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Indie study fall progress report

Posted on December 13, 2017

Independent Study

I presented my independent study progress to Bill Vorn, my advisor and program director, and to Michael Montanaro, my research director. You can see my presentation slides embedded below, although it may be better to view them in full size on the dedicated website.

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Q&A with Luis Toledo

Posted on November 21, 2017

Studies in the History of Media Art: Screen Culture

A few weeks ago, Ricardo dal Farra—the professor of my Multi-channel Composition class—organized presentations and performances for the Leonardo 50th Anniversary Celebration at Concordia University. I was only able to attend Christa Sommerer‘s keynote, and the following Q&A. During her talk, Ms. Sommerer presented and discussed artworks showcased at the Made in Linz exhibit. As […]

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Brutalist pickups

Posted on November 18, 2017

Independent Study

As the screw heads were in the way of the copper wire when I attempted to spool it around the magnet, I thought of redesigning the pickup case yet again. This time, the bottom-most part would be the only one through which screws to hold the pickup would go. As I am trying to accept […]

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Prototype presentation

Posted on November 18, 2017

Advanced Practices in Video, Performance and Electronic Arts

The prototype presentation to my fellow classmates was due this week. Unfortunately, there were still incomplete hardware parts. Because of how busy the Concordia DigiFab Lab is, I was only able to get an appointment the same day as the presentation. Last week, I went to EchoFab to cut a box for the ZX Sensor, […]

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