Work samples

  • Vernal, 2015
    Vernal, 2015
    Vernal, 2015. 25 Channel Video Infinite Duration. Photograph by Joshua McKerrow
  • replEmbrac_gc1 (2018)
    replEmbrac_gc1 (2018)
    3D Photograph of embracing lovers, collapsed to two dimensions. Shown in Lucky Suns as on 144 laser engraved squares to compose a 45"x45" whole.
  • re:like - Overheard Map of Now Digital Residency Self-Portrait
    re:like - Overheard Map of Now Digital Residency Self-Portrait
    A self-portrait from my time with re:like, a digital residency with the UK-based OverheardMapofNow. My involvement is featured in the week 3 iteration: http://week3.2017.overheardmap.com/
  • obj_I
    obj_I
    7 Channel Interactive Installation

About Jeffrey L.

Baltimore City
I work with the interaction of digital and physical media with a focus on the human figure, often collaborating with various cinema and performance groups for video installation, cinematic exhibition, and new media distribution.  I am very grateful to have been living and working in Baltimore since 2011.

A founding member of the Baltimore-based new media collective strikeWare, my most recent work experiments with augmented and virtual reality installations.  strikeWare will be… more

fishTank

This pop-up exhibition of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and video installations was on view for the first week in November 2019, and served as the strikeWare collective's coming out party. 
  • fishTank_sky (2018)
    fishTank_sky (2018)
    12-Channel Video Installation 40 minute duration 12 monitors mounted on wooden rafters laid on the floor, showing captures from four videos placed underwater looking upward, each video feed duplicated and mirrored twice. Paper boats made from newspapers proclaiming recent unfortunate events sail over the view of an overcast day.
  • fishTank_sea (2018)
    fishTank_sea (2018)
    Augmented-reality installation. An overhead transparency projector rests on the floor with four interchangeable images of artificial aquatic interiors. When viewed through the accompanying mobile application, the viewer may see a three-dimensional virtual sculpture showing ornamental fish swimming with 3D photographs of human figures within an enclosed space.
  • fishTank_flower (2018)
    fishTank_flower (2018)
    Digital Video Installation A water source slowly drips water into a fishbowl with a bright pink flower. A video feed from underneath the fishbowl is projection mapped onto six of the Marble Bar's support columns.

Lucky Suns

The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture presented the annual MFA Thesis Exhibition, featuring works by the seven graduate students who received MFAs in Intermedia and Digital Arts in 2018.  The exhibition was on view through April 2018.
  • aetherRem_cube
    aetherRem_cube
    5'x5'x5' Suspended cube with figurative qr codes on each face. When viewed with accompanying mobile application, a viewer may see the figures embedded in the qr codes animated across the surface of the cube. Child for scale.
  • jellen (2018)
    jellen (2018)
    3D Composite photograph 3'x2'x2' Life-sized 3D printed composite of two overlapping figure photographs, illuminated from within by 1500 LEDs programmed with a procedural animation.
  • replEmbrac_gc1 (2018)
    replEmbrac_gc1 (2018)
    3D Photograph of embracing lovers, collapsed to two dimensions. Shown in Lucky Suns as on 144 laser engraved squares to compose a 45"x45" whole.
  • replEmbrac_MJ1
    replEmbrac_MJ1
    3D Photograph of embracing lovers, collapsed to two dimensions. Shown in Lucky Suns as on 144 laser engraved squares to compose a 45"x45" whole.
  • replEmbrac_mjpj
    replEmbrac_mjpj
    3D Photograph of embracing lovers, collapsed to two dimensions. Shown in Lucky Suns as on 144 laser engraved squares to compose a 45"x45" whole.
  • replEmbrac_pj
    replEmbrac_pj
    3D Photograph of embracing lovers, collapsed to two dimensions. Shown in Lucky Suns as on 144 laser engraved squares to compose a 45"x45" whole.
  • replEmbrac_MA.
    replEmbrac_MA.
    3D Photograph of embracing lovers, collapsed to two dimensions. Shown in Lucky Suns as on 144 laser engraved squares to compose a 45"x45" whole.

Interactive/Generative Works

Projects with computers and networks.
  • Red Fantastic
    Procedural animation of two figures creating and destroying each other. I am currently re-working this project as networked iterations of figurative destruction and revelation.
  • Augmented Reality 3D Photograph
    This is an Augmented Reality 3D Photograph. I photographed a mode in Skanect with an Xtion Live Pro, imported into Unity, assembled with ARtoolkit for Unity, then built into an Android app. The photograph was not at all sculpted, but features artefacts from the scanning process. This video also shows works by artist Melissa Cormier (melissapenleycormier.com/ )and music by Sassy Kitty (soundcloud.com/sassy-kitty-productions).
  • creatr_flock
    creatr_flock, 2016 Jeffrey L. Gangwisch Interactive Installation. creatr_flock responds only when looked at. When creatr_flock realizes it has an audience, a growing number of polygons flock to greet the viewer(s), reacting to their movements. Creatr flock was created with support from a 2016 Technical.ly Baltimore Microgrant. It was built in Processing using Computer Vision and Box2D libraries. Though it can be exhibited many different ways, it requires a display surface, a computer (here using a mac-mini), and a camera.
  • labor_1
    This is a prototype version of a generative animation that searches for images through a procedural algorithm, masking them with the artist's body at work.
  • #imhere re:like Overheard Map of Now
    From November 6 to December 4 2017, the UK-based Overheard Map of Now organized international teams of artists working in either physical or digital mediums. Artists were invited to explore the paradox of solitary connectedness, the incredible prevalence of digital personas - both consciously performed and not - and the acts of translation and duration that go into making physical work digital and vice versa. The exhibition functioned as an art version of Chinese whispers, with each artist handing over the material for the next to respond to and create from. Two iterations of my involvement are linked below. I was given solo control over the last team's digital presence for 3 days, creating from it the first website. I was then teamed with an artist in Wales, an artist in Scotland, and an artist in England to create the second. Both are still viewable, though without maintenance many features no longer work: 1. http://week3.2017.overheardmap.com 2.
  • obj_i, 2016
    obj_i, 2016 Jeffrey L. Gangwisch Interactive Installation 3x Networked Holographic Cabinets 3x Networked Scopic Cabinets 1x Interactive Projection 3 self-portraits run in lap across all three holographic cabinets. If any cabinet registers a environmental sound, the self-portrait generated by that cabinet trips. A procedurally-generated horde of self-portraits run laps across the three scopic cabinets at different sizes and speeds. A large lens further distorts the figure. Again, any environmental sound trips the runners. A large projection runs through procedurally-generated scenarios. Environmental audio trips the running self-portrait(s), triggers a text warning for any viewer to be quieter, and affects many non-obvious elements of the program, such as the length of each scene. The installation is driven by 7 microphones, 6 tablets, 1 computer, 1 network router and 1 projector.

Vernal

Tech-heavy motion paintings that celebrate the vernal equinox
  • Vernal
    Vernal
    Installation view
  • Installation Shot
    Installation Shot
    Photo: Hiroshi Amano
  • Vernal Detail
    Vernal Detail
    Photo: Hiroshi Amano
  • Ecliptic Detail
    Ecliptic Detail
    Photo: Hiroshi Amano
  • Gallery View
    Gallery View
    Photo: Joshua McKerrow
  • Nocturne
    Nocturne
    Photo: Joshua McKerrow
  • Vernal, 2015
  • Ostera, 2015
  • Ecliptic, 2015

The Symposium by Plato

An experimental theatre piece adapted, directed and produced by Jeffrey L. Gangwisch at Terrault Contemporary.
  • Closing Ceremonies
    Closing Ceremonies
    The Barrage Band Orchestra closes the show. Photo: Chrissy Abbot
  • program1.pdf
  • The Fiddle Boy
    The Fiddle Boy
    The Fiddle boy is quickly dismissed. Photo: Shealyn Jae
  • Flyer
    Flyer
  • Closing Ceremonies
    Closing Ceremonies
    The Barrage Band Orchestra Photo: Chrissy Abbot
  • Dionysian Hymn
    Dionysian Hymn
    Illona Wittenberg opens the Symposium with a hymn to Dionysus. Photo: Chrissy Abbot
  • Origin of Love
    Origin of Love
    Abby Cocke as Zeus leads a ceremonial Masque illustrating Aristophane's speech. Photo: Chrissy Abbot
  • Socrates
    Socrates
    Socrates gives the final speech. Photo: Shealyn Jae
  • Aristophanes
    Aristophanes
    Aristophanes speaks to the origins of Love. Photo: Shealyn Jae

Repl

Three Dimensional Human Figure Scanning, Modeling and Printing.

This developing work is exploring issues involved in modern photographic processes and image replication.
  • BodyBlox
    BodyBlox
    3D-Printed toy building blocks made from merged 3D figurative photographs.
  • Crouch
    Crouch
    2 dimensional Photograph of a 3 Dimensional photograph.
  • repl_7
    repl_7
  • repl_2
    repl_2
  • repl_1
    repl_1
  • repl_5
    repl_5
  • ballerina
    ballerina
    2-dimensional photograph of a 3-dimensional photograph.
  • repl_2
    repl_2
    2-dimensional rendering of a 3-dimensional photograph.
  • sit
    sit
    2-dimensional photograph of a 3-dimensional photograph.
  • repl_3
    repl_3
    2-dimensional rendering of a 3-dimensional photograph.

Galaxy Cream

Photo and video series inspired by dairy and cosmos.  The 8 photographs in the series were composited from the imagery used for the 3 hour video installation.
  • Installation view
    Installation view
    installation view of the video component..
  • Galaxy Cream 5
    Galaxy Cream 5
  • 5wtmk.jpg
    5wtmk.jpg
  • Galaxy Cream 8
    Galaxy Cream 8
  • Galaxy Cream 7
    Galaxy Cream 7
  • Galaxy Cream 4
    Galaxy Cream 4
  • Galaxy Cream 2
    Galaxy Cream 2
  • Galaxy Cream 3
    Galaxy Cream 3
  • Galaxy Cream 1
    Galaxy Cream 1
  • Galaxy Cream
    Digital video installation. Video rear projects into a suspended window. Green Astroturf with Red and Blue pillows are provided for comfort while viewing.

Organism

Human figures presented in aviaries, terrariums, and aquariums.

First presented in May 2014 as an exhibiton with painter Douglas Johnson, who contributed 9 large watercolors.
  • Terraria Still
    Terraria Still
    Frame from Terraria 2
  • Aviary Still
    Aviary Still
    Frame from Aviary video.
  • Terraria Still
    Terraria Still
    Frame from Terraria.
  • Organism: Terraria Detail 1
    Detail of one of the 7 Terraria videos.
  • Organism: Aquaria Detail
    Detail of one of the synchronized Aquaria Videos
  • Organism: Terraria Detail 2
    Detail of one of the 7 Terraria videos.
  • Gallery View
    Gallery View
  • Organism Overview
    Aquariums 1-6, 2014 Subterranean vivariums enclosing women and men in motion through an aquatic environment. Each unit may be displayed individually, in a collection, or as part of its entire installation. The twelve unique videos installed within six units are synchronized to deliver a single experience. 4’x2’x1’ per unit. 3 units in collection. 2 collections in the complete installation. 2 unique installed, looped and synced videos per unit. Can be synced with collection and the complete installation. No sound. Total running time: 4 minutes per unit. Aviaries 1-6, 2014 Suspended windows into enclosures housing men and women in natural flight. Each unit may be displayed individually or as part of the collection entire. The 12 unique videos installed within 6 units are synchronized to deliver a single experience. 4’x1’x1’ per unit. 6 units in collection. 2 unique installed, looped and synced videos per unit. Can be synced with collection. No sound.

Photography Samples

Samples of miscellaneous photography work.
  • 11x14pragueprotest.jpg
    11x14pragueprotest.jpg
  • Ostera
    Ostera
    Ostera, 2016 Jeffrey L. Gangwisch
  • ServileA
    ServileA
  • Winter
    Winter
  • Evening
    Evening
  • October
    October

SouthWest End & Short Films

Various Cinematic Projects
  • SouthWest End - An Observationally Cornish Documentary
    Follow the Rough Coast Theatre Company of St. Ives, Cornwall as they develop and launch their premiere performance of The Canterbury Tales, a new play by Sarah Lincoln based on the Geoffrey Chaucer original.
  • To Mate and Procreate
  • SweetTooth
    Best Cinematography, 2013 Baltimore 48 Hour Film Festival
  • The Lost Bride
  • Unprescribed Pursuits
    A three-minute documentary telling the blossoming story of Raun Carswell, an autistic twenty two year old who reaches out of his isolated world through circus performance.