ARTIST'S STATEMENT

By any standard, I am a techno junkie, which is no surprise since I grew up with a father whose passion was electronics and ham radio communication. He was into antennas; I like entertainment. My primary focus as an interactive performer is storytelling...a good narrative...a sense of a journey with a beginning, middle and an end. I consider Next Exit a work-in-progress--a show that will not really be complete until I am unable to continue to speak.
	I want each performance to have a sense of completion. End of the tour! Go on home! Get on with life!
It has not escaped my notice, however, that digital media acquires a life of its own. Will the cemeteries of the 21st century be filled with interactive kiosks of lives lived? While devouring the new technologies, I also want the freedom of an old time campfire storyteller who could conjure up any vision from the flames. My flames are the cool flickering of a video campfire.