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Posted by isley on 10 October 2005 | 0 Comments
Had a really simple idea for a curiosity piece last night. It probably bears no relation to the other work we’re planning on, but its only a ‘quick’ piece, so thought i’d post it anyhow, so here goes ..
It’s basically a video piece of a person standing in ipswich town square staring up at the nothing in particular (the sky/ a corner of a building..). i’m thinking we could film them for 30mins or something, mayb an hour. and we just see how many members of the general public that stop and look to see what this person is looking at ...
old gag i know, but thought it might b quite fun 
PS. went to see “History of Violence” last night, starring Aragorn from LOTR ...
absolutely cracking film, thoroughly recommended!
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Posted by Cefn on 09 October 2005 | 0 Comments
A kind of intelligent music and visuals maker, driven interactively by the viewer screenshot here
N.B. On the Max MSP website ‘A new version of OvalTune by David Zicarelli is under development’
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Posted by martinsan on 09 October 2005 | 0 Comments
A fun old-style painting game which we could get running on some ancient Mac hardware.
The application program this refers to is KidPix:
KidPix ( from http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/mac/kidpix.html )
- KidPix is easy to use (even for grown-ups) and fun (even for grown-ups).
- It is monochrome (black and white!), which may be very unfamiliar to today’s youngsters!
It seems that KidPix is now available as freeware, and it runs on any Mac from a Mac Plus (128K RAM, 68000 running @ 8MHz (this is NOT a misprint or typo) upwards - which probably means Macs that run any OS before OSX).
- I will download it and check compatibility(martinsan).
- Maybe there is the possibility of a wider theme here: an exhibit based on old Mac software… There are lots of HyperCard stacks and other old programmes that should still be interesting (or offensive: there is lots of politically incorrect HyperCard material).
- Old Macs, particularly the single box Plus and Classic versions, are so different to today’s desktop computers or laptops, that they surely have curiosity value…
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Posted by Cefn on 09 October 2005 | 0 Comments
An opportunity for people to experience online fridgemagnet fun…
Could get an old fridge and back project onto a surface.
go to the online game
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Posted by Cefn on 09 October 2005 | 0 Comments
Video tracking plus augmented reality exhibits. Holiday misfits. Moustache tracker. Realtime cartoons.
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Posted by Orange on 09 October 2005 | 0 Comments
People have been talking about wind generators, self-powered artwork and sheds. This is a placeholder for these pieces.
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Posted by martinsan on 09 October 2005 | 0 Comments
A harmonograph - oscillating pen and an oscillating piece of paper - rotational oscillation creating pretty things.
Traditionally, the ‘oscillation’ is achieved by having two separate pendulums (more correctly ‘pendula’ (I think), but correct latin seems to be out of fashion these days): one with a piece of paper on a platter; the other with a pen on the end of an arm (so that the pen is positioned on the paper).
One alternative thought would be to use two X-Y plotters driven by simple harmonic oscillator programs. Since X-Y plotters are old (70s vintage) and out-of-fashion, then they have curiosity value and ought to make a rather neat visual exhibit.
Some people have tried making their own plotters:
DIY XY Plotter
LEGO XY Plotter!
Whiteboard XY Plotter
It seems that second-hand x-y plotters are not very cheap, so I then wondered about mis-using cheap printers - use the linear cartridge movement to provide X and Y axes, and mechanically couple two printers to a pen…
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Posted by Cefn on 09 October 2005 | 2 Comments
A misleading chair, which will generate a fart when somebody sits on it, which will be judged via a ‘test your strength’ style dinger.
Matt Iles has a ‘pull my finger’ website reference to offer up for this.
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Posted by Michal on 09 October 2005 | 0 Comments
Chaotic system of coupled oscillators - what will it do next?
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Posted by Cefn on 09 October 2005 | 0 Comments
Maps based on time rather than space.
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