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December 29, 2005

Digital Art Today and In Europe

Caught a documentary on Digital Art and education in Europe while in Seoul. Some very insightful information. They featured a show by this French artist/ engineer called, Julius Popp. The piece is called bitfall.
An digital art piece involving WATER. The use of H2O is a scary and ambitious thought when it comes to interactive art pieces. Todd H had always said that mixing electricity and water is just a BAD idea.

Bitfall is a perfomance art in France, with water drops that are in "bit" forms. The artist wanted to use natural forms such as water to merge with technology. The documentary concludes with the theory that contemporary art today cannot exist without science.

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Korea Electronics Shopping

Jane and I went for a fieldtrip to YongSan Electronics Bldg. At the basement of the building, they sell alot of electronical parts. CHEAP! Ton of different LEDs, SMDs, wires, boards, fans, etc.

I found some good battery holders that I've been searching for a while now.

Next trip to make is out to ChungGaeChun to get cheaper LEDs and misc parts for pcomp next semester.

Glowing fans?

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December 26, 2005

New Project I'm going to jump on

See more info HERE

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Plasma Ion Speakers Video

Went into the Plasma Ion company yesterday. The COO of the company gave me a long demo of about an hour, explaining the uses. The plasma films can be cut up into different shapes and used. Some cell phone companies in Korea are looking into using speakers that are as little as a fingernail to put on the phones. Some French Sound Artist had done a piece, using huge sheets of these on ceilings.

I got to meet the CEO and the inventor of Plama-Ion Sheet Speakers, Suk Geun Go.

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December 25, 2005

In NYC on Jan 6th

Family times during holidays are just relaxing. I've not been able to talk to my folks much lately and realized that I've been completely neglecting them since school began.

My flight info back to NYC.

My tentative Spring 2006 schedule. Plus the internship with Inner City High School teaching with Todd H.

While in Seoul, I'm going to do a few sensor research, learn to make PCB boards and plan long term projects. I have a few in mind that I'd like to begin as soon as I get back to NY.

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December 24, 2005

My thoughts of the Winter Show 2005

The show in the whole was a big success. The projects were sparsely placed so as to give enough walk-through space.

My personal favorites were Jeff Gray’s, Michael Horan’s and Tristan’s. Tristan’s and Jeff’s were more of kinetic objects, without the user’s interaction, yet it was beautifully presented and the parts moved elegantly.

Tristan’s reaction to his Pixel by Pixel class was that everything was programmed in rows (power) and columns (ground) as a matrix system. His reaction to it was to create a matrix of buttons that would click up and down according to his code. The movement seemed random but the sound effects and the visual was ever so elegantly presented. The movement was also very fast that added to the overall effect.

Jeff Gray’s "Death of Sound" played on the idea of sounds/ tone that would be generated, having a life of its own and slowly dying as time passed. He had built separate modules and these would individually have a life of its own. The tones were generated by taut guitar cables. There was a motor at the bottom of each module that would rotate and generate the tones and power the life into these modules.

Horan had built a kiosk with bungee cords inside. As one slung on these tight bungee cords, they would generate sounds. He used piezo sensors in the bottom of this kiosk as inputs. Horan’s piece was very interactive. I loved seeing children interact with his piece. They would lie on the bungee cords and play with them endlessly. This just shows that his piece was very successful. It played on a very simple idea, but the concept was very strong and people enjoyed the direct, fast feedback that they were able to get.

So far, I’ve heard that Jeff’s "Death of Sound" and the "Spoiled Gumball Machine" will go on permanent display on the floor. This happens every semester. I should definitely try to shoot for next semester.

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December 22, 2005

Winter Show 2005

simply a thrill to be part of.

amazing experience. can not wait til Spring 2005 shows.

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December 18, 2005

Lately... News

Learned to do a bunch of crimping with female headers today at JYM's. Second last day till I take off to Korea this Winter. JYM promised me my own space and desk to work on when he comes back in Feb. He's moving to a bigger studio. I'm so excited. I'm helping him for the last time this year on Monday. He ran through his thoughts on his next project. It sounds simply amazing. I can't share here but will update as we jump on it. JYM has a very interesting working process which I've got to learn...

Went in for the interview at the Med School for the inner-city high school teaching, intern position. Met ITP alums, Heather and Gabriela. They were really nice. The talks went well and I'm quite thrilled about the program. I'll get to assist Todd! Can't get better than that.

Show preps are going ok. Our pcomp candles made through the auditions. I've pulled out of the 3d project. Just too much work and stress that I can't handle right now.

I'm really excited and looking forward to the semester to come.

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December 13, 2005

Metal work at Studio

Grinded, sanded the metal pipe for JY today. The part where the user cranks the handle to get the music column rotating. It's really turning out nicely. Almost looks a little worn, but it looks really good. He was very pleased with the look we were able to get. I'm trying to go in as much as possible. At least for now, before I head back to Korea. I can't believe I've only got a week left .

New read. I must get a new reading list from him for the winter break.

Did a little LED research for him too online. I need to get more info for him for Wednesday. I LOVE going into his studio. I'm learning so much that it's as worthwhile as going into a pcomp class! :) LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!

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December 12, 2005

Row Column Scanning, Using ULN2004A

Grinded metal all day today and on my break, Jin Yo asked me to do my first matrix. I really enjoy going to his studio. Of course, I'm there to help him out, doing laborous work, but so far, it's totally been worth my time. Everything that comes out of his mouth, I try to remember and learn. Today, I did some row-column scanning, using a transistor array, ULN2004A.

Pretty straight-forward, you just send the pic ground. I thoroughly enjoyed programming my very first matrix.

All powers together, all grounds together. Matrix system. MUST CHECK ALL LEDS before...Give it power, see if there's any resistance between the legs.

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December 11, 2005

Live Image Processing Fall 2005 Show

The 2nd years at work. Some were damn impressive.

I really liked the following...

Jason gave a really great opening to the show and Michael H's performance was a perfect ending...

Hyung Joon performs

Henry's

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December 10, 2005

Finals

Pcomp final went really well. DONE!

One down, three more to go.
Digital sound and Spatial Design Final.
Interactive 3d final with Eric Fino.

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First Pcomp, Success!

By Mluck's Thursday class, we were able to make 5 modules.

Our pdf presentation for class.

We were able to get some good feedback from Mluck. He wasn't sure as to if the idea of "candles" were implied in our piece, since our candle modules do not go out as we blow on them. He liked the idea of these things being modular, being able to pass them around in class. Alice and I thought it'd be a good idea to have them in different heights to better get this effect across in Tom's class. Others seemed to appreaciate the flickering effect and the fact that they glowed even more as you blew on them. They really like the aesthetics of these modules.

A few improvements to come before Tom Igoe's Wednesday class.

build more protoboards and modules, we'll shoot for 9, since we have 9 tubes with us

cut off some of the tubes at diff heights

the switch needs to be built in. drill bigger holes in the back. these sticking out of the modules really bugged me when we presented

leave the bottom lid open for access and seal the top. the scotch tape just looks flimsy and aweful with the glowing light

debug those that don't work

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December 09, 2005

Diller & Scofidio short biography

elizabeth diller and husband, ricardo scofidio,
create an alternative form of architecture practice
that unites design, performance and electronic media
with cultural and architectural theory and criticism.

elizabeth diller attended the cooper union school of art
and received a bachelor of architecture degree in 1979.
she then taught at the cooper union and has been
associate professor of architecture at princeton since
1990.

ricardo scofidio also studied at the cooper school of
art and in 1960 received a bachelor degree in architecture
from columbia university.
he has been a professor of architecture at the cooper
union school since 1965.

the firm of diller&scofidio was formed in 1979.
since then they have received a number of grants
and awards including the macarthur fellows program
as well as the macdermott award for creative achievement
from MIT and the tiffany award for emerging artists.

recent projects include'interclone hotel',
an installation for the istanbul biennial;
'the american lawn: surface of everyday life,'
an exhibition at the canadian centre for architecture;
'bad press', which appeared at the venice biennale
of architecture;
brooklyn academy of music cultural district in collaboration
with rem koolhaas;
'facsimile', a permanent installation for the new moscone
convention center expansion in san francisco,
and 'travelogues', a permanent installation at the
new JFK international arrivals terminal in new york.

a retrospective of their work is planned by the san
francisco museum of modern art in 2002.

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December 08, 2005

Chameleon

Eric F and I have begun collaborating, sharing our workload for the final project. We have a few scenes where the lizard would travel through, adapting itself to its environment. In the last scene, he morphs his body into its environment.

The idea for the ending scene.

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December 05, 2005

JinYoMok's Studio

I've decided to help out an alumi here at ITP. Jin Yo Mok. I'm a total fan of all his works! Hopefully I can learn a lot from him.

I'll be helping him fabricate this project. Realy excited!

This is what an artist's studio looks like...

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December 01, 2005

Shift Registers, SN54HC595, SN74HC595

Code from Mluck.

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MicroCode Studio Examples

There are some cool sample codes in MCS, using USB communication. Must try.

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Analog multiplexers and Demultiplexers

MC14051B

16 pins
6 separate ports built into one chip.

Analog, physical router.

A, B, C = address
X0-X7

X(no number)

Using multiple photocells, to get analog inputs. To give out sound signals.

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Digital Potentiometers

6 separate pots built into one chip.

A digital potentiometer adjusts and trims electronic circuits similar to variable resistors, rheostats and mechanical potentiometers. Sometimes called digital POT, RDAC, or digipot, these compact devices can be used to calibrate system tolerances or dynamically control system parameters. Nonvolatile memory parts provide wiper setting retention after a power OFF to ON cycle. In addition, fuse link parts offer a one time program trimmer feature.

For using RGBs, sounds, etc. Something that needs to be kept constant. Not changing in state. Get things to dim in- and- out really quickly. Automate voltage referencing.

You can designate the pot to go to an exact value.

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Final Project

See here for our Sound Dome Final.

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Propellers and Problems

See here for our latest research into propellers.

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Conductive Markers

Pretty cool. Don't know how durable they are though.

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