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We’ve all been busy getting ready for our third show in Ipswich next week, at St Mary’s at the Quay, Key Street.
We’ve got a really good line-up with lots of news stuff to share with the world:
1. iPhore - Cefn Hoile
Re-imagining of semaphore messages using web-cams and computer vision.
2. Two Wind-up Sculptures - Jonathan Clift
Simple visual puzzles from hacked consumer items.
3. Pixelh8 - Matthew Applegate
Chip-tune musician.
4. train_clock - David Chatting
How transport systems reshape the country. A clock showing the time to travel by train to destinations in the UK from Ipswich.
5. Laser Tag - Graffiti Labs (demonstrated by Tom Juby)
Non-destructive virtual graffiti.
6. Video Feedback - Martin Russ and Cefn Hoile
Emergent imagery from only a camera and a projector.
7. Touch Table - Tom Juby
Multi-touch tabletop.
8. Approaching Years - Craig McCahill
A hybrid portrait which appears to age as you come closer.
9. art is… some theory found on the Internet - Jonathan Clift
Definitions of art scavenged from a well-known search engine.
10. One Pixel Webcam - David Chatting
A view of the changing sky.
11. Bubble Machine - David Chatting, Craig McCahill and Robert Lenne
Leave a message for Bubbles!
Here’s the full programme for the week… [download the poster]
Saturday 19th
Talk: The Curiosity Collective (7:30pm until 9:30pm)
Things kick off with the opening of the show and a talk about us; what we’ve been doing over the past nearly three years, what we want to do in the future and why we’re doing it.
Sunday 20th
Workshop: How to Solder (3pm until 4:30pm)
Interested in trying-out electronic projects, but put-off by soldering? We’ll show you how to get great results.
We will provide a soldering iron, solder and all the things you need to get going for the afternoon. We ask you to bring a small kit you would like to build, such as those available from Maplin or Rapid Electronics. Typically these are less than ten pounds. Battery powered projects only please.
There are limited spaces available, please contact david dot chatting at mac dot com by Saturday 19th to confirm your space.
Monday 21st
Closed to the public
Tuesday 22nd
Closed to the public
Wednesday 23rd
Workshop: Pixelh8’s Chiptune music (6pm until 7:30pm)
Thursday 24th
Open (4pm until 9:30pm)
Friday 25th
Private viewing (4pm until 9:30pm)
Reception from nightfall, about 7:30pm!
Saturday 26th
Open (12 noon until 9:30pm)
| April 2, 2008 | ||
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Hi – we’re having another get-together this evening (Wednesday) upstairs again in McGinty’s from 8pm
As ever, please come along to chat about your ideas and projects, the main business of the evening is however to get the programme for the show (19th to 27th April) sorted.
Cheers, hope to see you there,
Dave
Our friend Nigel Crawley made a really nice Arduino Wiimote Hack at the recent Brighton BarCamp:
Wednesday is all set for curiosity in McGinty’s from 8pm. It’ll be the usual informal mix of stuff people want to show and chat about, plus a focus on the upcoming show - 19th to 27th April.
I’ve already got a list of over ten pieces that we’re hoping to show. Some are ready to go, others need some work. If you’ve got something you’d like to add or you’d like to see if you could help out with someone else’s - come along on Wednesday.
We’re also going to need a hand with publicity and the like - we’ll need posters and flyers pretty soon.
Remote folk: give Cefn or me a shout and we’ll patch you in by the wonders of the Internet - we can do Skype, iChat, etc, etc
Hope to see you then, cheers,
Dave
A reminder that Wednesday Night is Curiosity Night!
The list of pieces for the next show is growing nicely and plans are afoot for an exciting second “themed” show in the Autumn.
Please bring along your ideas and projects - I’m going to bring a fixed version of the “mobile-phone-triggered-bubble-machine” that Craig and I built. I’ll also be espousing openframeworks to anyone who’ll listen and show some of the things that were built at this weekend’s workshop.
We’re in McGinty’s again from 8pm, upstairs - the stairs are just by the door for the court-yard area.
Cheers,
Dave.
Wow! Pixelh8’s on CNN! See here. Well done Matthew!
Had a chance to help build this musical robot when I was in Boston. Sorry not to have more time to join in with the installation in New York but what a job they’ve done! See the video below for more…
The next Curiosity get together is next Wednesday 6th February in Ipswich at 8pm, in McGinty’s pub (opposite the library).
Lots to see and talk about, there’s:
Hope to see you there,
Cheers,
Dave
Anyone has a project like this we can build?
More at the troika website
This is fun, it’s an Arduino controlled “software-sequencer [which] controls 8 solenoids, that knock on different things and therefore produce some rhythmic noise”.
Could we do something similar with Jonathan’s board?
Cheers,
Dave.