Problem...

My group ran into a problem today... since we had critique of the projects all class we did not get the chance to put our housing file into the digifab lab to print. This poses difficulties because the lab is not open until thursday BUT we need to have atleast 24 hours for our object to be successfully made. The lab isn't open weekends so I'm not quite sure what we are going to do on this one. We didn't think it would be an issue since we were comfortable (atleast we thought) time-wise. This kind of thing always happens... doesn't it? Right before a project is due big problems surface. Time to figure this one out...

Digital Art Museum

http://www.dam.org/home

The Algorists

http://hebert.kitp.ucsb.edu/73s.html

http://www.davidem.com/01_art/4_morphs/metamorphoses.html

http://collaboratory.nunet.net/phertz/portfoli/main.htm?fbottom=cv.htm&fmid=cv_dir.htm&view=cv

http://www.langorigami.com/art/gallery/gallery.php4?name=rings4

http://www.csuri.com/index.php/category/digital-art/

"Algorithmic art is a subset of generative art, and is practically always executed by a computer. If executed by a computer, it is also classified as computer-generated art, but in much computer-generated art the role of the computer is confined to the execution. In contrast, in algorithmic art the creative design is the result of an algorithmic process, usually using a random or pseudo-random process to produce variability. Algorithmic art is also related to systems art.
It is usually digital art, although a number of artists work with plotters. Fractal art is an example of algorithmic art..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_art

Better Idea of our Outcome?

http://www.soban-art.com/galery2.asp

http://v2d7c.sheepserver.net/cgi/node?id=30812

This is how I understand our visual to be for project 3. I know today in our class-long crit some had a hard time understanding what we wanted to produce with the data collected by the arduino. This is similar to what I atleast had visioned in my head.

Here are more really interesting ideas about interaction, the user causing an interaction:


http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2005/bubbles.html

http://www.suziwebster.org/electricskin/index.html

Concept Explanation

I finished the text for our concept board today. I was kind of unsure that I had it right but I checked in with Tim's blog and yay I got it all in there!

Hopefully the rest of the class will follow along but I think it's farily simple to understand. I'm hoping we get good feedback too about it and further applications for its use.

Tim is also creating an illustration for the concept board and I can't wait to see what he comes up with because he's a super designer/ illustrator.

Yup... and of course our moodboard is done too... I think that together they will present a very clear picture of our thought process at this point.

ONE MORE WEEK left for project 2... coming down to the wire but I think we will be ok. I can't wait to see how much we can accomplish with it. Sometimes it's hard to bite that reality bullet but I think that we will come close to our initial intention with the circuits we've been working on. 

Random... but super awesome

Circuit Typeface

:)

Better Results... New Project... Moodboard?

Today was an interesting day. We were introduced to project 3... which we have to make a mood-board and concept-board for, due Monday. Then afterward we went down to the digifab lab to look at our new file to print (for cost), and to noah's lab to talk about project 3.

The new housing is much more affordable, probably about $100 at most per unit... much better than $200. We are close to being able to print, which is good because it will probably take 12 hours to print both, and then another 4 hours to clean all of the excess material off (all of which will be done for us). It still amazes me that something can be printed in 3D. I will be interested to see it when it is finished printing.

For project three we have been asked to synthesize everything we've learned so far. Currently we are thinking about the lillypad arduino to create a device that goes on clothing and collects information from its person, such as movement, perhaps vital signs, sounds, etc. (information of life basically) and then turns the information into a visual representation using Isadora (organic lines, forms, colors, etc.). This is interesting because it is taking something organic, making it digital, and then making it organic again through digital means.

For our mood board we are trying to evoke this with images of plants, people in motion, cloth, origami, etc.
I personally am putting this together for Monday and I think it's a really great way to collect thoughts in a visual way (besides writing them down).

The semester is quickly diminishing... we still have alot of work to do. More later...