http://technoetc.net/blog Andrew O'Malley's electronic art, music, and technology blog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:04:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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, ... http://technoetc.net/blog/2010/03/02/blog-love/ 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 ... http://technoetc.net/blog/2010/02/22/electric-window-4-xx/ 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: We were pretty pleased with our first attempt at constructing and gluing a 3D ... http://technoetc.net/blog/2010/01/31/light-cube-prototype/ With the inspiration of using acrylic as an artistic/structural medium mixed with the notion of baring it all in terms of circuit board exposure, as outlined in this previous post, I set about to realize the next entry in the Electric Window 3.xx series with a new perspective: [ Build details ... http://technoetc.net/blog/2010/01/24/electric-window-3-03/ Gallery hopping in Toronto late last year, I discovered a handful of really inspiring artists. Gallery Lausberg specializes in abstract German sculpture.  Of particular interest to me were the works of Regine Schumann and Klaus Staudt. Schumann's work revolves around sculptural acrylic forms illuminated by black light: Staudt's work explores form and perspective ... http://technoetc.net/blog/2010/01/21/its-all-about-content/ December '09 was a busy month!   I made a lot of progress on my "Electric Window" light series, both developing it as a platform and getting a handful out there into peoples' collections. A big move was finalizing the framework for the 3.xx series, by reducing the "Electric Window (iii)" design ... http://technoetc.net/blog/2010/01/18/electric-window-3-01/ Just finished a proof-of-concept video for an interactive audio/visual installation, where the audience become the performers in a room-sized drum machine with blinking lights and sychronized video: The audio is straight from a drum machine, triggering the video in real time which is done in Processing; this initial draft shows that ... http://technoetc.net/blog/2009/12/14/interactive-audiovisual-installation/ Last week Deb and I performed a dj/vj set (as The Latest Artists) at the Spacing Ottawa launch party at Cube Gallery . 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 ;) http://technoetc.net/blog/2009/11/25/spacing-ottawa-launch-party/ Came across this nice interview w/ Chris Liebing enthusing about digital dj'ing technology: 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. ] http://technoetc.net/blog/2009/11/25/clr-podcast/ For whatever reason, I find the following combination of Kraftwerk's seriousness mixed with a laugh track and a chiché plot hilarious: http://technoetc.net/blog/2009/11/13/kraftwerk-sitcom/