Posted on January 5, 2018
Studies in the History of Media Art: Screen CulturePeople around the city, staring at a handheld screen. Some are sitting at a café, some are in the subway. Some others are walking in the streets or in parks. There are even some that are so absorbed that they bump onto others, or walk right in front of a moving car. No, these are […]
Posted on January 2, 2018
Independent StudyI know that’s not how the expression goes, but it felt appropriate to distort it so. After receiving my shipment of components, I spent some time to reorganize my desk. So that’s where the first storm happened. The coming semester will be quite busy, with four classes, two of them continuing my year-long project and […]
Posted on December 29, 2017
Advanced Practices in Video, Performance and Electronic ArtsIn mid-December, I ordered quite a few parts from both Digi-Key and Abra Electronics to be able to build the Kinetic Cabinet during the winter term. I finally received most of my order! These regulators were really the components that were blocking me. The stepper motors I will be using require 3.4V, and the only […]
Posted on December 20, 2017
Independent StudyEver since I presented my kinetic cabinet prototype for the IMCA 400 course, I have been spending time working on the pickup spooling machine. I originally sketched a rough idea, and as you can see from the sketch above, I refined the idea quite a bit. I designed the body of the machine. That took […]