|
| Personal background |
|---|
Name: Merrick Scott Ketcham
Born: St Andrews Scotland 11:05pm - 05/23/55
Raised: USA
Education:
Westtown School, Allegheny College, SVA NYC,
Also, studied Archeology in Caesaria Maritima, Israel.
Focuses of Study:
Stage Acting and Directing
Writing: Short Story, Modern Poetry and Myth
Studio Art: Painting, Photography, Modern Sculpture
Gallery: Show Creation and Design
Thesis: Dada: The Unseen "Elephant in the Room" of Modern Culture.
Work:
Dir. Graphic Production, Programmer.
Sunrise Systems, Inc. Pembroke, Ma 02359
America's Oldest LED Sign Manufacturer
Museum Quality LED Signage since 1976
www.sunrisesystems.com
Most Interesting Client:
Jenny Holzer, Artist
I have been the animation designer and programmer with
Holzer since 1988, responsible for all of the major matrix
(multiple sign) installations. These include: DIA NYC,
Guggenheim NYC, Venice Biennale('90), MOMA NYC,
Guggenheim Bilbao, Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Museum of
Conteporary Art Bordeau, MOCA Monterrey Mex, and many others.
Hobbies, Avocations:
NYT XWord,
Photography:
Howl Studios:
~ Recalcitrant Refractions ~
"Images already in your head..."
a note card line
Sculpture:
seaside cairns, ~ temporaneous art ~
"here today, gone today"
I build the cairns and photograph them
before, and as, the tides take them
Photoshop:
photographic restoration and to be honest
lots of optical tomfoolery - "zelig" moments
Reading:
William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Iain Banks,
Robert Anton Wilson, Carlos Castenada,
Pynchon, Vonnegut,
Reading and Study:
Horror: Lovecraft (and ilk), Anne Rice, Brian Lumley,
Poppy Z Brite and many other lesser known.
focus: cthulhu and vampire mythos
Egytian Myth -- stone sculpture and hieroglyphics
Indian Literature and Myth (North and South American)
focuses:
1. Aztec, Toltec, Mayan, stone sculpture and hieroglyphics
creation myths and Quetzalcoatl
2. Creation Myth and lore with specific focus on
Coyote - creator, trickster figure and teacher |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
|---|
I run SETI@home because, alas.. i will never be able to go THERE...
and if we find THEM, maybe they will come and give me a ride. :)
I enjoy the SETI project because I like the idea that I can in some way help to reach out and look for life and other cultures in the universe. |
| Your feedback on this profile |
|---|
| Recommend this profile for User of the Day: |
I like this profile |
| Alert administrators to an offensive profile: |
I do not like this profile |
|
|
