2009年3月19日 星期四

GRACE STATE MACHINES



2007
Robot performance
Aluminium, air piston, valves, micro controlers, network switche, motion capture system, max/msp, air compressor, alogene light bulb, midi dimmer.
Collaboration: Bill Vorn, Emma Howes, Jonathan Villeneuve
Grace State Machines is a Robotic Art performance project. The name of the project is inspired by a virtual "state of grace" that could be expressed by automatons and other finite state machines. Through this project, we want to explore the close relationship between the real physical human body and machine body. We want to express the inner perceptions of both entities and how they intertwine, blend, mingle and become blurred as they interact and exchange in an intimate dialog between the organic and the artefact

http://www.jonathan-villeneuve.com/en/index.php?dossier=gsm

TRACE



2007
Installation
Trace L : Aluminium, light bulbs, speackers and sub woofer, proximity sensors, sound amplifier, midi dimmer box, computer.
5’ X 12” diameter
Trace v : TV monitor, mechanical control lever, wood, aluminium, electrical wires, sound amplifier, arduino microcontroller, rf converter, computer.
30” X 20” X 75”
Trace s : Wood, wool, stuffing foam, vents, LED, Photo resistances, printed circuits, micro possessor, Alt-mega 168.
28 modules of 8” X 8” X 4” at 16” deep, sparse on the wall.
Sofian Audry, Jonathan Villeneuve
In collaboration with Myriam Bessette & Samuel St-Aubin
Trace is a collaborative installation in three stages. Its design pools the plastic and conceptual concerns of the artists with a will of complementarity and exchange.
Led by a computational, sculptural and sound work, the project tries to create a physical impression in the viewer. The collective creation allows the artists to develop new aesthetic, sensory and technical approaches.
A multi-faceted work, Trace explore many sides of the same idea. Three sculptural elements give insight on a daily experience that is lived with the transformation of private space. Bulbs, wiring, textiles, dyes and bolts intertwine, carrying the fragility of livable spaces. The reality is thus diverted, revealing the ephemeral aspect of a memory that fades with the renewal of the domestic sphere.
Trace consists of three installations: L, V and S. The concept of flexibility and mobility is the basis of the work that thus adapts to its exhibition space. The development is based on a collective "work-in-progress" methodology, where each element responds to the first and influences the next.

red dot: grand prix: "Duality" by ART+COM, Berlin



Traditionally, there has always been a certain tension between art for public spaces, with its architectural associations, and the actual surroundings of a building: On the one hand, this close connection to the building limits the creative freedom, but on the other hand it is also its challenge. Installations that make use of new media and technologies today offer their designers the possibility to establish entirely novel relationships with architecture. And not only with the architecture: also with the people who live and function within it. Developed for a new building complex in the centre of Tokyo, the “Duality” installation responds to the impulses of passers-by.

The action of stepping on a six-metre-square area generates real-time virtual light waves that extend as real waves on the surface of the adjacent artificial pond. The installation aims to offer commuters flowing out of a nearby metro station a playful moment of pause and meditation; furthermore, “Duality” explores the interplay between solid and liquid, virtual and real, light waves and water waves, and is intended to counter the generic practice of architecture art with a concept that evokes identification by instantaneously implying both the location and the human beings that are present in it.


Joachim Sauter on “Media in public spaces”:

“Duality” is an installation in a public place in the city centre of Tokyo. The aim was to create an installation that, unlike many other medial art projects for public spaces, would interact with its environment thematically and react physically to passers-by. Set up as part of a walkway and an adjacent artificial pond, “Duality” acts as an interface between “liquid” (water) and “solid” (walkway), expanded by the aspects of “real” (waves of water) and “virtual” (waves of light). Due to the reactive nature of the installation, passers-by change the environment and thus experience a moment of identity with the place.

created by ART+COM

2009年1月29日 星期四

Arduino IR Remote

RECEIVER:
int ir_pin = 7; //Sensor pin 1 wired through a 220 ohm resistor
int led_pin = 9; //"Ready to Recieve" flag, not needed but nice
int debug = 0; //Serial connection must be started to debug
int start_bit = 2000; //Start bit threshold (Microseconds)
int bin_1 = 1000; //Binary 1 threshold (Microseconds)
int bin_0 = 400; //Binary 0 threshold (Microseconds)
int lll=0;

void setup() {
pinMode(led_pin, OUTPUT); //This shows when we're ready to recieve
pinMode(ir_pin, INPUT);
digitalWrite(led_pin, LOW); //not ready yet
Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
int key = getIRKey(); //Fetch the key
Serial.print("Key Recieved: ");
Serial.println(key);
if(key==1301&&lll==0)
{digitalWrite(10, HIGH); lll=1;}
else if(key==1301&&lll==1)
{digitalWrite(10, LOW); lll=0;}
delay(1000);

}


int getIRKey() {
int data[12];
digitalWrite(led_pin, HIGH); //Ok, i'm ready to recieve
while(pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW) < 2200) { //Wait for a start bit
}
data[0] = pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW); //Start measuring bits, I only want low pulses
data[1] = pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW);
data[2] = pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW);
data[3] = pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW);
data[4] = pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW);
data[5] = pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW);
data[6] = pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW);
data[7] = pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW);
data[8] = pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW);
data[9] = pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW);
data[10] = pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW);
data[11] = pulseIn(ir_pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led_pin, LOW);

if(debug == 1) {
Serial.println("-----");
}
for(int i=0;i<11;i++) { //Parse them
if (debug == 1) {
Serial.println(data[i]);
}
if(data[i] > bin_1) { //is it a 1?
data[i] = 1;
} else {
if(data[i] > bin_0) { //is it a 0?
data[i] = 0;
} else {
data[i] = 2; //Flag the data as invalid; I don't know what it is!
}
}
}

for(int i=0;i<11;i++) { //Pre-check data for errors
if(data[i] > 1) {
return -1; //Return -1 on invalid data
}
}

int result = 0;
int seed = 1;
for(int i=0;i<11;i++) { //Convert bits to integer
if(data[i] == 1) {
result += seed;
}
seed = seed * 2;
}
return result; //Return key number
}

SENDER:
http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1209565937

2009年1月26日 星期一

Arduino bootloader 教學

只需要自備Arduino Diecimila基本板子
就可以大量購買所需的ATmega168 晶片,自己燒錄bootloader
製造arduino
感謝 Mr.Suz. 開發的avrdude-serjtag工具。

【前po】自製240元的arduino(不含usb connector)

參考網址:
http://robertcarlsen.net/blog/?p=221
http://www.geocities.jp/arduino_diecimila/bootloader/index_en.html

2009年1月11日 星期日

Siggraph2009: BioLogic: A Natural History of Digital Life

NEW!!!
MSOrgm (Motivational Sensitive Organism) is as 1 of 14 pieces, will be showing in Biologic ART at Siggraph 2009.

Siggraph 2009 - BioLogic Jurors

Marcia Tanner - independent curator and writer based in Berkeley and former director of San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

Sabrina Raaf - artist working in experimental sculptural media and Asst. Prof. in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Suzanne Anker - artist and theorist, co-author of The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age, and Chair of Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts in NYC

Cezanne Charles - artist, curator, Creative Industries Director for ArtServe Michigan, and former Executive Director of New Media Scotland

Sascha Pohflepp - artist, designer, contributing writer for we-make-money-not-art, and member of Design Interactions at RCA, London

John Marshall - artist, designer, curator, and Asst. Prof. in the School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan

http://www.core.form-ula.com/2008/12/18/eventacm-siggraph-2009leonardocall-for-papers-and-artwork/

2008年12月21日 星期日

微光泡泡



微光泡泡為我最近發表的產品
已經在當代美術館的創意市集進行試賣

當你用雙手握住他的時候,他可以發出微量的光線。
你也可以把罐子打開,向風扇吹口氣。吹出閃閃的光線。

該產品目前發展兩種版本。
一種為自行組裝的材料包,讓有興趣享受組裝樂趣的同好DIY。另一種為組裝好的產品。

所採用的材料為
Arduino的晶片與基本電路零件+麵包板+白光LED兩顆+透明壓克力罐子+12伏特變壓器+12伏特小風扇
售價400元

電路組裝手冊近期公佈
有興趣可以寫信連絡我: scottie.c.c.huang@gmail.com