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NIME performance

One by one, things are getting done.  This past week, I presented the Pusher/Puller as an architectural piece in Metaforms and as a performance at the NIME Show, both of which went extremely well.  On Monday, Metaforms was held as a nine-hour critique session where each class member had approximately 30-40 minutes to present, field [...]

Posted 14 December 2007 § NIME ‡ Comments (0) °

NIME moves on!

…and my form has shape!
I went wandering around Mood Fabrics last week (it’s HUGE, btw), and attempted to find something that was stretchy, half-transparent, and whiteish in color.  What I found was a big sheet of rayon, which gives the overall form a definite shape while still hinting at the science going on underneath and [...]

Posted 03 December 2007 § NIME ‡ Comments (0) °

Hacking a Behringer BCF2000

So I got this Behringer BCF2000 because it wanted its beautifully motorized innards, but I didn’t want to take it apart and risk ruining both a wonderful piece of hardware and a moderately comprehensive warranty, so I wanted to see the insides first.  So I applied some internet to the task, and found that someone [...]

Posted 28 November 2007 § NIME ‡ Comments (1) °

Performance Plan

So here’s my first serious stab at a performance plan for my NIME object. I’m going to map out something more interesting (probably in Illustrator or something) and/or post the Max patch as I plan to move through it, but I’m not quite there yet with that.
Performance - the strange object

Start: the form sits [...]

Posted 28 November 2007 § NIME ‡ Comments (0) °

Thinking out the space and sound

I’ve been thinking more about how Sound/Space will be displayed and used, and while I think a lot of that may be dictated by the final form and its abillity to react to the audio cues of the surrounding area, it’s coming into its own a bit more at this point. I want it [...]

Posted 26 November 2007 § NIME ‡ Comments (1) °

Playing with spaces

I’ve been plowing forward with the Sound/Space (or whatever it ends up getting called — Pusher/Puller and Pushmepullyou still sit on the block) design, and tried out some more materials for the top.  At Dana’s suggestion, I gave pantyhose a shot, and it does a beautiful job of showing the points and the dips in [...]

Posted 25 November 2007 § NIME ‡ Comments (0) °

Mixer!

Just when I swear off further physical work on my NIME prototype, the soon-to-be source of my motorized slide pots arrives:

It actually behaves better than most Behringer equipment I’ve messed with, and the motorized sliders react surprisingly well.  Of course, at this point, I’ll probably have to wait until after finals to take it apart [...]

Posted 20 November 2007 § NIME ‡ Comments (0) °

Take it apart, put it back together

So it’s back to the lab again…

After taking a week to really rethink the way my prototype works, I started solidifying the innards a bit better.  I’d wanted to add motion, beef up the structure, possibly make it bigger, and do a while pile of other things, but realistically I’ll have to call it quits [...]

Posted 19 November 2007 § NIME ‡ Comments (0) °

40 Bond

Woah, NY Daily News did a write-up about the new 40 Bond building, and named-checked us on the scene!

Full set of snaps on Flickr, of course.

Posted 12 November 2007 § ‡ Comments (0) °

Metaforms: Manifesto

I am infatuated with urban spaces and the relationships people have with them. If you have ever wandered a city late at night, half-lost, looking desperately for something — anything — that you haven’t seen before, hoping to find inspiration in the everyday and the extraordinary alike, than you speak my language.  Through [...]

Posted 15 October 2007 § ‡ Comments (0) °