situated digital archaeology

Born in the postindustrial wasteland of North East Ohio James spent a lot of time enjoying the abandoned factories that littered the landscape. This eventually led to a predictable tour at the Myers School of Art where he studied photography. At some point however James encountered computers outside of a design context. He took to dealing with the computer as a networked entity and dealing with systems to represent knowledge.

After a brief period of soul searching in St Louis James found himself at the CADRE Laboratory for New Media in San Jose. In San Jose he awakened to the beauty of theory, conceptual art and interview. While struggling with deadlines he managed to finish the MFA program and produced a conceptual video on the Special Theory of Relativity.

Among his current concerns is Ars Virtua New Media Center and Gallery in the 3d rendered engine of Second Life.

Situated Digital Archaeology is an attempt to create cultural maps from the memories of people, and produced in 2006.