Jeff Crouse
Jeff Crouse was born in 1980, he received his BA from New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study and earned his MS in Information Design and Technology from. Georgia Institute of Technology, Information Design and Technology
Crouse makes technological parodies including YouThreebe, a YouTube triptych creator, Invisible Threads, a Second Life sweetshop, and James Chimpton, a robotic monkey interviewer. His work is mostly play. His Youthreebe triptychs allow the user to watch and create videos that reveal similarities that may have gone unnoticed without the comparison. Invisible Threads draws reality into the ultimate world of escapism. James Chimpton is a humorous but effective interviewer, which makes me wonder how much humanity is really needed for a career in the art world.
http://visitsteve.com/work/inside-the-artists-studio-with-james-chimpton-absml/
http://www.jeffcrouse.info/projects/inside-the-artists-studio/
http://www.doublehappinessjeans.com/
http://www.you3b.com/
March 12th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
I like the http://www.doublehappinessjeans.com/ promotional video. He supplies an interesting use of technology. His Curriculum Vitae is also interesting. I wonder what inspired him into the art scene.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Oh hey, we saw this guy talk at MassArt last month. Not the greatest speaker by any means, but his wry-eyed view of the Internet and slight self-deprecation came in healthy and amusing doses.
People willing to buy crappy jeans manufactured by a virtual Second Life factory where they can watch other real people slave away is one of the many fantastically absurd examples of virtual systems paralleling — and crossing over to — the physical.