Dave Greber's Portfolio

Work samples

Skyyys™ 52-Channel Video at Fulton Center NYC

Dave Greber
Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design
52-channel Video Installation July 2018 through March 2019
Fulton Center, Manhattan, NYC
Dave Greber Motion Graphics Reel

featuring highlights of recent digitally-based projects
made using after effects, blender, premiere, photoshop, p5.js, mad-mapper, AR & VR apps

music: Orange 2 by Macula Dog
The Casebearer_2C

Segment 2C of The Casebearer 2.0 (full-length 9:59 min).

A modular retelling of the lifecycle of a plaster bagworm. Created as a part of A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances residency, curated by Maija Rudovska. An exchange between art-wrokers from the US, the Baltic countries and Norway.
Pothole Geodessia

2018
Dave Greber and Sophia Belkin
12' x 10'
Video projection on inkjet-printed polyester, found artifacts, thistles
Collaboration featured as part of the Narva/Detroit symposium held at the Narva Art Residency, Estonia, in August, 2018.

About Dave

Baltimore City

Dave Greber (b. 1982, Philadelphia) is an artist, educator, and consultant, based in Baltimore. He creates experiences situated for the gallery, museum, and blockchain- manifested through digital media, sculptural installation, and social/environmental interventions.

He received a BA from Temple University and MFA in Digital Media from Tulane University. He began exhibiting artwork as a member of New Orleans-based collective, The Front, and since has been featured in Crystal Bridges’… more

View Dave's Resume

HomeOffices

Generative Ps Interventions on Office Furniture
The Office Book Design Series (1984), 2023-4
series of limited edition jpegs

This series is a captivating exploration of time and context, where I digitally manipulate images of vintage office furniture, infusing them with an array of AI-generated surrealistic features. The objective is to create a dialogue between the past and the present, populating the scenes with ghosts of the present.

Each piece in the series respects the original seam of the book's images, using it as a springboard for imaginative narratives. The interventions are meticulously crafted to complement and contrast with the original aesthetics. The generative elements, while whimsical and otherworldly, are carefully integrated to maintain a sense of visual continuity, ensuring that each narrative unfolds seamlessly within the bounds of the original photograph.

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Generative Ps Interventions on Office Furniture
The Office Book Design Series (1984), 2023
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Generative Ps Interventions on Office Furniture
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Generative Ps Interventions on Office Furniture
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Generative Ps Interventions on Office Furniture
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Generative Ps Interventions on Office Furniture
The Office Book Design Series (1984), 2023
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Generative Ps Interventions on Office Furniture
The Office Book Design Series (1984), 2023
series of limited edition jpegs
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Generative Ps Interventions on Office Furniture
The Office Book Design Series (1984), 2023
series of limited edition jpegs
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Generative Ps Interventions on Office Furniture
The Office Book Design Series (1984), 2023
series of limited edition jpegs
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Generative Ps Interventions on Office Furniture
The Office Book Design Series (1984), 2023
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Generative Ps Interventions on Office Furniture
The Office Book Design Series (1984), 2023
series of limited edition jpegs

Skyyys™

52-Channel Video Installation
2 min duration
Fulton Center & Dey Street Concourse
Manhattan, NYC
July 2018 through March 2019
Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design

Artist Dave Greber’s Skyyys™is the most recent iteration of his vibrant, digital abstractions created from recognizable, colorful kinetic objects, such as balloons, bouncing balls, and stuffed animals. Skyyys™playfully mimics the persistent activity and change that defines our material world and transit experiences. The piece references and remixes the distinct, but convergent, forces between virtual media streams and our infinitely inventive minds, which simultaneously inhabit the same time and space. The tidal pace, whimsical imagery, and prismatic palette of Skyyys™creates harmonious visual-music that complements the pace of commuters at Fulton center, a likewise kaleidoscopic, liminal space, in the heart of visually diverse New York City.

Greber’s immersive 52-channel digital animation can be seen for two minutes at the top of each hour in the Fulton Center complex and the Dey Street pedestrian tunnel that connects to the R line and the World Trade Center PATH station. The work will be on view until fall 2018. The work is presented by MTA Arts & Design with technical support from Westfield Properties and ANC Sports.

Skyyys™ (2018) © Dave Greber, Fulton Center. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design.

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Skyyys™ (2018) © Dave Greber, Fulton Center. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Photo: Dave Greber
Skyyys™ vertical monitor

Skyyys™ (2018) © Dave Greber, Fulton Center. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Photo: Tamar Steinberger.
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Skyyys™ (2018) © Dave Greber, Fulton Center. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Photo: Tamar Steinberger.
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Skyyys™ (2018) © Dave Greber, Fulton Center. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Photo: Dave Greber
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Skyyys™ (2018) © Dave Greber, Fulton Center. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Photo: Tamar Steinberger.
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Skyyys™ (2018) © Dave Greber, Fulton Center. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Photo: Tamar Steinberger.
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Skyyys™ (2018) © Dave Greber, Fulton Center. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Photo: Tamar Steinberger.
Skyyys™ Metro Card

Skyyys™ (2018) © Dave Greber, Fulton Center. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Photo: Tamar Steinberger.
Skyyys at the Fulton Center

52-channel Video Installation
Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design
July 2018 through March 2019
Fulton Center, Manhattan, NYC
Skyyys™ (excerpt)

This was the original source material that the Fulton Center installation was derived from. A small crew and I filmed this in my garage by throwing objects off of a ladder onto the surface of a 330-lb, 1-inch-thick piece of glass. Many of the objects were collected Mardi-Gras "throws" collected from parades.

The Casebearer 2.0

An epic poem in the form of an enigmatic educational video following the life-cycle of a Casebearer Moth. The language, voices, and (some) visuals were created in collaboration with artificial intelligence models. It has been featured in the US and Internationally, IRL and in VR.

Dave Greber
The Casebearer 2.0
2022
4K, 9:59 min

The Casebearer 1.0 was developed as a collaborative project by Cristina Molina and Dave Greber during A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances online project, Curated by Maija Rudovska (Blind Carbon Copy) in close partnership with Amy Mackie (PARSE NOLA) and Tina Rigby Hanssen (Vestfold Art Center). They took inspiration from the highly adaptive species commonly known as the Bagworm or CaseBearer who creates a cocoon home for itself from whatever debris it finds. As artists who live in New Orleans, a city that faces coastal erosion and is threatened by sea level rise, the Bagworm serves as a model example of a resourceful nomad that acclimates itself to any given situation.

The Casebearer 2.0 is Greber's fork and expansion of the original pair of videos.

Casebearer Installation

shown installed in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 2022
The Casebearer 2.0

An epic poem in the form of an enigmatic educational video following the life-cycle of a Casebearer Moth. The language, voices, and (some) visuals were created in collaboration with artificial intelligence models.

Dave Greber
The Casebearer 2.0
2022
4K, 9:59 min
Casebearer Still 06

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Casebearer Still 03

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Casebearer Sill 02

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Casebearer Still 01

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Casebearer 2.0 installed at Mock Jungle

The Casebearer 2.0
Dave Greber
Mock Jungle, Bologna, Italy
directly from the street at the Chapel of Santa Maria dei Carcerati in Piazza Nettuno 1
curated by: Nacoca Ko
2022
The Casebearer 2.0 install

The Casebearer opening reception at the Ogden, 2022
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The Casebearer 2.0 installed with 3D sculptures in
To Spawn a Door in the Land of Broken Mirrors @ New Art City
Curated by Nacoca Ko
Worldbuilders: Alan Ixba, Nicholas Delap, & Nacoca Ko
The Casebearer 2.0 installed in New Art City

The Casebearer 2.0 installed with 3D sculptures in
To Spawn a Door in the Land of Broken Mirrors @ New Art City
Curated by Nacoca Ko
Worldbuilders: Alan Ixba, Nicholas Delap, & Nacoca Ko

Seeing Glass(es)

2020
A series of decorative Mirrors
Made during a residency with Scandy.io
and Scale Workspace in New Orleans

Goldenflower

2020
20 x 20 inches
Etched acrylic mirror, MDF, acrylic, paint, color 3D printed resin and sandstone
Goldenflower (detail)

2020
20 x 20 inches
Etched acrylic mirror, MDF, acrylic, paint, color 3D printed resin and sandstone
Room full of things I

2020
21 x 20 inches
Etched acrylic mirror, MDF, acrylic, paint, color 3D printed resin and sandstone
Room Full of Things I (detail)

2020
21 x 20 inches
Etched acrylic mirror, MDF, acrylic, paint, color 3D printed resin and sandstone
Gothfrog

2020
12 x 24 inches
Etched acrylic mirror, MDF, acrylic, paint, color 3D printed resin and sandstone
Gothfrog (detail)

2020
12 x 24 inches
Etched acrylic mirror, MDF, acrylic, paint, color 3D printed resin and sandstone
Blacksnake

2020
24 x 36 inches
Etched acrylic mirror, MDF, acrylic, paint, color 3D printed resin and sandstone
Blacksnake (detail)

2020
24 x 36 inches
Etched acrylic mirror, MDF, acrylic, paint, color 3D printed resin and sandstone
Seeing Glass(es) Install shot

Seeing Glass(es)
Installed at the Ogden Musuem, 2022
Seeing Glass(es) install shot

Installed at The Ogden Musuem of Southern Art, 2022
photo by Jonathan Traviesa

Svetspalonos

Svetspalonos is the product of a remote collaboration between Sophia Belkin, Dave Greber and Kanrec Sakul. The exhibition was organized in the industrial warehouse facility at Južná trieda 82 in Kosice, Slovakia in August 2019. Curated by Kanrec Sakul.

I was personally responsible for the video work and some of the textile work.

Svetspalonos

This is a walk-thru of the installation: Svetspalonos. A the product of a remote collaboration between Sophia Belkin, Dave Greber and Kanrec Sakul. The exhibition was organized in the industrial warehouse facility at Južná trieda 82 in Kosice, Slovakia in August 2019.
Svetspalonos 01

Image by Ondrej Rychnavksy, 2019
Svetspalonos 02

Images by Ondrej Rychnavksy, 2019
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Images by Ondrej Rychnavksy, 2019
Svetspalonos 05

Images by Ondrej Rychnavksy, 2019
Svetspalonos 03

Sculpture by Kanrec Sakul,
Images by Ondrej Rychnavksy, 2019
Svetspalonos detail

detail of Svetspalonos, 2019
Dave Greber, Kanrec Sakul, Sophia Belkin
Svetspalonos venue

Svetspalonos establishing shot
2019
textile work by Sophia Belkin
Svetspalonos Billboard

A billboard advertising the exhibit on the highway
in Košice, Slovakia
Svetspalonos Logo Design

Svetspalonos promo design
Dave Greber, 2018

CyOracle Tarot

Cyoracle Tarot
2023
Dave Greber
Interactive Tarot Deck Web Application

The 78-card CyOracleTarot deck combines ancient and modern symbolism to offer insight and guidance for navigating the digital age. Each card uses symbols from recent technological products to correspond to traditional Tarot symbols, creating a unique blend of ancient and futuristic imagery. Despite the use of modern technology-related symbols, the cards themselves have an ancient and eternal appearance, adding a sense of timelessness to the deck. CyOracle can encourage us to question our assumptions and perceptions, and to consider the impact of technology on our lives and society as a whole.

This is the interactive web app. You can ask a question and it will give you a response. Make sure your question ends in a question mark:

https://cyoracletarot.com/

You can also browse all of the designs here.

King of Cups Demo

screenshot of CyOracleTarot.com web app.
Dave Greber, 2023
CyOracle Tarot Demo

This is a video walkthru of the functionality of CyOracleTarot.com web application.
React app. / Javascript / HTML
Dave Greber, 2023.
CyOracle Tarot Deck (back design)

1024 x 1024
generative ai and collage
Dave Greber, 2023
CyOracle Full 78-Card Deck

78 cards representing the major arcana and 4 suits of tarot.
Generative AI and Collage.
Dave Greber, 2023.
2 of Smart Pentacles

The Two of Smart Pentacles in the CyOracle Tarot Deck
1024 x 1024 px
Dave Greber, 2023

Description:

"The Virtual reality interior design software represents balance, harmony, and stability in the material and practical aspects of life. This card may indicate that it's time to find balance and harmony in your physical environment. Use the virtual reality interior design software to design your dream home and find balance in your surroundings."
Major Arcana, XIV “3D Organ printing”

1024x1024
CyOracle Tarot Deck
Dave Greber, 2023

Description:

"3D organ printing: represents rebirth, renewal, and transformation. This card may indicate that it's time to let go of the old and embrace the new. Use 3D printing technology to save lives."
5 of Smart Wands

5 of Smart Wands Card
CyOracle Tarot
1024 x 1024 px
Dave Greber, 2023

Description:

"The Social media fact-checking tool represents competition, challenges, and conflict. This card may indicate that it's time to face challenges and competition head-on. Use the social media fact-checking tool to make sure you're getting accurate information and stay ahead of the competition."
CyOracle Tarot 12 Swords

The Knight of Smart-Swords in the CyOracle Tarot Deck
1024 x 1024 px
Dave Greber, 2023

Description:

"The Virtual reality sports training program represents action, adventure, and courage in the mental and intellectual aspects of life. This card may indicate that it's time to take action and pursue your passions. Use the virtual reality sports training program to improve your skills and take action in your own life."

jurtakaShrines

2022
performance and augmented reality project

jurtakaShrines are a collection of unique .glbs and videos developed in New Orleans, LA and composed while hiking the Latvian portion of Baltic Coastal trail in 2022.

I wrote about the experience of the trail in this Medium article and I wrote about the technical process of creating these pieces in this Mirror entry.

This project was created as part of ASEFFC, an international online/IRL residency which reflects on the precarity and uncertainty that art workers face. And asks “How can we find space for expression and creation in a world of changing circumstances?” My intention was to create a studio-less process in which I could produce work while hiking 300 km of the Jūrtaka, in Latvia.

ASEFCC was curated by Maija Rudovska and the greater project was supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Latvian Culture Capital Foundation, Arts Council Norway, Viken County Municipality, U.S. Embassy in Latvia.

www.asefcc.org

A Latvian wheel icon and audio on Līgo

AR installation/perfomance created while hiking the Jurtaka
Dave Greber
2022
Jurtaka (process shot)

Making models in the tent, 2022
Drying out 2 (process shot)

Tent Drying Sculpture, 2022
Jurtaka Hiking Route

My walking route/distance from Klaipeda, Lithuania to Kolka, Latvia
Jurtaka Landscape

Drying out on the beach, 2022
Sculpting (process image)

Screenshot with some of the jurtakaShrine sculpting process, 2022
Stoneman

AR performance, 2022
0:33 video
Duct feet (process image)

My traveling studio and shelter while on the trip.
Gateway performance

Gateway, 2022
0:22 video
Self-portrait in glass

Self portrait in shop window, kilometer 137
digital image, 2022

Pothole Geodessia

2018
Dave Greber and Sophia Belkin
12' x 10'
Video projection on inkjet-printed polyester, found artifacts, thistles

Collaboration featured as part of the Narva/Detroit symposium held at the Narva Art Residency, Estonia, August, 2018.

Statement:

Pothole Geodessia is a hybrid of the industry and natural environment of Narva.
The history books tell the story of Krenholm as one of manufacturing decline.
Yet if we think of the landscape as an evolving symbiosis between nature, humans, and technology-
we see that the narrative changes.
The land is as alive as ever. It breathes, pulses and slithers.
The snails come out after the rain and the conveyor belt keeps moving along.

Pothole Geodessia on hübriid Narva industriaalsest ja looduslikust keskkonnast.
Ajalooraamat räägib loo Kreenholmist kui manufaktuuri allakäigust. Jah, kui me
vaatleme maastikku, kui pidevalt muunduvat sümbioosi loodusest, inimestest ja
tehnoloogiast, siis võime tõdeda, et narratiiv on muutumas. Tööstusmaastik on
tärganud ellu. See hingab, pulseerib ja libiseb. Teod roomavad vihma järel oma
kodadest välja ning konveierilint liigub omasoodu edasi.

В книгах по истории всегда рассказывают об упадке производства
Кренгольмской мануфактуры. Но если посмотреть на окружающее нас
пространство как на постоянно меняющийся симбиоз природы, людей и
технологий, то можно сказать, что история меняется. Промышленный
ландшафт ожил. Он дышит, пульсирует и развивается. Улитки выползают
после дождя, а конвейер продолжает работать.

Pothole Geodessia

This was a collaboration with another artist (whom I collaborate with often), featured as part of the Narva/Detroit symposium held at the Narva Art Residency, Estonia, in August, 2018.

2018
Dave Greber and Sophia Belkin
12' x 10'
Video projection on inkjet-printed polyester, found artifacts, thistles
Pothole Geodessia (detail)

Dave Greber and Sophia Belkin, 2018
Pothole Geodessia (detail)

Dave Greber and Sophia Belkin, 2018
Pothole Geodessia

detail shot, 2018
Pothole Geodessia

detail shot, 2018
Pothole Geodessia (scale shot)

Dave Greber and Sophia Belkin Collaboration, 2018

Your Green(er/est) Stay

2019
12' x 10' x 4' 5:00 min.
video-mapped wood, bottles, trash
by Dave Greber produced and installed at Salon residency in the Canal Place Mall, New Orleans, LA
Arts Council New Orleans

2019
12' x 20' x 6' 5:00 min.
video-mapped insulation foam, bottles, trash
SITE GALLERY HOUSTON @ The Silos at Sawyer Yards

Your Greener Stay + installation walkthrough

Walkthrough of A Greener Stay (2019)
by Dave Greber produced and installed at Salon residency in the Canal Place Mall, New Orleans, LA
Arts Council New Orleans
A Greenest Stay installation

A Greenest Stay
feat. the same content as A Greener Stay but was reconfigured for a former grain silo
at Sawyer Yards, Houston Texas
Sculpture Month Houston, 2019
curated by Volker Eisele
A Greenest Stay context shot

A Greenest Stay
2019
installed a Sawyer Yards, Sculpture Month Houston
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Dave Greber
A Greenest Stay, 2019
Sculpture Month Houston, Sawyer Yards
A Greener Stay | Reception

A Greener Stay reception, 2019
A Greener Stay | alternate

A Greener Stay
Dave Greber
2019
Greener Stay Flyer

Promo flyer art for Your Greener Stay, 2019
A Greener Stay | Installation Shot

Dave Greber
2019
12' x 10' x 4'
5:00 min.
video-mapped wood, bottles, trash
A Greenest Stay process shot

A Greenest Stay in development
video-mapped foam screens
Dave Greber, 2019
Your Greenest Stay (2019)

Dave Greber, 2019