Hi, I’m Dan Winckler. Here are some of the Things I Do, in rough chronological order from present to past.

• visualist (a.k.a. VJ) and projection designer
• provider of video production and consulting services as a principal of the Really Useful Media Company
• programmer/hacker of tools for live visual performance and creative archaeology, e.g., OpenEmu
• performing artist and educator in new media, improvisational theater, and networked collaboration as a part of Kidz Connect and VJ-U
• volunteer co-organizer of Share, a not-for-profit support organization for audio, visual and new media artists
• former improviser/comedian with Gunshow and improvising shooter/cinematographer/occasional actor with the groups Neutrino
• sometime Agent of Improv Everywhere
• holder of fancy degrees: an M.S. in Integrated Digital Media from Polytechnic University (now the Polytechnic Institute of NYU), and a B.A. in Literary and Cultural Studies from the College of William and Mary
• resident of Brooklyn, NY, and past resident of Virginia, Texas, and Belgium

I use this site to share what I’m up to, blog, showcase my work, and gather together my various web presences. You can also keep up with my goings-on via my mailing list, RSS feeds and on other places. Don’t believe everything you read in my blog — some of it’s quite old and grotty.

history

Here is a pared-down list of my past projects. For a comprehensive production history of my live visuals and projection design, please see my portfolio page, where you can also see my reel.

• Kidz Connect – summer camp, Patel Conservatory, June 2008. Co-director & technical director
• This Spartan Life – variety show (online distribution), 2006–present. Cinematographer and actor.
• ONE SARA SHOW – comedy show, Ars Nova, June 2008. Live visualist.
• five day residency – Experimental Television Center, April 2008. Video artist.
• AMODA Digital Showcase – Austin, TX, March 2008. Live visualist.
• {R}ake – audiovisual performance series, January 2008. Live visualist.
• Ultrahang Festival – Budapest, Hungary, April 2007. Live visualist.
• Share – intensive workshops, Budapest, Hungary, April 2007. Co-organizer and instructor.
• Pixelache – festival, Helsinki, Finland, March 2007. Live visuals & networked performance.
• echo::system – multimedia dance show, Eyebeam Atelier, December 2007. Projection designer.
• Brother Islands – multimedia play, Eyebeam Atelier, November 2007. Actor.
• MenschMeerMedien Festival – Bremen, Germany, September 2007. Live visualist.
• Lance Blisters – concert, Anarchist Book Fair, April 2007. Live visualist.
• Jamarama Live! Kidsfest – touring children’s music show, Fall 2006. Live visualist.
• Blip Festival – The Tank, November 2006. Live visualist.
• Kidz Connect – summer camp, Polytechnic University, Summer 2006. Co-director & TD.
• the Bunker – weekly party, Subtonic, May 2006. Performance art and live visuals.
• David Linton’s New York 5.0 – celebration and benefit, Tonic, March 2006. Performance art.
• Media Archaeology Festival – Share jam and workshop, Houston, TX, April 2006. Co-organizer.
• Dirty South Improv Festival – Chapel Hill, NC, February 2006. Instructor, performer.
• Eyewash – audiovisual performance series, Remote Lounge, May 2005. Live visualist.
• Dogs Blood Rising – audiovisual performance series, Lucky Cat, February 2005. Live visualist.
• {R}ake – M Shanghai Den, January 2005. Live visualist (debut).
• Gunshow – improv and sketch comedy, 2003–2005. Actor and writer.
• Neutrino – video improv show, HBO US Comedy Arts Festival, March 2004. Live videographer.
• Share – weekly open performances, New York, 2004–present. Co-organizer.
• Improv Everywhere – New York, 2003–present. Agent.