CAM BOY
i'm an artist, web developer, and researcher making digital media and web-based technology for investigative research, interactive documentary, and political fiction
i have a PhD in Information Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and teach on computational methods, with a theoretical focus on political theories of algorithms, critiques of police information systems, and the power structures of design and computation
i'm currently based in Berlin, working part-time as a Researcher / Software Developer at Forensic Architecture, and i'm available for freelance hire
✉ peter@camboy.design

habla español, говорит по-русски,
日本語を読めます

Filter projects — ⛶ Game Design⛶ Data Visualization⛶ Web Development⛶ Interface Design⛶ Sound Production⛶ 3D Rendering⛶ Simulation⛶ Motion Graphics⛶ Graphic Design⛶ Illustration⛶ Teaching⛶ Writing
Plataforma
An audiovisual work about digital and architectural speculation on the future

Vertov
A customizable platform for investigating and presenting research findings
with Forensic Architecture

LARP
Character design for a short fiction about crisis stategy and scenario planning

Egrecorp
An interactive simulation of digital governance influenced by the Japanese horror genre

Paranormal Computing
An essay on the power structures of algorithms that arrange perceptions

Platform Poiesis
An animated history of technological platforms in Eurasia
with Strelka Institute

Diagram
An investigation into algorithms that generate crime narratives

Doomsday Cartography
An interactive fiction situated in the imaginaries of counter-insurgency specialists
with Akademie Solitude

Escape the Zoom
An short story about life during the pandemic

Too Many Windows
A small graphical experiment about life in quarantine

All Roads Lead to Rogan
An essay and graphics about YouTube algorithms and reactionary politics

Time Capsule
An interface for visualizing diverse historical representations of temporality
with Johanna Drucker and Pietro Santachiara

Heterochronologies
An interface for modeling the temporality of narratives and subjective experience
with Johanna Drucker

Internet and Society
A seminar on the Internet and its politics
with UCLA Information Studies

The History of Policing
An illustrated timeline of the history of policing
with Stop LAPD Spying Coalition and LA CAN

Guilt and Association
Simulations that examine how law enforcement algorithms represent crime
with Processing Community Day

LAAD
A speculative design about the use of transparency to brand law enforcement

Obelisk
A typeface inspired by clouds

Trax
A typeface inspired by rave culture

Local Data
Graphics that visualize the idiosyncracies of data
with Yanni Loukissas

Beltline for All
Data visualization that addresses gentrification around the Atlanta BeltLine
with Yanni Loukissas

Lifestreams
An interface that critically examines the theory of algorithmic governmentality

MDNav
An interface for spaceflight navigation
with NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and ArtCenter / Caltech

Gin
An interface for visualizing the 3D structure of DNA
with Guttman Lab for lncRNA Biology and ArtCenter / Caltech

Minefield
A speculative interface that tracks the epistemic limits of machine learning

Chronodes
An interface for analyzing patterns in human behavior and physiology
with National Institutes of Health

Dextrous
Illustrations that convey liminal spaces of representation

Camposition
An interface for modeling and visualizing crowd behavior
with Data Science for Social Good

Spirit of the Thief
Games for the Atari 2600 and Gameboy Advance

3DPCP
An interface for visualizing multi-agent systems and modeling network traffic
with Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

Tread Lightly
A game about loss and perception
with Kickstarter