Fun With Induction
I’ve been playing with a pair of DIY inductive pickups recently, listening to the electromagnetic emissions of everyday objects.
More info (and pix/sounds): Inductive Pickup Experiments.
Video Trigger in the Netherlands
Dutch artist and curator Olga Mink is doing a workshop at Kunstbalie in the Netherlands on April 7th, introducing Media Art practices to teachers in secondary schools.
My Video Trigger software will be one of the featured software platforms.
New Software: Video Triggers Video
Sometimes people ask if my motion-detection software (Video Trigger) can play videos instead of sounds. It can’t… so I made Video Triggers Video. It plays a video whenever motion is detected in a live camera feed.
Witnesses at Sequence of Waves – Documented
The Sequence of Waves show at St. Cecilia’s Convent was packed, but in case you missed it, here is my installation, “Witnesses”.
Exhibition: Sequence of Waves
I’m taking part in a massive one-day sound art show called Sequence of Waves, organized by the Rabid Hands art collective. The show will occupy St. Cecelia’s Convent in Greenpoint Brooklyn, a 3-story former convent and school. Over 40 artists are participating. There’s a robotic gamelon orchestra, a self-playing accordion suspended from ropes, performances, and much more.
My contribution is called “Witnesses”, a group of 10 circuit-bent Buddhist chant-boxes whose pitches are controlled by light-sensors attached to a CCTV surveillance monitor. Their chanting loops start in sync, but since each is “watching” a different part of the video image, they wander off in their own Steve Reich-esque directions. The TV periodically switches between surveillance cameras, triggering the chant boxes to switch to a new track and re-synchronize.
Saturday, January 29th ONLY, 2 pm – 9 pm
St. Cecelia’s Convent 21 Monitor Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
AFTER PARTY: Union Pool, back room, 9 pm
484 Union Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Live Video Delay updated: Longer delays and audio too
Live Video Delay now uses system memory instead of the GPU. There are no arbitrary limits on delay time, and stereo audio gets delayed along with the video.
Grantmakers in the Arts: Enchanted Chant-Boxes
My circuit-bent Buddhist chant-boxes were featured in a recent issue of Grantmakers In the Arts Reader. Article: Travels with Contemporary New Media Art
New Software: Live Video Delay
I just uploaded a new app: Live Video Delay is a simple application with a self-explanatory name. It stores video frames in a “circular buffer,” displaying an old frame each time a new one arrives.
Radio Silence Featured on “Sound Is Art” Blog
Margaret Noble featured my Radio Silence installation on her blog. Thanks Margaret!
Out with the Old
After many years of dedicated service, my old, hand-edited, “web 1.0″ site is no more. Long live this new design, featuring an RSS feed, embedded videos, and other modern goodies.
