Posts filed in ‘ART’
BREATH CAR
Nice use of the Yamaha MIDI breath controller to make the breath car do three point turns and other fancy maneuvers using your breath.
Irvine Brown has then had the breathing directions of these maneuvers translated into musical notation. (dynamics, tempo, duration of notes, phrasing, breath marks - but no key or pitch). Even a movement of a Hummel trumpet concerto has also been transcribed as a track layout.
DE PROXÉMICA
COLOUR GUN
DANDELION LIGHT
The "Secret Of Light" lamp responds to your breath mimicking the delicate flower of the dandelion weed. Where you blow on it the yellow lights gently fade. Turn it on by gently shaking it.
It was created by designers Qin Xue, Cao iXiaoxiao & Wei Hangshuai.
BREATH SCARF
Hilary Hayes’ ‘The Breathe Project’ reminds us to focus on the delicacy of life by lighting up each and every time you breathe.
BREATH POWERED USB CHARGER
Are you breathing? Do you have a gadget that can be charged via a USB port? Well if you answered yes to both, then you are in luck. This instructable shows how to make a device that will charge your USB-capable devices while you do what you do best. Breathe.
BREATHE TABLE
It senses each person's breathing via a newly designed breath sensor, a make micro-controller and netConnect software.
The table acts not only as a display but also as the source of light in an otherwise dark room, so you can see yourself in the light of your collective breathing.
BOIJAMS MUSEUM ESPRESSOBAR
My favourite is his espressobar in Beuningen Museum Rotterdam where he uses optical software in the ceiling to read and interpret words that appear on the magazines and brochures left by patrons on the tables of the cafe, and transforms them into ceiling ornaments that word by word grow over the days and weeks, fed by the words on the table.
VISUAL MELODIES
Last night I met a great bunch of women at the first gathering of the UTS Community of Scholars for 2010. The group gets together monthly to present where they are up to in their doctoral research projects.
Natalya Godbold’s project about sense making in online discussion forums for those affected by renal failure was really fascinating particularly as it is introducing an innovative methodology to the area of health communication.
Amy Chen’s Visual Melodies is a DCA project which produces an interactive art installation in hospitals to help relieve the stress of patients. I was super eager to learn about how the interactivity is enabled - phidget sensors and active script Flash programming make the ferns grow in the forest scene. Amy has had to hand code the active script herself - she reckons she’s the first to use it with motion sensors in this way. She gave up on using Max/msp+jitter because the colours lost saturation when she brought her video files across.