NEOPOETICSDirector
2005 - Present
PHD STUDENT/GRADUATE ASSISTANT
DXARTS: Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media
University of Washington
September 2006 - Present // Seattle
INNOVATION COORDINATOR
Sixth College: Culture| Art | Technology
University of California San Diego
July 2004 - July 2006 // La Jolla
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Center for Research in Computing & the Arts
University of California San Diego
July 2004 - July 2006 // La Jolla
MEDIA DESIGN ASSOCIATE
Calit2: California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Technology
May 2005 - May 2006 // La Jolla
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, NEW MEDIA
DIRECTOR, NEW MEDIA INTERDISCIPLINARY CONCENTRATION
School of Communications and Theater
Temple University
July 2003 - July 2004 // Philadelphia
NEW MEDIA PRODUCER-IN-RESIDENCE
CO-DIRECTOR, NEW MEDIA INTERDISCIPLINARY CONCENTRATION
School of Communications and Theater
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 2000 - July 2003 // Philadelphia
VIDEOGRAPHER
Freelance Projects: Beautiful Beginnings, Wide Open Arts, Harakti Multimedia, Earthworks
2000-2003 // Philadelphia, Seattle, Omaha, New York
NEW MEDIA DESIGNER
Interactive Designer, HBO 2000 // New York
Interactive Designer, Private Labs 2000 // New York
Web Researcher, Wert & Co. 1999 // New York
Interacitive Designer, WNG Advertising 1997-1999 // New York
Interactive Designer,dotCom Development 1997 // New York
Content Developer, Microsoft Corporation: Sidewalk San Francisco 1997 // San Francisco
Interactive Designer/Design Consultant, Citibank 1996 // New York
Programmer,SmartMoney Interactive 1996 // New York
Information Architect/Programmer, The New York Times 1996 // New York
Programmer, Donovan & Green Advertising 1996 // New York
Interactive Designer,dotcom gallery 1996 // New York
Founding Partner, Media Farm 1995 // New York
Interactive Designer/Writer, Webbed Feats/Stephen Koplewitz 1995 // New York
WRITER
Connors Communications
1992-1995 // New York & San Francisco
CUMULATIVE NEW MEDIA PROJECTS 1994-2007
I have worked on new media production projects for the following organizations:
Aquarius Systems, allradio.com, AT&T, Beautiful Beginnings, Broderbund, Cap Gemini, California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Technology, CBS, Citibank, CondeNast, Connors Communications, Donovan & Green, dotCom Development, dotcom gallery, Electronics for Imaging, GetSmart, HBO, Harakti Multimedia, Hewlett-Packard, ICON International, Indigo Information Design, London Records, Madge, Mango, McKinsey Consulting, Media Farm, Megasoft, Microsoft Corporation, Neopoetics, New York Times, Picture Projects, Popular Science, Private Labs, Prodigy, Saab, Shiva Rea, SmartMoney Interactive, SonicNet, Specflic 1.0, Supernova, TeleBank, Temple University, Texas Instruments, Tuttle & Co., University of California San Diego, Webbed Feats, Wert & Co., WNG Advertising, word.com
NEOPOETICSNeopoetics is a synthesis of mythicalpoetic tradition, scientific paradigm, new media language, technoetic evolution, yogic embodiment, 21st century ritual, and contemporary convergences of archetype and experience. As Artistotle's Poetics and its corresponding Greek theater
provided structures of meaning and rituals of catharsis to ancient Greek society, so Neopoetics seeks to offer experiences that create and describe states of resonance - dynamic alignments of consciousness that illuminate the essence of a whole and unify its constituent parts.
It is through the experience of resonance in our bodies, minds, and organs of perception that we become transparent to the understandings that integrate, evolve, and illuminate our psyches.
the ancients called it an avatar when a god came down and landed in a body... the futurists call it an avatar when a human goes up and lands in the digital... in any case, they are instances of human potential transported and transformed by the technology of poetics.
HARAKTIHarakti was the ancient Egyptian god of the rising sun within a paradigm that worshipped the light of the sun as a living metaphor for the light of consciousness. Harakti Multimedia creates media/performance rituals that aspire to invoke and embody the luminous force of the ancient Harakti. Building upon the journey toward truth and self-discovery in alll of its historical manifestations, Harakti regards mythology as a living body of symbols and forms that connect people to a sense of the sacred and to themselves. Myth is not only tradition, nor is it limited to the religions or histories that propagate traditional mythologies. If a mythology is vital, it should be discovered, explored, experienced, questioned, shattered, exploded, and discovered again. Moreover, Harakti explores mythology in a language that is relevant to the present historical moment. Embracing technology as a major force in the shaping of contemporary consciousness, Harakti integrates the physical body and its technological extensions in the discovery of an evolving, multi-sensory ritual vocabulary that tells timeless stories through new media language forms.
Gemini Performance ProjectGemini is a new performance project created by Heather Raikes (Erick Hawkins Dance Company), Daniel Russell Kubert (Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company), and Pi Keohavong (MOMIX, Erick Hawkins Dance Company). As dancers who think, Gemini aspires to address and stimulate people's minds and bodies simultaneously. We synthesize and integrate media in order to communicate on as many sensory levels as possible. We combine dance, video projection, techno-beats, original text, layered sound, and digital animation to create technoshamanistic performance ritual - resurrecting and redefining poetry in a form that is concrete, kinesthetic, accessible, electrifying, and totally unlike any other experience.
Media Farm
Media Farm is a new media strategy, design
and production company specializing in original
online content. Founded by five graduates of
New York University's acclaimed Interactive
Telecommunications Program in early 1995,
Media Farm creates innovative interactive
content for online networks, digital cable, and
desktop multimedia platforms. An eclectic group
of designers, programmers, and concept
developers in Silicon Alley NYC, Media Farm
translates ideas into digital media in a way that
captures energy, presence, and humanness.
We create digital content for people, not machines.
We think that the key to creating successful
digital content is to capture an honesty and
alive-ness that engages people and offers them
a rich, meaningful experience that they will want
to return to. Combining top-quality design
with cutting-edge creative concepts and solid
execution, Media Farm works within clients'
parameters to create multimedia content that
has virtual presence.
The Erick Hawkins Dance Company
The Erick Hawkins Dance Company was established in 1951 by visionary modern dance pioneer Erick Hawkins following his illustrious career as a
dancer with George Balanchine and Martha Graham. Hawkins developed the Hawkins Technique, a subtle and powerful movement system derived
from his interest in kinesiology and the poetics of the moving body. This technique served as the foundation for hundreds of dances that resonated
with stark immediacy, ritual power, and the pulse of sensous embodiment. Hawkins' deeply poetic dances were always performed with live music,
and often utilized sculptural forms. Company collaborators included Lucia Dlugoszewski, Isamu Noguchi, Ralph Lee, Helen Frankenthaler, and
Ralph Dorazio. Erick Hawkins was the recipient of many awards and honors, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Dance Magazine Award,
and the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement in modern dance. Surrounding Hawkins' death in 1995, final
company performances were given 1995-1997 at the Joyce Theater, the American Dance Festival, and Jacob's Pillow.
| Visionary Landscapes Vancouver, Washington |
The Wave: Electronic Illuminated Hypertext | electronic text | 2008 |
| Dancing in the Digital Domain Seattle, Washington |
Purnachandra Raktva | stereoscopic animation/performance | 2008 |
| Technologically Expanded Dance Lisbon, Portugal |
futuRasa | media performance installation | 2007 |
| Global Mala Project Los Angeles, California |
An Invocation to the Dancing Universe | video | 2007 |
| Electrofringe 2007 ElectroOnline Newcastle, Australia |
The Wave: Electronic Illuminated Hypertext | electronic text | 2007 |
| On the Boards Northwest New Works Festival Seattle, Washington |
futuRasa | media performance installation | 2007 |
| E-Poetry 2007 Paris, France |
The Wave: Electronic Illuminated Hypertext | electronic text | 2007 |
| Imaginaria 06 International Film Festival Conversano, Italy |
flower | video (official selection: videoart) | 2006 |
| San Francisco Short Film Festival San Francisco, California |
flower | video (official selection) | 2006 |
| Siggraph 2006 Boston, Massachusetts |
Soma | physical media installation | 2006 |
| An Evening of Dance by Eric Geiger San Diego, California |
Warrior | video | 2006 |
| neopoetics video podcast online |
flower | video | 2005 |
| >play: The Berkeley Digital Media Conference Berkeley, California |
flower | video | 2005 |
| UCSD New Music Concert San Diego, California |
flower with live music by soNu |
video | 2005 |
| Calit2: California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Technology San Diego, California |
SPECFLIC 1.0 directed by Adriene Jenik |
choreography/ assistant direction |
2005 |
| San Diego Museum of Art San Diego, California |
flower with Allyson Green Dance |
video/ performance |
2005 |
| Merce Cunningham Studio Theater New York, New York |
flower with Kim Whittam & Company |
video/ performance |
2005 |
| UCI Dance/Film Festival Irvine, California |
2 meta-dances | video | 2004 |
| Interactive Media Forum: Creative Space/Digital Space Oxford, Ohio |
PULSE | media performance/ electronic text |
2004 |
| writinglobalization/currentswavestides Honolulu, Hawaii |
The Wave: Electronic Illuminated Hypertext (Prototype) |
electronic text | 2004 |
| The Philadelphia Fringe Festival Dance/Technology Program Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
The Wave | solo media performance | 2003 |
| Inscriptions In the Sand Festival Famagusta, Cyprus |
The Wave | solo media performance | 2003 |
| Temple University Randall Theater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
The Wave | solo media performance | 2003 |
| American College Dance Festival Bellingham, Washington |
Earth/Pool with Lou Cabeen, Catherine Cabeen |
video/ performance |
2003 |
| Temple University Randall Theater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Spring's Awakening with Kevin Cotter |
media performance | 2002 |
| Slingshot Project New York, New York |
Flyaway with Ulrike Heydenreich |
kinesthetic sculpture performance | 2002 |
| The Art Gym Portland, Oregon |
Earth/Pool with Lou Cabeen, Catherine Cabeen |
video/ performance |
2002 |
| International Performance Festival Barcelona, Spain |
Luminous Flux with Julia Ritter, Jeremy B. Warner |
video/ performance |
2002 |
| Gowanis Arts Exchange Brooklyn, New York |
Luminous Flux with Julia Ritter, Jeremy B. Warner |
video/ performance |
2002 |
| Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey |
Luminous Flux with Julia Ritter, Jeremy B. Warner |
video/ performance |
2002 |
| HEREArt Mainstage New York, New York |
cosine | media performance/ visual art |
2001 |
| Temple University New Media Performance Lab Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
cosine | media performance/ visual art |
2001 |
| Aaron Davis Hall New York, New York |
B.E. directed by Daniel Russell Kubert |
sound collage/ performer |
2001 |
| Temple University Interdisciplinary Arts Festival Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
1020 |
media performance | 2000 |
| The Wagon Train Project Lincoln, Nebraska |
The Who That Horton Heard directed by Daniel Russell Kubert |
video/ performer |
1999 |
| Clark Studio Theater at Lincoln Center New York, New York |
Sine | media performance | 1999 |
| Lied Center for the Performing Arts Lincoln, Nebraska |
Romeo & Juliet with Daniel Russell Kubert |
dance performance | 1999 |
| The Wagon Train Project Lincoln, Nebraska |
Sine | solo media performance | 1998 |
| The Ohio Theater/Downtown Arts Festival New York, New York |
Goddess Pouring | solo performance | 1998 |
| The Tenement Museum New York, New York |
Butterfly Macabre with Red Dive Artists' Collective |
media performance installation | 1997 |
| Mad Magda's San Francisco, California |
Goddess Pouring | solo performance | 1997 |
| The Wagon Train Project Lincoln, Nebraska |
Lepidoptera | media performance | 1996 |
| Erick Hawkins Benefit Concert New York, New York |
Lepidoptera | media performance | 1996 |
| word.com online |
Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers |
electronic text | 1995 |
| word.com online |
Confessions of a Female J.O. Clubmember | electronic text | 1995 |
| ITP Physical Computing Show New York, New York |
Still Point | interative video installation | 1995 |
| ITP Interactive Video Show New York, New York |
medeaproject | interactive video | 1994 |
| Duke University East Duke Theater Durham, North Carolina |
Kaspar by Peter Handke | media performance | 1992 |
| Duke University Shaefer Theater Durham, North Carolina |
Stranded in the Belly of a Sinner by Bill Weydig | media performance | 1992 |
| Duke University Branson Theater Durham, North Carolina |
Hamletmachine by Heiner Muller | media performance | 1992 |
Poetry in the Information Age
PoeticaNet/Stoa tou Vivliou
Artist Presentation Video
Athens, Greece
March 17, 2008
Projections: DXARTS
Henry Art Gallery
Artist Presentation
Seattle, Washington
March 13, 2008
Technologically Expanded Dance
The Faculdade de Motricidade Humana/Culturgest
Digital Prana: Exploring Convergent Dimensions of the Body Electric
Lisbon, Portugal
November 22-24, 2007
The Art of Vinyasa Conference
An Invocation to the Dancing Universe
(with Shiva Rea)
Las Vegas, Nevada
October 12, 2007
ICAM Lecture Series
UC San Diego
New Media Performance Laboratories:
Discovering New Dimensions of Language and Storytelling
San Diego, California
May 18, 2006
Calit2 Opening Ceremony/CRCA Research Neighborhood Exhibition
Calit2, UC San Diego
Presentation of Artwork
San Diego, California
October 28, 2005
SIGGRAPH 2005 Guerilla Studio
Los Angeles Convention Center
3D Area Collaboration and Presentation of Artwork
Los Angeles, California
July 31-August 4, 2005
OneTrees: An Information Environment
Collaborative San Francisco Bike Ride Conference
around Natalie Jeremijenko's Cloned Trees
San Francisco, California
November 5-6, 2004
PixelRaiders 2 International Forum on Cross-Disciplinary Art and Digital Practice
Shefflield Hallam University, UK
The Architecture of the Rheomode
Sheffield, United Kingdom
April 6-8, 2004
Interactive Media Forum: Identities & Cultures in Cyberspace
Miami University Center for Interactive Media Studies
The Wave: Mediations on Digital Mythology
Oxford, Ohio
October 26-28, 2003
Inscriptions In the Sand: The Sixth International Literature and Humanities Conference
Eastern Mediteranean University
The Wave
Famagusta, Cyprus
June 4-6, 2003
Interactive Media Forum: Academe & Industry Planning for the Future
Miami University Center for Interactive Media Studies
Synthesizing Signals: New Models for Interdisciplinary Concentration
Oxford, Ohio
October 20-22, 2002
Temple University Architecture Program Lecture Series
Tyler School of Art, Temple University
Fluid Architectures & Sampled Spaces: Reflections on a Media/Architecture Performance
with Mathew Davis
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 15, 2002
New River Journal
January 2008
Raikes, H. The Wave
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/journals/newriver/
PoeticaNet
July 2007
Raikes, H. The Wave
http://www.poeticanet.com/news.php?show_cat=8
American Communication Journal Special Issue: Inter/Active Performance
vol. 6, issue 3, Spring 2003
Raikes, H. Fluid Architectures & Sampled Spaces: Reflections on a Media/Architecture Performance
http://www.acjournal.org/holdings/vol6/iss3/index.htm
Recipient of 2003 American Communication Journal Article of the Year Award
Body/Space/Technology
vol. 2, no. 2, Summer 2002
Raikes, H. Fluid Architectures & Sampled Spaces: Reflections on a Media/Architecture Performance
www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/pfa/bstjournal
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (2006-2008)
DXARTS:
Courses Designed & Taught:
Undergraduate Research Studio
Dance and Digital Media
Fundamentals of Digital and Experimental Art
Leadership & Initiatives:
Digital Arts Writing Initiative (with James Coupe)
Dancing in the Digital Domain
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO (2004-2006)
Innovation Projects in Culture, Art, Technology Program:
Oedipus X Project
Redefining Categories Project
Questions Video Project
Innovation Web
Courses Designed & Taught:
SPECFLIC: Speculative Distributed Cinema Project Seminar
Digital Projects Seminar
Art/Technology Seminar
New Media Design & Artmaking
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY (2000-2004)
Courses Designed & Taught:
New Media Design/Aesthetics
Advanced Projects In New Media
Interdisciplinary New Media Production
Introduction to New Media
Broadband Authoring
New Media Synthesis
Graduate Acting Media/Performance Art Workshop
New Media Performance Lab
Virtual Environments: Media/Architecture
Advanced Web Development Workshop
New Media Colloquium
Physical Media Lab
GUEST TEACHING (1996-Present)
University of California - Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts
University of Montana Department of Media Arts
Temple University Department of Theater
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Dance
Sarah Lawrence College Department of Dance
Erick Hawkins School of Dance
ODC San Franscisco
Omaha Dance Collective
YOGA & MOVEMENT (2002-Present)
Guerilla Yoga
Yoga 105
Urban Yoga
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (2006-2008)
Digital Arts Writing Initiative
Mechatronics Faculty Member Search Committee
Dancing in the Digital Domain
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO (2004-2006)
Digital Literacy Planning Committee
Sixth College Identity & Media Design
Sixth College Orientation Committee
Sixth College Admit Day Committee
Sixth College ArtPower! Performing Arts Events Planning/Curricular Integration
Calit2 Opening Ceremony Exhibition: Sixth College Resonates
Calit2 Opening Ceremony Exhibition: CRCA Researcher Presentation
Calit2 Opening Ceremony Exhibition: Calit2 Communications Interactive Video Project
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY (2000-2004)
New Media Interdisciplinary Concentration, Co-Director/Director
New Media Performance Laboratory, Founder/Director
Provost's Commission for the Arts
Interdisciplinary Curriculum Committee
Arts/Media/Culture Interdisciplinary MA Curriculum Planning Committee
Joe First Media Center Planning Committee
e-Portfolios Committee
Tyler School of Art Architecture Program Design Studio
Film & Media Arts MFA Comps/Thesis Committee, Savani Dhumale
2006 DXARTS STF Award: Performance & Embedded Systems Technology Toolkit
2005 Instructional Improvement Program Grant for Innovation Projects
2004 Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Award
2003 American Communication Journal Article of the Year Award
2002 Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Award
2001 Temple University Interdisciplinary Arts Award
2001 Temple University Interdisciplinary Research Award
1999 Lied Center for the Performing Arts Commission
1996 Nebraska Arts Council Production Grant
1996 Presence Productions NYC Emerging Artist Award
MPS, Interactive Telecommunications Prorgram
Tisch School of the Arts
New York University
1997
AB cum laude
Duke University
1992
Workshops: Anne Bogart, Lucia Dlugoszewski/Erick Hawkins, Richard Schechner, American Dance Festival
Internships: New Dramatists (NYC), The Kitchen (NYC)
Assistantships: Anne Bogart
Teacher Training: Shiva Rea 200 Hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Certification Program
Physical/Performance Art Technique:
Yoga - Bikram Yoga, Jivamukti Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga (Manju Jois, David Swenson, Eric Powell, Tim MIller), Vinyasa Yoga (Shiva Rea, Gerhard Gessner, Jane McCormick), Anusara Yoga (Geri Portnoy), Iyengar Yoga (Joan White), Yogic Arts (Duncan Wong), Kripalu Yoga, Baron Baptiste
Hawkins Technique - American Dance Festival, Erick Hawkins School of Dance (Erick Hawkins, Cathy Ward, Gloria McLean, Todd Rosenlieb, Cynthia Reynolds)
Limon Technique - Clay Taliaferro, Barbara Dickinson
Modern/Jazz Technique - Simonson Technique (Lynn Simonson, Katiti King, Diane McCarthy), Billy Siegenfeld, Miguel Godreau, Luigi, Sean Feldman, Allyson Green
African/Haitian Dance - Julio Jean (Haitian), Judith (Haitian), Chuck Davis (African)
Ballet/Floor Barre - Jackie Villamil, Zena Rommett, M'Liss Dorrance
Specialized Forms - Yass Hakoshima Movement Theater (Mime), Daniel Kubert (Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane), Susan Klein and Barbara Mahler (Klein Technique)