Opening Reception: Tonight, April 12, 7-10pm. Experimental Media 2012 Exhibition: D.O.L.L.: DIWO OPNSRC LMFAO LHOOQ April 12 – May 20, 2012 Location: Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA. Free Admission

Opening Reception Tonight @ Artisphere 7-10pm! for Experimental Media 2012: “The D.O.L.L.:DIWO OPNSRC LMFAO LHOOQ Show” – I curated with Jonah Brucker-Cohen…..all are welcome!

Experimental Media 2012
Curated by Max Kazemzadeh, Assistant Professor of Media Art & Technology, Gallaudet University and Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Assistant Professor at Parsons MFA in Design and Technology and Parsons School of Art, Design, History, and Theory

Experimental Media 2012 explores recent developments in the field of art and technology through three separate, yet related platforms: an exhibition component, a video screening program, and a workshop series. While highlighting the creative potential of new technologies, Experimental Media 2012 will also explore the broader social and cultural implications of these rapid changes. Experimental Media 2012 is organized by Washington Project for the Arts, in partnership with Artisphere, and builds on WPA’s annual Experimental Media Series program, begun in 2006.

above image: Steven Silberg, image created by Pixel-Lapse Photo Booth, 2009, LaserJet Print, 5 3/4″ x 8 1/4″

Experimental Media 2012 Exhibition
D.O.L.L.: DIWO OPNSRC LMFAO LHOOQ
April 12 – May 20, 2012
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 12, 7-10pm
Location: Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA
Free Admission

Featuring work by Christian Benefiel, Eric Celarier, Jeff Chyatte, Mark Cooley, Blake Fall-Conroy, K. David Fong, Pete Froslie, Michelle Lisa Herman, Hiroshi Jacobs, Patrick Resing, and Steven Silberg

D.O.L.L.: DIWO OPNSRC LMFAO LHOOQ, an exhibition of experimental and interactive new media, installation, and sculpture, will take place in the Terrace Gallery at Artisphere from April 12 through May 20, 2012. D.O.L.L. highlights the creative, use, re-use, and mis-use of technology by contemporary artists. Artists featured in the exhibition utilize technological devices and systems to challenge our expectations of contemporary art, while simultaneously questioning common assumptions about technology and our relationship with it.

The Next “D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous” (DASER) – Feb 16th

February 16, 2012, 6 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., N.W., Room 100, Washington, D.C.
Registration and Photo IDs required:

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS) presents D.C. Art and Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), a monthly discussion forum on art and science projects in the national capital region and beyond. DASERs provide the public with a snapshot of the cultural environment of the region and foster interdisciplinary networking.  This series is organized in collaboration with Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology.

Program

5:30 to 6:00 p.m.     Check in
6:00 to 6:10 p.m.     Welcoming remarks and community sharing time. Anyone in the
audience currently working within the intersections of art and
science will have 30 seconds to share their work. Please
present your work as a teaser so that those who are
interested can seek you out during social time following the
event.
6:10 to 7:10 p.m.     Panelists’ presentations (15 minutes each)
Shih Chieh Huang, artist, New York City
Lynne Parenti, curator of fishes and research scientist,                                           National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,                                         Washington, D.C.
Barbara Stauffer, chief of temporary exhibitions,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Bertram Ulrich, liaison multimedia and curator, Art                                                     Program, NASA, Washington, D.C.
7:10 to 7:45 p.m.     Discussion
7:45 to 8:30 p.m.     Reception celebrating DASER’s 1 year anniversary

Next Skinny Tuesday at Gallaudet – Feb 21st – Speaker: Rita Blaik (Materials Scientist)

  

http://art.gallaudet.edu
http://funcolab.com/ 

The next Skinny Tuesday presentation at the Gallaudet Gatehouse, aka FUNCOLAB, will occur on February 21st, from 6-8PM. (Interpreters Provided)

This month’s presenter, Rita Blaik, is an artist and scientist that uses creative syncretic methods within her research process as a materials scientist.

FUNcolab Skinny Tuesdays (Interpreters Provided)
(Monthly Lectures/Performances at 6pm)
***Tuesday, February 14, 6 p.m., Gatehouse***
Presenter: Rita Blaik (Materials Scientist and Artist)

The next Skinny Tuesday presentation at the Gallaudet Gatehouse, aka FUNCOLAB, will occur on February 21st, from 6-8PM.
This month’s presenter, Rita Blaik, is an artist and scientist that uses creative syncretic methods within her research process as a materials scientist. Blaik, is a UCLA PhD student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. She received her B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering with a specialization in biomaterials from the University of California, Irvine. During that time she co-found UCI MatSci, a student chapter of the nationally recognized society Material Advantage, which began an outreach program to local high school students. At UCLA she is a proud fellow of the IGERT Clean Energy for Green Industry fellowship and works with professor Bruce Dunn on biological fuel cell systems and architectures. She continues to develop her science outreach career; since 2008 she has been an instructor with the Sci|Art NanoLab and as of fall 2011, is the Art|Sci Center Networking and Outreach Coordinator. She is also a photographer, incorporating her point of view as a materials scientist by using photographic techniques to transform the apparent state of materials.

“What’s the skinny?”
The FUNcolab holds “Skinny Tuesdays” the first Tuesday of every month at the old Gallaudet Gatehouse. Skinny Tuesdays are an informal dialogue on syncretic forms of research, creative thoughts, and new cross disciplinary developments in art, technology, philosophy, and the sciences. Guest speakers from varying creative, philosophical, technical, and scientific backgrounds are invited to speak, present their projects, and to discuss creative ideas with attendees. This is an open forum, so attendees are invited to bring/share their own projects, techniques, and discoveries. A full spread of veggies, fruit and cheese are served.

FaceTracker: Amazing Face Tracking Library with OpenFrameworks

http://www.creativeapplications.net/openframeworks/scramble-suit-face-tracking-openframeworks/

This is a Face Tracking Library that has been lent to some of the guys from Openframeworks to play around with
and possibly develop some projects.

 

 

 

 

 

Maker Faire NYC Sept 17th

http://makerfaire.com/

Maker Faire is listed as being the World’s Largest DIY Festival – a two-day, family-friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent, CRAFT, recycle, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, science and technology.

It was a great time. I was able to see old friends Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Zach Lieberman and more, and make new ones like Tom Igoe and Carrie Mae Rose. Zach’s talk was great about kinect hacking, openFrameworks and the open source community, and there were tons of great hardware systems. One in particular was a mini breadboard with a multicolored led that randomly changed color when a miniature spring mounted one millimeter away from a surface contact was inserted into dice, and when you rolled the dice, the spring would bounce off of the contact surface and change the color of the light. Also, due to very little space, the light from led was amplified by being reflected off of the back of the battery. Great design. (They were trying to release it as a product so no photos of it) There are photos of the faire though, below.

Created an Arduino/Processing Computer Vision Installation for Tarragona Bus Station

After the Conboi a la Fresca, I returned to Tarragona and invited by Unai to design and code an Arduino/Processing computer vision installation the Tarragona Bus Station. The project is a white jail cell with a white living room that has a television, computer, camera, and interactive couch that invites commuters to enter, sit, and activate a screen based computer vision response system. The seated commuters appear on the television screen when seated in the jail cell living room. After a few seconds of live video, the commuters image is captured and processed with my code. Processing code is complete and uses Arduino as an activator for the on screen effects. Installation is still in process. Below is a screen shot of the on screen effect, as well as the diagram of the Arduino interactive couch install.
 

Went to Valencia, Spain to participate in the Conboi a la Fresca Farm/Intervention

 

Conboi a la Fresca is a collaboration of a number of architecture collectives around Spain and Valencia to establish a collection of oases from abandoned spaces in the center of old town Valencia. The first space shown in the photo is on a foundation of Roman ruins, which has been excavated. Over the course of the week, a number of plants were planted into the crevaces of the stones of the ruin. Artists, farmers, and cooks from around Spain also participated in the preparing and planting of the farm. There were also “tankers” or large trash cans that were converted into large pots for growing vegetables….others that were converted into mobile cooking platforms, and others that were turned into music DJ booths. There was a dome constructed where a street circus inhabited and performed everyday. Toward the end of the week some of the vegetables from the farm were prepared into food and sold here. The first space, the one in the photo, is the first space to be developed and will be maintained by the architecture collective in Valencia. Others still need approval.
 

Cambrils Spelunking then Tarragona to Work on Re:Farm Urban Farm with Hernani & Unai

After Barcelona I went to Cambrils to go Spelunking and beach with Hernani Dias & family, and some other friends…then headed to Tarragona, nearby city to work on the urban farm with Hernani and Unai. Urban farm is something organized with the city of Tarragona in a location right next to the ancient Roman Circus Amphitheater ruins. Beautiful place. We worked one solid day preparing an area for a raised garden using wooden palettes.

 

Went to Barcelona to Skate and Swim for a few days.

MACBA The Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona in Spain is one of the most famous European skate spots. I’ve skated there before but it is always a good time. Day time you can find the place packed with skaters, the majority of which are trying turn flip ledge tricks on the low side, or ledge big-drop tricks on the high side of the MACBA ledge. Others are skating the flat ground or drops off the down ramp. Either way, its a good group of quality skaters that are innovating all day and into the night. One night I witnessed a solid session at 3AM.