eCloud - 108' data driven sculpture

Dan Goods Bio
Creating a pipe organ out of soda pop bottles, gardening at the Huntington Gardens and designing four-dimensional objects has lead me to my current position at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Here I am developing ways of communicating to the general public as well as creating spaces for scientists and engineers that foster innovation. In the past I received a fellowship to work at Caltech with davidkremers, the Conceptual Artist at Caltech, were my research included swimming like an otter and taking imagery of objects exhibiting transparency and iridescence. I now live in South Pasadena with my wife and 3 children.


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Contact
dan@directedplay.com
daniel.e.goods@jpl.nasa.gov


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Activites
2010
Opening of “eCloud”
Centerpiece sculpture for the new concourse at the San Jose International Airport.
Date TBD

2009
Opening of “Data + Art”
Co-curated a show about data and art in the age of information at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.
Jan - April 12th 2009

Presented at Postopolis LA
April 4th

Presenting at Bliss Cafe
March 29th

Presented at Dorkbot
March 8th



2008
Opening of
“The Past Is Present”

New installation for OBSERVE, a group show about infrared astronomy at Art Center College of Design.
Oct 10 - Jan 9th

Presented at Art + Environment
Discussed data and art at the Nevada Museum of Art.
Oct 3

Gave talk at Sidfest 2008
Exploring Glass: From Airports to Aerogel. A discussion of my work with glass like substances. Sidfest 2008 is symposium of artists and scientists to comemorate Sid Nagel's contributions to granular matter, fluids, jamming and glassiness.
September 27-28

Attended Siggraph
A huge conference on the forfront of digital and interactive media.
August 12-14th

Opening of “Solid Smoke”
Aerogel installation at the Technorama in Winterthur Switzerland.
July 4th, permanentely installed

Attended 01SJ
Media arts festival in San Jose.
June 4th - 8th

Presented at Yuri’s Night Los Angeles
Gave talk about my work at JPL as well as other artists working with space as a theme.
April 12th

2007
Presented at Pixar
Discussed my work at JPL at Pixar Studios.
August 27th

Data + Art: Art and Science in the Age of Information - Co-curator


Aerogel exhibits - A substance that is 99.8% air


The Hidden Light - Interactive light installation


The Past Is Present - Interactive sound sculpture


The Big Playground - Drilling a hole into a grain of sand


Independent Study - Playing with bottles



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