Collaborative Installations:	Selected Reviews
	"MetaphorM"	2008- MetaphorM - A site-specific multimedia installation at Suyama Space, Seattle, Washington. Three video projections, four audio speakers, sensors and sculpture in a large 30' x 50' x 20' gallery. larger images
	"half moon rising"	2007- half moon rising - A site-specific multimedia installation at Kutztown University's Sharadin Art Gallery. Three video projections, six audio speakers, lighting and sculpture were used in a large 40' x 60' x 20' gallery. larger images and QT movie
	"More Bloody Lies"	2005 - More Bloody Lies - A site-specific installation using video projection and a sculptural assemblage of military fabrics, buckets, curtains, reflectors and a variety of metal objects. The size was approximately 15' x 25' x 14' high. It was shown in September of 2005 at the IceBox Project Space, Crane Art Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and as part of a group show entitled OperationRAW. larger images
	"Limbic Pentameter"	2003, 2004 - Limbic Pentameter - A site-specific installation using video projection, 4 channel sound, lighting and a sculptural assemblage of various pipes, screens, plexiglass panels, wire and assorted metal grids. The size was approximately 18' x 22' x 10' high. It was shown in March and April of 2003 at the Rose Lehrman Arts Center Gallery in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and as part of the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, September 2004. larger images and QT movie
	"here&now"	2002 - here&now - A site-specific installation in a 20' x 20' room in the former Alverthorpe Manor, now Abington Art Center, Abington, Pennsylvania, during September and October of 2002. We transformed the all white, fluorescently lit space into a dark and meditative chamber with a 24-color geometric wall mural, light refractions and 4 channel sound. larger image and QT movie
	"Synopera"	2000- Synopera - We created a small but dense sound, sculpture and light installation at Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was situated in an unused freight elevator which opened to the street. We used the sliding doors of the elevator to create a horizontal opening through which visitors could look and listen. The piece ran concurrently with the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. larger image and sound excerpt
	"Cross-Talk"	1999- Cross-Talk - One of the first multimedia computer music-based installations ever presented in the People's Republic of China, Cross-Talk was on display at the China World Trade Center during part of October 1999. Over 2000 visitors came through the piece. Our work was sponsored by the International Computer Music Association's 1999 conference. We used MAX/MSP on a Powerbook as the main controller. Lighting and sound generation as well as the inputs from the various analog sensors were under its control. larger image and sound excerpt plus a QT movie
	"Intro-specks"	1998- Intro-specks - Sited in historic Rackham Hall on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Intro-specks was created for the International Computer Music Association's 1998 conference. Carolyn Healy created a gathering of "found objects" which suggested elemental units. John Phillips used a high speed audio switcher to pan the sound through six speakers around the gallery. Phillips used MAX/MSP to create the soundscape. larger image and sound excerpt plus a QT movie
	"Nmesh"	1998- Nmesh - Nmesh was installed in a large empty warehouse in Old City Philadelphia. Using found metallic materials, Healy created an abstract elegy to her mother - an environment of stillness and anticipation. A custom made rotating light suspended from the ceiling created a mesmerizing effect as it cast shadows and fleeting reflections. Phillips created the soundscape using Max to control playback of numerous samples (mostly derived from the human voice, then modified in MetaSynth) and move those sounds through four powered speakers at ceiling height. We used a very rapid audio switcher called a Flash. Two other speakers were placed at opposite ends of the 140 foot floor providing a synthesized low frequency component. Nmesh was part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. larger images and sound excerpt plus a QT movie
	"Word Salad"	1998- Word Salad - This "sound object" was created for the SEAMUS '98 conference at Dartmouth College. Healy wrapped the listening chair in surgical gauze and also contributed a reading of her poem A True Story, Phillips created the sound component entirely from her voice and words. The sound was played back through two day-glo salad bowl speakers which were very lo-fi and "beam-y." This enabled Phillips to play with directional effects and create an aural equivalent of the inside/outside theme of the writing. larger image and sound excerpt
	"Growth Factor"	1997- Growth Factor - We created, in an empty store front, a sculpture/sound environment concerned with energy and forms of emotional and physical matter coming into coherence. Using modified industrial debris, Healy produced an evocative visual drama of objects seeming to force their way up and out of the floor. Hovering above were huge loops of aircraft cable, heavy yet light. Phillips created a complex, real-time sound environment to complement the visual dynamics using six speakers which reacted to each other's activity and volume level by following various computer algorithms implemented in MAX. This piece was shown in conjunction with the First Philadelphia Fringe Festival. larger image and sound excerpt plus QT movie
	"Overtones"	1995- "Overtones" was a large site-specific installation, with sculpture and lighting by Healy, and sound by Phillips, in a vacant, historically important prison (Eastern State Penitentiary). We used an entire cell block— 28 individual cells in a reverberant corridor 250 feet long. In 20 of those cells Phillips created a soundchip-speaker system. Because of the damp and dirty conditions at the site, he used an analog chip (the kind used in those singing birthday cards!) with a playback length of 72 seconds. He recorded, then digitally modified, sounds of imprisonment. Included are: chains dragging, stones tumbling, coughing, moaning, mumbling, the birds outside, punching, a clock ticking. Each continuously looping composition was built upon one or two of these sounds. By varying the length of each chip's loop by several seconds, the soundscape slowly changed as the visitor walked down the cell block. As with all site-specific art, this excerpt only "sounds right" in place and wasn't meant to function without the visual component. larger image and sound excerpt
	"Ether/Aura: An Electromagnetic Event"	1991- Healy's sculpture acted as an antenna for 8 receivers (low frequency to cosmic rays), the outputs of which were processed by Phillips. The sound mix was computer-controlled and heard quadraphonically. All the lights within the installation were programmed and sequenced to pulse and fade. The installation was the site of two performances with dancer Alice Forner and nuclear physicist Dr. Donald Neville. - Exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. larger image and sound excerpt
	"Shallow Breathing"	1989- This installation was sited in a long darkened room with a high ceiling. Healy's dream-like environment was animated by numerous colored lights which changed intensity slowly through use of a digital sequencer /lighting controller. Phillips created a 23 minute tape composition which played continuously through eight speakers throughout the installation. - Exhibited at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania. larger image and sound excerpt
	"Molly Bloom"	1987- Healy's sculpture and lighting served as the setting for a performance piece in which actress Joanna Peled delivered the entire Penelope episode of James Joyce's Ulysses over a four hour period. Phillips composed a 26 minute sound piece that played as an overture to the performance as well as 8 short (3-4 minutes) sound interludes which played between the "sentences." - Performed at Symphony Space and La Mama, New York, New York; Temple Gallery Stage Three, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. larger image and sound excerpt