Proverbial Posters in the IT Crowd
Jon Sutton‘s posters created for the Proverbial Show were featured in the last series of the IT Crowd. Check out Jon’s page.
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Curiosity at the Maker Faire, 11-13 March 2011, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Things are getting busy at the Collective as we update a few of our Time Show pieces to exhibit at Maker Faire UK. If you are a maker/crafter/hacker/enthusiast and find yourself in Newcastle between 11-13th March the faire is well worth a visit. Details of our projects below:
Curious Time
Reel to Reel - Three tape recorders share one loop of tape recording, superimposing and feeding back to create complex soundscapes. (Mike Challis)
Atmospherical Clocks - A collection of clocks which take their sense of the seconds, minutes and hours from fluctuations in atmospheric and environmental conditions, including temperature, light, air pressure, electro magnetism, sound, radioactivity. (John Bowers)
The Perfect Hindsight Machine - A one-of-a-kind device developed by the US Military in the 1950s. Combining recovered alien technology with a state of the art RF receiver, its dial can tune in to video action live from history all the way back to 1894 (Cefn Hoile and Neill Keywood)
The Interactive Eggtimer. (Cefn Hoile and Clare Bowman)
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Monday 21st February, The School of Music, University of East Anglia, Norwich, an evening of talks and conversations with “people doing strange things with electricity” in the East Anglian area - more
Curiosity Get Together - 11th January - McGinty’s
The next Get Together is Tuesday 11th Janaury in McGinty’s Pub opposite the library in Ipswich at 8pm. We’ll be be in the Green Room, that’s the one all the way down the corridor - past the toilets.
Two things on the radar: Maker Faire and Cubes.
Cheers,
Dave
Curious Cubes Project
We have been discussing a new project recently, that we plan to show later in the year. The basic premise is that every piece must fit within a 300mm x 300mm x 300mm cube. The cubes should relate to each other in interesting ways. The resulting collection should be cohesive, where each contributes to the whole. So collaboration is a key principle.
We intend to run a workshop in the next few weeks to get people started prototyping some cubes, talking together and developing their ideas. Stay tuned.
Some inspiration:
The Key Arts Boxroom Show
Takara Cubee
Percussa AudioCubes
Curiosity Get Together - 9th November - McGinty’s
The next Get Together is Tuesday 9th November in McGinty’s Pub opposite the library in Ipswich at 8pm.
Please bring along anything you’d like to talk about - there’ll be some chatter too about the “cube” project - what curious thing would you put in a 300mm x 300mm x 300mm box? All very welcome.
Cheers,
Dave
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Thursday 25th November, The CSV Media Clubhouse, Ipswich, an evening of talks and conversations with “people doing strange things with electricity” in the East Anglian area - more
Curiosity Get Together - 26th October - McGinty’s
The next Get Together is Tuesday (26th October) in McGinty’s Ipswich as usual, at 8pm.
Bring your curiosities and curiosity.
Cheers,
Dave