since the first OMG parties, including our infamous U-Haul Dance Party (<-Video / Blog Post <-). So we did it again, but this time we had a tunnel dance party. <- Why not?. The video was quickly put together Read more…