current research 2005-09
+Inspiration 1: 2009+Adelir's balloons: 2009
+A short manifesto for those who attempt to fly through the element of air: 2009
+I yearn to throw myself into endless space and float above the awful abyss . net: 2009
+Wan Hu, research in progress: 2009
+P.S. and yellowish with sunglasses that are nylon neon: 2008
+Billion Year Voyage . net: 2008
+Billion Year Voyage series: 2007
+Disassembling and assembling the sky: 2006
+Simultaneous portraits or danger music for Dick: 2005
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+David Colagiovanni currently teaches New Media and Video-Art at UNC - Chapel Hill and is the Artist in Residence at the Morehead Planetarium. + cv
I Yearn to Throw Myself Into Endless Space and Float Above the Awful Abyss . net 2009
208 Helium Filled Balloons, Lawn-chair, Custom software, I-sight camera, Mac Mini, Html, and Domain Name
IYearnToThrowMyselfIntoEndlessSpaceAndFloatAboveThe
AwfulAbyss.net exists in three spaces: the gallery as a sculptural event live on the web and in the documentation and animation of the month long event.
On January, 29th 2009 I attached 208 helium filled balloons to a lawn-chair and floated it above the floor of the Colby Sawyer College Merian Graves Mugar gallery.
Every 10 minutes throughout the month of February an image was taken of the installation and transferred to the site IYearnToThrowMyselfIntoEndlessSpaceAndFloatAbove
TheAwfulAbyss.net where the viewer could track the chair's ascent and eventual descent. A copy of each photo was saved locally and assembled into the works documentation.