On Sept. 28 2011 I was fortunate to partake in OpenOttawaLibre 2011, an “unconference” that brought together a diverse group of “creatives” from the business, technology, and art sectors in Ottawa. Although the agenda of the day wasn’t entirely clear until the event started – in true “unconference” style – the day was actually [...]
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Mountain of Gold @ Chinatown Remixed 2011
Background
Chinatown Remixed is an annual, art festival in Ottawa’s Chinatown district. For one month each spring, the merchants and restaurants of Chinatown welcome artists’ exhibitions and performances.
Having exhibited lighting installations back in the 2010 and 2009 festivals, Deb and I wanted to try something different from, and more spontaneous than our usual “plan and execute” [...]
Urbana 2011
Intro
Urbana is an annual fundraiser hosted by Dharma Developments where proceeds raised support community programs with the goal of preventing homelessness in Ottawa. This year, URBANA is helping Action Housing / Action-Logement, an Ottawa-based charitable organization that assists low-income individuals and families to find and maintain safe, affordable and [...]
DOTKLOK software 1.3
New “big font” time display
If you haven’t already, it’s time to update your DOTKLOK! When you plug your DOTKLOK in, the software version will briefly be displayed (if there is no display, you are running code version 1.0 or older). The latest release is version 1.3, now available at the DOTKLOK project page in the [...]
Blog love
DOTKLOK’s been getting lots of blog love since the official launch in January. Noteable appearances include Make, Create Digital Motion, Laughing Squid, CunchGear, Hack A Day, and a print feature in Korean trend magazine, Metatrend:
The first customer-created review vid also surfaced this week:
I keep an on-going list of press on the DOTKLOK Facebook page.
New DOTKLOK animations
This past week I wrapped up version 1.1 of the DOTKLOK firmware, adding 3 new animations:
Analog mode: a minimal depiction of a standard analog clock face.
Morse code mode: hours, minutes, and seconds represented in Morse code glide across the screen at random velocities.
and Game Time, where the screen is randomly cleared each minute by video [...]
“Phenomena” @ CUBE Gallery, Feb. 1-27 2011
Phenomena is a group exhibition @ CUBE Gallery featuring seven artists’ take on climatic, astronomical, or geological phenomena.
Alongside work by Aili Kurtis, Paul Schibli, Guy Lavigueur, Jennifer Gibbs, Reid MacLachlan, John Roth, and Tony Broderick, I’m debuting work exploring new themes for me: a light piece controlled by the colour of the sky.
The light patterns [...]
DOTKLOK launched!
As you may have noticed from the sidebar on the right of this page, DOTKLOK “unofficially” launched before Christmas when I quietly put it up on Etsy, planning to spread the word during the beginning of 2011 . . .
Well, things got started for me when it was picked up over the holidays by a [...]
PCBs
After making my own PCBs for several projects and finding the process sufficient for small runs and prototyping, I’ve decided its time to make the leap to professional manufacturing. The first design I sent off was a carbon copy of the Electric Window 4 single-sided PCB that I’ve been home etching:
This was a fairly simple [...]
Great Big Smalls VI @ CUBE Gallery
CUBE Gallery’s annual group show, Great Big Smalls VI, opens Thursday eve., Dec. 2, featuring work by a large group of artists from near and afar. I’ll let the official press release tell the story:
Cube Gallery is pleased to announce that our wildly popular Great BIG Smalls Show is back for a sixth year of [...]