Selected Academic Work

(2011) European Graduate School – Media Theory, Philosophy & Communication.
The Uncanny, Samuel Weber; Graduate Teaching Assistant.
Saas-Fee, Switzerland.

(2004) The Spectacle of the Consumer: A Revolution in Personal Hygiene. BFA thesis.
Written thesis that accompanied an installation. Produced as an undergraduate thesis leading to a BFA in Communication Design, Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, Oregon.

(2000) Stripping the Large Glass: An Exploration in Duchampian Bachelors & Brides. BA thesis.
Written thesis on Marcel Duchamp’s The Large Glass, or The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even. Produced as an independent studies under the supervision of art historian Marilyn Brown at Tulane University; New Orleans, Louisiana.

Selected Writing

(2010) We Walked Like Egyptians. Short fiction.
An adult male remembers a young girl from his rural childhood past who in hindsight had a profound influence on his future. New York, New York.

(2009-present) The Little White Cloud That Cried. Working title of a novel.
This work takes place in the early 1950s in a small town in South Carolina and simultaneously amidst the Johnnie Ray-era Copacabana Club in New York City.
San Francisco, California & New York, New York.

(2008) Untitled. feature-length screenplay.
A late-twenties couple takes a road trip from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, Canada, and then to a remote island in British Columbia. The island leads to a transcendent experience where the physical and metaphysical realms merge. San Francisco, California.

(2008) Sandrine. Short fiction.
An episode in the life of a young woman in pre-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.
San Francisco, California.

(2007) Bam! Pop! Pow! Short fiction.
A young man on his 28th birthday seeks to reconcile his inner reality with the exterior world of San Francisco. San Francisco, California.

(2006) Naomi Yang. Interview.
An interview with designer, musician, and Exact Change publisher Naomi Yang about her graphic design work. Published in Yeti magazine; Portland, Oregon.

(1995 – 2000) Untitled. Poems.
Produced under the study of poets Peter Cooley and James Nolan, Tulane University;
New Orleans, Louisiana.

Selected Art & Design

(2008) Leopold Loves Loeb. Installation.
An installation involving the Leopold & Loeb early 20th century crime tale, the Fox sisters of the Spiritualist Movement, the Northwest Passage, and secret messages telepathically communicated between vagrant adolescent messenger boys and cryptic talking birds. San Francisco, California.

(2006) America Mystica. Music CD & vinyl record packaging.
Distributed by Cargo Records UK/Very Friendly US.
Commissioned by musician Tom Greenwood of JOMF; Portland, Oregon.

(2004) Poesie a Casarsa. Book.
A hand-bound book inspired by a pilgrimage to Casarsa Della Delizia, a small village in northern Italy, and burial site of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Words by Pasolini. Design by Joe Chappell. Cloth bound. Laser printed pages. Produced as an independent studies under the supervision of design editor Margaret Richardson, Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, Oregon & Casarsa Della Delizia, Italy.

(2004) Transmissions: Video Portraits Series Two. Photographs.
Influenced by Lee Friedlander’s photographs, I go inside Friedlander’s television sets where I physically encounter the blue-lit specters that haunt Friedlander’s desolate domestic spheres. Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, Oregon.

(2004) The Spectacle of the Consumer: A Revolution in Personal Hygiene. BFA thesis installation.
A mock display of personal hygiene products as spectacle. Guy Debord meets Vivienne Westwood meets Charles Baudelaire meets your local boutique. Mixed media. Produced as an undergraduate thesis leading to a BFA in communication design, Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, Oregon.

(2003) Absurd Humans: Video Portraits Series One. Photographs.
Long exposure still photographs of paused video transfers of actual motion picture films.
Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, Oregon.

(2003) My Flower: A Season of Blood. Installation.
An installation in response to the song “My Flower” performed by musicians Damon & Naomi, translated from the Japanese song by musician Kazuki Tomokawa, itself a musical adaptation of a poem written by Japanese teenage serial killer-turned-poet Norio Nagayama. The poet asks, “If I were a flower, what kind would I be?” Nagayama, sentenced to death for his crimes, was a controversial figure in contemporary Japanese culture. His sentence opened debate about capital punishment in Japan, and the status of his literary works were disputed because of his imprisonment. This piece was initiated during the onset of the US led war in Iraq–my contribution as an additional layer to this reinterpreted and translated verse. Plexiglass, cardboard, wire, screws, laser prints, and mass-produced garden tools. Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, Oregon.

(2002) Five Fold Kiss. Short film.
A couple of youths go on a mysterious journey into a forest to bury a box containing an unknown object. Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, Oregon.

(2001 – 2004) Misc., various drawings, sculpture, design, and print projects.
Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, Oregon.

(1995 – 2000) Misc., various drawings, paintings, and print projects. Position: artist.
Tulane University; New Orleans, Louisiana.

Selected Digital Media

(2008 – 2010) Mister Montage (www.mistermontage.com). Blog. Position: co-writer/co-editor/designer.
A men’s fashion blog based on collage and narrative.
San Francisco, California & New York, New York.

(2006 – present) Book Passage Blog (www.blog.bookpassage.com). Blog. Position: editor/writer.
The literary blog of Bay Area bookstore Book Passage. Corte Madera, California.

(2006 – present) BookPassage.com. Website. Position: writer/editor/designer.
The website of Bay Area bookstore company Book Passage. Corte Madera, California.

(2006 – 2010) OculistWitness.com. Blog. Position: writer/editor.
A blog investigating psychical currents in art, design, photography, book arts, film, music, and fashion. Produced independently; San Francisco, California.

(2005) DustBureau.com. Website. Position: designer/writer.
Produced as a personal online portfolio of art, design & essays. Portland, Oregon.