Design of Unusual Media

New Video of Steadman projections in the Chelsea Art Museum from last year: Original from 2007-09-16: [link]

Looking at NY State's geography by zipcode...
inspired by zipdecode [Ben Fry]

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I'm teaching a class called Experiments with Technology in the Parsons BFADT program this semester, and it's given me a chance to reacquaint myself with Processing. These are the latest in a series of new work using the open-source programming environment that first got me interested in creative interaction.

In June I travelled to Tanzania on an International Budget Project fellowship to work with Policy Forum, a group of NGOs in Tanzania that work to promote transparency in government.

The core focus of my work was to develop open-source solutions for communication design, as well as to foster open communications amongst member organizations using wireless technologies.

Digital Puppetry, a project I collaborated on with artist Tine Papendick and all-around digital genius Rory Solomon on, is now on display at Eyebeam Atelier, in Chelsea through August 9 as part of the Interactivos exhibition.

The project uses Computer Vision with OpenCV to allow viewers to attach digital accessories to their images in real-time.

Some more images, video and flickr links after the jump  read more »

okay maybe this is a simple thing, but it has been driving me nuts while I'm in Tanzania...  read more »

Phlock is an interactive installation that allows viewers to sequence sounds and create music using the emergent behavior of digital creatures.

Phlock is on display at the Chelsea Art Museum until June 8, 2008

more images after the jump...  read more »

Created New Art for my Augmented Dart Game thesis project. The previous characters were "cute", and user testing showed that teens related to them, but the focus got away from the emergent behaviour, which is the core of the game. Now focussing on creating a more cohesive system, where the creatures relate visually with their environment. And they're prettier.

Went out with Evan Roth and the Toronto GRL crew the other night and wrote up some TO-centric stuff on City Hall. My taunting the Toronto Transit Commission got picked up in the article by blogTO.

above photo by Jon Currie for blogTO.

Pictures of TO City Hall before and after after the jump...  read more »

Built an applet for testing out the character art for the Augmented Dart Game project. This allows the cells to morph and move around specified joints and armatures, while retaining their hand-drawn aesthetic.