Howdy! I'm David – a video and motion designer.
I grew up chronically online and media-saturated. My specialty is designing live performances and immersive experiences using a wide range of 2D, 3D, realtime, and generative animation. I thrive in the styles of meta-theatre, queer punk, and hacktivism. My design work mainly lives on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and on my local street corner.
In my personal practice, I create interventions that play with public architecture, spaces, and expectations. Basically, guerrilla projection activism.
Nowadays I’m based in NYC and I spend my spare time making a mess in my kitchen, building open-source tools for fellow creatives, and fussing over my two cats.
Résumé
Video Design
2024 Watching You – New York Theatre Festival, dir. Richard Israel2023 Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom – co design. Ryan Belock
2023 The Helsinki Cycle – co design. Ryan Belock
2023 American Jukebox: Summer Remix – co design. Chris Werner, Busch Gardens Williamsburg
2022 Rewind – Theatre Row, dir. Richard Israel
2021 Red Eagle Soaring Festival – Red Eagle Soaring, dir. Tara Moses and Madeline Sayet
2021 Airvengers – ARS NOVA, dir. Jenny Koons
2020 Artifacts – web, original solo performance
2019 Flint – Arthur Miller Theatre, dir. Dexter Singleton
2019 Wikipedia – Duderstadt Video Studio, original solo performance
2018 david. – Duderstadt Video Studio, original solo performance
Assistant / Associate / Animation
2024 Purple Rain - workshop, anim. Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom2024 Maybe Happy Ending - Belasco Theatre (Broadway), assoc. George Reeve
2024 NBC Universal Upfronts - anim. DF Productions
2024 Scarlett Dreams - Greenwich House Theatre, anim. Brian Pacelli
2024 Beaches – Theatre Calgary, anim. David Bengali Studio
2024 The Wiz – Marquis Theatre (Broadway), anim. Daniel Brodie
2024 Bhangra Nation – Birmingham Rep, anim. David Bengali Studio
2023 Peter Pan – National Tour, assoc. David Bengali Studio
2023 FOX Upfronts – anim. DF Productions
2023 Letters from Max – Signature Theatre, asst. Katy Tucker
2022 The Hours – MET Opera, assoc. Finn Ross
2022 Justin Bieber at F1 in Jeddah – anim. POSSIBLE
2022 The Piano Lesson – Barrymore Theatre (Broadway), anim. Jeff Sugg
2022 Mr. Saturday Night – Nederlander Theatre (Broadway), anim. Jeff Sugg
2022 Graveyard of Dreams – PUBLIC Hotel, asst. Lisa Renkel
Exhibits, Interventions, and that one Indie Game
2021 Sex Ed You Never Had – University of Michigan Museum of Art2021 Genocide Branding Aids – Respond, Resist, Rethink, Stamps Gallery
2019 Images from Flint – Duderstadt Gallery
2019 Agonism – original solo micro-game
Publications
2022 Practical Artificial Intelligence for Stage Design – HowlRoundEmployment
2022 Digital Media Mentor – Youth Design Center, Brownsville, NY2021 Motion Graphics Designer – U. of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Education
2022 Unreal Storytelling Fellowship – Epic Games2021 Deepfakes for Good – M.I.T. Media Lab and Fluid Interfaces Group
2020 BFA InterArts Performance – University of Michigan
Skills
Adobe Suite: After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesignBlender, Cinema 4D
TouchDesigner, Isadora, qLab
Unreal Engine, Unity
Vectorworks
Python, Javascript, Processing, microcontrollers
Performer, Mover, Director
Member of IATSE, Local USA 829