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 access to their space, including all the electronics tools I’ll need along with some cool fabrication tools, including a laser cutter.

[ more after the break ]

While here, I’m planning to work on the software for the upcoming light cube:

along with developing an open-source clock kit around the Electric Window 3 platform:

including a nifty enclosure fabbed on the laser cutter, or perhaps even the Makerbot, which will be aided by the convenience of Makerbot Industries and NYC Resistor being neighbors in the same building:

In addition to my self-guided residency at NYC Resistor, I’ll also be interning at Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in the Chelsea district of Manhattan:

[ pic from Flickr ]

At Eyebeam, I’ll be working with Hernani Dias, developing new hardware for his Refarm the City project.  A large portion of his project revolves around series of electronic boards which are responsible for monitoring and automatically feeding small urban farms (gardens).

[ pic from Hernani's blog ]

Specifically, I’ll be working on a board which visualizes data collected from a farm/garden with a reconfigurable LED display; the main idea being the ability to monitor data remotely without having to use a computer — a great overlap with my personal lighting projects which I’ve been long wanting to make internet-enabled.

And what of DJ/VJ’ing you may ask?  Well, Deb is here in NYC with me, and we indeed have a few things lined up.  The first being a performance this Saturday, July 17, at Disorient’s Compressor VI event.

So much to do, so little time . . . literally!

Dawghaus Studios put a video together of the event featuring some of our music, video, and performance — along with Spacing-related content, too, of course

Although I didn’t learn anything new technology-wise, I was very pleased to learn about his great series of techno podcasts.

[ Via Dubspot's blog. ]

On Friday evening, Artengine’s new media Nite Ride exhibition opened, and I got to enjoy the first ride of the night, listening to Tim Hecker’s custom 5.1 channel surround soundtrack to a drive through the Gatineau Hills.

Guerilla mag has a great video from opening night that gives you a much better sense of the project than my prose:

Unfortunately I didn’t have a chance to go on the next ride for Marla Hlady’s work, but I’ll be back during the week, as Nite Ride runs until Oct. 31.

We had to leave the Nite Ride opening early as Deb and I had to set up for our DJ/VJ performance as The Latest Artists at Lotus Lounge in Ottawa later that night. We were booked by Exposure Fridays for their Halloween-themed party, and were excited to share another bill w/ Kevan Fraser.

With only an hour set time, we went straight to business with dark, rolling, minimal-tech tunes accompanied by synced, abstract and spooky-themed video — our specialty Not sure if we’ll get any documentation from this one, though, but we received lots of great feedback after our set.

Again we had to leave early to prepare for another commitment the next morning:

The Conjunction Collective’s exhibition, Civilization and its Discontents, opening on Saturday eve. in Toronto, for which I still needed to install my light portion of the show.

The organisers gave me free reign of the gallery basement for my lighting work, so I reprogrammed and refurbished a handful of pieces to display in the space.

Installation went really smooth thanks to dedicated assistance from Deb and my good friend, Dan. The opening party was a blast, and I received lots of positive feedback about my lighting work, which was really encouraging to hear from a Toronto crowd since it was my first lighting exhibition there.

Deb got lots of great documentation that I’ll share soon, but in the meantime, I invite you to check out this photo set by co-organiser, Jen Lee.

If you’re in Ottawa this Thanksgiving weekend, I invite you to swing through Westboro on Saturday afternoon to check out Cornucopia, Wesboro’s fall celebration. There’ll be street performers walkin’ the beat and lots more to see and do during this all day “animated sidewalk sale.”

As for the beats, I’ll be providing the tunes all day — alongside some surprise guests — and I’m sure we’ll have some entertaining moments thanks to MC duties by China Doll!

Here’s a quick vid from last year showcasing some sidewalk breakdancers, some antics with China Doll, and a serene moment celebrating art, set to the sounds of Ricardo Villalobos as the afternoon wound down

If you make it down, swing by the booth for a chat, we’ll be set up right here.  Oh, and if last year was any indication, there might be free pumpkins for grabs at the end of the day.

PS  If you thought that first Villalobos clip was something, check this one out.

Really diggin’ the new M-nus release by Clickbox + Run Stop Restore. Currently can’t get enough of the title track with the slide-y bass guitar and creepy almost off-putting vocals; then the solo synth-line part in the middle: nice dark/groovy stuff. This one will def. get some play at my autumn/Halloween gigs!

Also enjoying the painterly / water colour artwork of the recent Minus releases.

Deb and I are headed out west from Ottawa all the way to Vancouver for a summer DJ/VJ performance and workshop tour as The Latest Artists!

All the info, dates, and documentation (pics and vids) will be available on our new fan page on Facebook. Check it out and follow along!

Happy summer!