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Cleaning up steel brackets

Posted on February 3, 2018

Advanced Practices in Video, Performance and Electronic Arts

Early Tuesday morning, I went to the Acier Lachine warehouse to get the L-Brackets I ordered. I had to get a 20 ft long piece, which they then cut to the dimensions I needed. I do however have more material than I currently need, so I guess I’ll have to figure out what to do […]

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Notebook doodles

Posted on January 29, 2018

Art of Film Animation

While I am always  drawing plans and diagrams, it has been a while since I doodled in my sketchbook during classes. Today, as we were presented with Eastern European animation, I felt inspired by this heroic figure. This is János Vitéz—or Johnny Corncob—as animated by Marcell Jancovics. This head was one of the many surreal […]

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Welding session

Posted on January 28, 2018

Advanced Practices in Video, Performance and Electronic Arts

This week marks the beginning of the fabrication of the Kinetic Cabinet’s metallic frame, which will be made of three separate components: a simple frame, a bottom angle bracket onto which the motors and gears will be attached, and a top angle bracket which will serve as bridge and surface onto which the tuning keys […]

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New spooling machine body

Posted on January 27, 2018

Independent Study

By chance, I passed by the Concordia Digital FabLab and there was no one using the lasercutter. I took this opportunity to cut my redesigned spooling machine body, a few days in advance. So far all seems good, the internal space is perfect for each component to live and not be crushed. While attempting to […]

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