The interactive arts portfolio is highly collaborative. It is the many artists we bring into our projects which makes each project as unique as the minds, hearts and hands behind the art.
Feel free to explore our portfolio and meet the artists behind the making of each interactive arts (i.a.) project.
In addition to collaborative artists and organizations, a core team of artists is emerging from our continued growing portfolio of projects. Although this is not the full list of artists working within interactive arts on projects, each of these team members has gone above and beyond to become the founding heart of interactive arts. Please see each project in our portfolio for a more comprehensive listing of project focused artists and their individual biography pages.
Victor Samou Wong
Victor Samou Wong, after having explored the fields of molecular biology and visual effects animation is currently an animation, digital media, photography and science teacher for the Toronto District School Board. Here, Victor is currently the head of the ADVANCE Specialist High Skills Major, an exciting new program designed to prepare high school students for …
Chloe Leonard
About Chloe: Chloe “Rawhide” is a passionate artist and active community member who loves connecting and creating with others. Sun and fire and all things Lifey inspire this woman. She is committed to walking a path that integrates all ways of learning and self growth, including visual arts, meditation, physical health, spiritual growth, intellectual stimulation, …
Marc Reeve-Newson
About Marc: Am I an artist? I think that’s for you to decide, personally I find the label a strange garment, I’ve never really thought of myself as such. Now a mad scientist’s lab coat, that fits much more comfortably. I’ve always liked to create. From block houses big enough to climb into as a …
Alexander Kon-i Ho
About Alex: Portfolio Work With interactive arts (i.a.): The Heart Machine Burning Man 2010 Artistic Team Interactive Software and Systems: Max’s Right Hand Man Burning Man 2010 Onsite Core Team Alex Links: Personal Website:
Deane Hughes
About Deane: Portfolio Work With interactive arts (i.a.): The Heart Machine Burning Man 2010 Artistic Team Interactive Software and Systems Team: Creator of Musical Interaction Player Burning Man 2010 Onsite Core Team Deane Links: Personal Website:
Reid Orsten
About Reid: Reid is driven by three things: figuring stuff out, making stuff and communicating. And since Reid has to keep living, he searched for something to do where there would always be something to figure out, always something to make, and always something to communicate. The only thing he found was art, and he …
Chris Beaumont
Work with interactive arts (i.a.): The Heart Machine – Burning Man 2010 Artistic Team Sculpture Team Burning Man 2010 Onsite Core Team The Heart Machine – Nuit Blanche 2011 Artistic Team Sculpture Team Nuit Blanche 2011 Onsite Core Team The Humber Bridge Sculpture Artistic Team Concept Team Sculpture Team Humber Bridge Onsite Core Team …
Peter Stevens-Guille
About Peter: Peter is a professional engineer who has an interest in art projects. From assisting with the first all-welded stage set in South Africa as a student, he has progressed to working on The Heart Machine for Burning Man 2010, Flux and Fire in 2011 at the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa and the now revamped Heart …
Mark Szilard
About Mark: Fire combines the spirit of life, art and science for Mark. Inspired by four trips to Burningman, a fascination with the zen of design and creation, and working side by side with friends, Mark believes fire art is a great medium to help others connect with the magic of the universe. A Professional …
Ian Grindall
About Ian: www.firelightarts.com www.illuminair-entertainment.com Portfolio Work With interactive arts (i.a.): The Heart Machine Burning Man 2010 Artistic Team Sculpture Team Flame Effects Team Co-Lead (with Priya Sarin) Burning Man 2010 Onsite Core Team The Heart Machine Nuit Blanche 2011 Artistic Team Sculpture Team Performance Lead Official Media Photographer and Videographer Flux & Fire Nuit Blanche …
dian carlo
About Dian: Artist/Designer Full time maker and lover of life and adventure. Portfolio Work With interactive arts (i.a.): The Heart Machine Burning Man 2010 Artistic Team Sculpture Team Sculpture Design Lead Provider of the Main Build Shop for Part I of Build (SODI Designs) Core Instructor for Welding and Metal Fabrication Materials Provider Burning Man …
Priya Sarin
About Priya: Lawyer by day, artist by night and always thirsty for a new adventure, Priya has had a long history of balancing her need to express her creative energy with her practical and responsible side. After years of involvement in music, dance and visual arts, Priya joined forces with an amazing crew of friends and artists to …
Max Stevens-Guille
About Max: By day, Max is an executive for a global technology company. In his spare time, he works on interactive projects that combine hardware and software to create compelling – and hopefully artistic – experiences. Max creates both hardware and software, but enjoys systems integration most of all. For pleasure, he enjoys tinkering with …
George Foussias
About George: Portfolio Work With interactive arts (i.a.): The Heart Machine Burning Man 2010 Artistic Team Sculpture Team Sculpture Design Lead Graphics Artist for Concept Images Burning Man 2010 Onsite Core Team The Heart Machine Nuit Blanche 2011 Artistic Team Sculpture Team George Links: Personal Website:
Dani Cullimore
About Dani: Dani is an artist, researcher, and anthropologist who has spent a significant chunk of time doing volunteer work getting her hands dirty, in places like the Black Rock Desert and Pisco, Peru (BM DPW, BWB) Shortly after her first desert experience, she found herself in metal shops and art spaces in the Bay …
Christine Irving
About Christine: Christine Irving is a management consultant, artist and project manager in the technology industry. She was the first Canadian female artist to be commissioned by Burning Man for large interactive art. Irving is one of the founders of interactive arts and the concept artist, financer, and driver behind The Heart Machine and, but her …
Alex Leitch
About Alex: Alex lives and works in Toronto, where she works in IT for Major Public Institution (x). She is much better known for her work in brand and logo design with various arts groups around the city, including Site 3 coLaboratory and hacklab.TO. Alex dreams of leaving Toronto, flamethrowers in tow, to move to …
Neko Rutherford
Neko was co-sculpture designer of the Heart Machine project, with the method `design the idea, engineer it later` much to the chagrin of the other sculpture team members. She was raised by artists to believe there is no other way through life except making stuff. Neko’s work on the Heart Machine pre-dated her return to school …