Selected Major Research Projects

Hocoka Project - University of South Dakota. Based on the concept of Hocoka -the center of camp life, this technology culture project successfully developed a pilot-scale multimedia information database designed for distribution over Internet 2 formats.
 

 Investigator(s): the late Dr. Leonard Bruguier bruguier@usd.edu (Principal Investigator)

Dr. Royce Engstrom - Vice President - (Co-Principal Investigator)

Asst. Prof. Anthony Deiter - Lead Media Designer/Animator

Sponsor: University of South Dakota Main Campus

click image above -  to National Science Archive of this unique technology culture and language Program.  

Invited Artist/Participant. Pou Kapua is the largest Maori / Pacific carving in the world - created in reality and in virtual reality.

A vision of native science, technology and innovation. 

click on image above - to the official NZ website.

Pou Kapua created and carved by team of master carvers and international Indigenous artists from around Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific Islands of Tonga, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Hawaii and Rapanui, and Indigenous nations of Australia, Alaska, Canada, and America.

Pou Kapua creatively depicts enthrlling stories of creations and beginnings.

beta site - click on image above - to website - Viewable on Desktop (not mobile) and best viewed in Chrome browser. 

* If necessary right click to allow the Flash plugin to run.

An experimental learning website employing audio, video and motion graphics to enhance Indigenous education, culture and language. 

This Indigenous designed Beta web model was created to promote and archive the oral stories and traditions of the First Nations people of Canada.

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click on image above for official international book foreward - Anthony Deiter

 Invited writer/participant - Imago Mundi is the collection of works commissioned and collected by Luciano Benetton on his travels around the world.

Imago Mundi - Luciano Benetton Collection

Native Art Visual Visions

Contemporary North American Indigenous Artists

The collection comprises more than 200 artworks gathered on a journey across Canada and the United States, from Ontario to New Mexico, from Arizona to New Hampshire, taking in 8 reservations, including those of the Apache, Cheyenne, Navajo Hopi and Lakota.

With paintings, sculptures, photographs, graphics, engravings, illustrations, fiber and ledger art, cartoons and works of fashion design, the collection bears witness to the dynamism and vitality of a cultural heritage that has long been overlooked by critics or stereotypically relegated to the realms of folklore or exotic art.

click on image above for global site

Benetton Foundation - United Colors of Benetton.

Milan, Italy

Collection presented at Venice Biennale 2015 & 2017