Category Archives: commissions

TERMINAL Commission

  This year I am a recipient of a TERMINAL net art commission that I used to create a series of poem interpretations for the browser. Three classic works of literature from the 20th Century (“O Captain, My Captain”, “On the Road”, and “Waiting for You at the Mystery Spot”) are remade for the browser [...]

Mechanical Games Awards Ceremony

The Mechanical Games ended with an Olympic-meets-the-Oscars style awards ceremony in Manchester, England, at Cornerhouse last Sunday. Here are some of my favorite photos from the event. Super huge thank you to Debbie Chan for organizing so many project details. The event was a success, and meeting the participants was even more fun and gratifying [...]

Gearing up for the Mechanical Games

Voting begins next month at the Mechanical Games website. Part of the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival, this version of the Games is produced by myself with a lot of help from Cornerhouse. New to the Games: a real, live award ceremony, to take place on October 3rd from noon – 2 at Cornerhouse, Manchester, [...]

Mechanical Games Press Release

To celebrate Abandon Normal Devices festival in Manchester (1–7 Oct 2010), Cornerhouse are pleased to present this interactive project by media artist xtine burrough that will set up camp in Cornerhouse galleries on Saturday 24 July. The project created as an alternative performance and gaming event, seeks to inspire and re-ignite our imagination and interest in sport through filmmaking, [...]