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No signal generated so far

Posted on November 12, 2017

Independent Study

After discussing with an electric engineer friend of mine, he suggested that I used a perfboard instead of a breadboard to improve the connections quality. As that quality can affect the signal, I thought it would be a good idea to try. The photo above is what I ended up making, and I have to […]

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Prototype finalized for presentation

Posted on November 12, 2017

Advanced Practices in Video, Performance and Electronic Arts

This past week was spent finalizing the prototype so that it can be presented for critiques next week. As seen in the video above, the prototype currently has a hard time rotating, as the tension of any wound string gauge is too big. I tested with three different gauges, sadly with the same behavior where […]

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Guided tour of the Ellen Gallery

Posted on November 9, 2017

Studies in the History of Media Art: Screen Culture

 This week, we went to the Ellen Gallery for the OWERÀ:KE NON AIÉ:NAHNE / Filling in the Blank Spaces exhibit. This exhibit showcases works by Jason Edward Lewis (who taught me to code a few years back), Skawennati, and AbTeC. One of the videos presented in the gallery is one where Jason spoke at […]

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Spooling attempt

Posted on November 4, 2017

Independent Study

After many attempts, I finally was able to put together the plastic pieces in the expected shape of the pickup. From that point, I started to spool the coil wire around the magnet pole piece. Relying on a few tutorials I found about how to spool guitar pickups, I used a drill and the spooling […]

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