I am an American-born experimental movement improviser and performance artist. My current primary performance works utilize the PLEO, an autonomous intelligent, robotic dinosaur, as a proximal, very primitive, engineered artificial attachment system. I work with the PLEO to 'unpack' the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence; I am interested in the interconnections between ethological research on imprinting, psycho-analytic and neurobiological theories of human attachment, and modern construction of AI systems. I have been seeking to describe both how the development of these technologies informs our relationships with our own emotional selves and how they will enable the human species to survive and thrive in the future.

My movement work is rooted in improvisation and collaboration. Whenever possible, I work with live musicians and open scores in performance settings that allow for experimentation and the unexpected. My solo work is grounded in the study of primitive animal and machine movements; I am motivated by the regression of consciousness into earlier biologically-evolved forms.

My artistic training and influences span Japanese experimental movement and theater methods, butoh, contemporary western improvisational styles, equipment-based movement, training as a visual artist, and as a social scientist and researcher. I have been presenting work in venues throughout the US and Canada since 1994. I currently collaborate and perform with a number of projects including the Sounds and Signs collaborative (with Liz Roncka, Olivier Besson, Haggai Cohen-Milo, and Amir Milstein), duet work with percussionist Max Lord, and choreography projects with artist Nathan Andary, as well as intermittent projects with many other local musicians and choreographers. Since 2007, I have co-curated the Zeroplan Performance Series with Max Lord which has hosted a bevy of acclaimed national and international experimental musicians and dancers.

PLEO Blog: http://lifewithrobot.posterous.com/