Andrew O'Malley's electronic art, music, and technology blog
I’m happy to announce that I’m spending an art-focused summer in NYC! Between now and the end of August, I’ll be based out of midtown Manhattan.
It already feels like I have more projects than the time to complete them I’ve secured an “artist in residency” position with NYC Resistor, where I have open [...]
Back in February, I saw this call for single button, interactive objects to be displayed at an exhibition called “one button objects,” in San Francisco, as part of the Gamma4 one button game event during the 2010 Game Developers Conference.
This presented a perfect opportunity to experiment with interactivity and sensor input for my Electric Window [...]
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Chinatown Remixed runs from May 8 to June 8, 2010, in Ottawa’s Chinatown district. This is the second year for the annual “art walking tour,” where local businesses, restaurants, and shops open their doors to collaborate with artists, providing art “exhibtions in unusual places.”
Last year, Deb and I made a “Chinatown Remixed” sign from electroluminescent [...]
Just a quick note to say what a pleasant surprise it was to find out that last week, my lighting art was featured on blog of all things cool, geeky, and techy, Boingboing
You can visit the post here.
Scope
This post assumes some knowledge of PCB etching methods and is an account of my experience with the toner transfer method. If this is new to you, you may have to get Googling on a few of things mentioned here. That said, I’ve linked to the sites I found most useful during the process.
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Up until [...]
TWITTER ACTIVATED LIGHT BOXES ON DISPLAY AT ORIENTAL CHARM GIFT SHOP [ 653 SOMERSET ST. W., OTTAWA ] FROM MAY 8 – JUNE 8 2010
Ottawa (Ontario) – You won’t want to miss it! Ottawa’s second annual Chinatown Remixed event is happening Saturday, May 8, from 2-5 p.m.
Walk the streets of Somerset West as you take [...]
It seems the blog love for my Etsy shop back in February and March helped out as I’m happy to report that I’ve sold some Electric Window pieces via Etsy: notably to customers in California and Switzerland. This represents international attention for my work that I may not have attained otherwise.
I’ve since been accecpted by [...]
It’s probably obvious from the links in the right hand column, but last month I set up an Etsy shop for my smaller light works.
Etsy’s a site dedicated to all things crafty and handmade. On first glance, my electronic works seem out of place amongst all the beads, jewelery, knitting, and paintings. However, since my [...]
In addition to the advancements made to the Electric Window 3.xx series back in December, I also started a new light box series, Electric Window 4.xx:
This series revolves around a matrix of 16 LEDs with individually controlled brightness and fading, making it an organic/analog sibling to the 3.xx series which uses LED screens with a [...]
Continuing to turn inspiration into reality, Deb and I unpacked our new table saw, installed the acrylic-capable blade, and got to work cutting and gluing. The result is a prototype for a new series of light boxes/cubes: