Art & Science | Gene A. Felice II

The Mobile Coaction Lab (MCL)

The Coaction Lab at the University of Maine in collaboration with the Open Lab Research group at UC Santa Cruz is teaming up with Maine artist and wooden boat maker, Reed Hayden to create a mobile art & science lab … Continue reading→

FLOW Fort Knox

31 Jul ’17

PROJECT WEBSITE: www.flowfortknox.com FLOW is an event series produced by the Coaction lab in association with the Intermedia MFA and New Media undergraduate programs at the University of Maine and in collaboration with the Friends of Fort Knox. This event … Continue reading→

Geoplanters

29 Jan ’17

This is phase 2 of a project that I’ve been working on that combines complex geometry / plexus 3D objects designed in C4d, with planter systems designed for succulents. I’ve been printing this design on my Ultimaker 2 in a … Continue reading→

The Algae Collaborative

20 Jan ’17

Project Website: www.algaecollaborative.orgThe Algae Collaborative is an interdisciplinary, action-research team comprised of a marine biologist who specializes in macroalgae, two visual artists whose expertise span sculpture and new/intermedia, an architect/planner who studies the social science of sustainability, a marine policy … Continue reading→

Constellations

21 Oct ’16

Constellations was a collaboration with the Theatre department at the University of Maine, with director Marcia Joy Douglas. Constellations is a play by Nick Payne and is focused on love, relationships, quantum mechanics, time travel and destiny. I created a … Continue reading→

FLOW

20 Nov ’15

The Coaction Lab at the University of Maine, in partnership with the Intermedia MFA program, the New Media dept. and the Bangor Water District, collaborated to create a multi-media event titled FLOW – An evening of water themed light and projection, … Continue reading→

Coactive Systems

31 Aug ’15

@ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Fri Jan 30th thru Sun Apr 12, 2015Gene A. Felice II / David Kant / Tina Matthews / Dan Mayer / Nathan Ober / Sean Pace / James Shedel / Leslie Thompson / Wade WarmanCoactive Systems is a collaborative series of projects from Coaction Lab, dedicated to … Continue reading→

Aquaphonic Scales

1 Apr ’15

Aquaphonic Scales was a project by Gene Felice and Kima Moore as a part of the Coaction Lab collaborative research group. Felice and Moore created a multi-sensory installation on the famed grounds of Black Mountain College, specifically near the site of … Continue reading→

The Phytoplankton Confessional

10 Oct ’14

The Phytoplankton Confessional is an ongoing project dedicated to collaboration with an organism that can’t tell you if it wants to collaborate with you. In this particular collaborative investigation the organism we are attempting collaboration with is bioluminescent phytoplankton. Early versions of … Continue reading→

Oceanic Scales

22 Sep ’14

Visit our full project website here: www.oceanicscales.com“Oceanic Scales” was developed by Gene A. Felice II & Jennifer Parker with support from the OpenLab Research Center at UCSC and the Coaction Lab at the University of Maine. Download the full overview in PDF … Continue reading→

Mitehaler – Asthma 2D / 3D series

1 Jun ’14

This project started as a collaboration with Dean David Yager at UCSC, beginning with a series of 2D images exploring the causes of asthma. It extended further into molds made from actual asthma inhalers and then cast from pine resin … Continue reading→

Justice In a More than Human World

26 Feb ’14

Presented by the UCSC Science and Justice Working Group,UCIRA, Openlab & The Digital Arts & New Media programEvent Report and Collaborative Academic Paper: more-than-human-magnone-felice-murray-v2A collaborative paper / symposium by: Gene A. Felice II, Andy Murray & Sophia Magnone.What are the possibilities … Continue reading→

Bloom

22 Dec ’13

Art / Light / Sound / Performance / Water & Ocean Ecology / Community Spring 2014 – Lighthouse Fields & Santa Cruz / Abbott LighthouseProject Website: http://www.lighthousebloom.com Through a partnership between the UCSC Digital Art & New Media graduate school program, … Continue reading→

The Turtle’s Shell

16 May ’13

The Turtle’s Shell, was born from the inspiration a project titled Fecal Matters by Helen & Newton Harrison. Their unique solution for Bradford PA’s raw waste and run off problem was to divert rainwater into a combination of percolation ponds … Continue reading→

Plankton Harp prototype

15 Mar ’13

The Light Lab, The Digital Arts Research Center Santa Cruz, CA The “Plankton Harp” is a multi-sensory, cymatics and Max MSP based instrument prototype set up in the light lab in the Digital Arts Research center for the end of … Continue reading→

Dioluminescent Organisms

7 Dec ’12

This is an early prototype of my Dioluminescent Organisms installation, set up in the light lab of the Digital Arts Research Center at UCSC for the end of fall quarter, open studios event. This installation features capacitive touch circuits, activated by touching … Continue reading→

The {Re}HAPPENING

9 Apr ’11

Click here to visit to the official {Re}HAPPENING website“The {Re}HAPPENING” is a community art event and takes place on the original grounds of the Black Mountain College. This event pairs the rich tradition and history of The Black Mountain College … Continue reading→

Quasi-Equivalence

9 Apr ’11

A floating, geodesic dome / performance space / projection surface, anchored to the surface of Lake Eden in Black Mountain NC and dedicated to the geometric inventions of Buckminster Fuller and his time at BMC. This project was created on … Continue reading→

A Rapid Progression

21 Jul ’07

Flash Website (Under Construction): www.genefelice.com/721The hybrid form is a subject that I find a certain kinship with. I am a combination of my biology and my environment, a living mutation, balancing somewhere between the natural and technological worlds. This body … Continue reading→

P2 Cycle (Pedal Power)

15 Jun ’07

Code Name: Open Source from Peak Definition on Vimeo.Our Next Step in the Project: The P2 Modular Official Website: www.p2cycles.com Pedal Power or “p2” for short is a new collaboration between Nathan Ober and Gene Felice. It started as a … Continue reading→

Between Truth & Words

7 May ’02

A 3D Animation based on theories of synesthesia, specifically connections between color and sound frequencies3D Animation by, Gene A. Felice II Sound by, Garred Martin