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Video of Ada's Shop · Sunday January 2, 2011
Check out the video above of Marianne and my installation, Ada's Shop. It was installed in the Fifth Avenue windows of the NYPL's Mid-Manhattan branch from December 1, 2010 through January 2, 2011. Ada will return again on March 1 and remain up through March 31, 2011.
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Ada's Shop At The Mid-Manhattan Library · Thursday December 2, 2010
I couldn’t be more excited than to announce Ada’s Shop, a new interactive installation by Marianne Petit and myself, which pays tribute to the work of Augusta Ada King, the Countess of Lovelace. Daughter of Lord Byron, Lovelace (1815-1852) is recognized today as the first computer programmer. Marianne and I produced Ada’s Shop specifically for the New York Public Library‘s Art in the Windows series.
Ada’s Shop is on display in the front windows at the Mid-Manhattan Library at 40th Street & 5th Avenue in New York City through January 2nd, 2011. Be sure to bring your mobile phone. Choices made on the keypad cause excerpts from Ada’s exchanges with Charles Babbage to be read, as Victorian Paper Theatre elements spin within the window.
Additionally, there will be an artist dialog Saturday, December 17th at 2:30pm on the 6th Floor.
Many thanks to curator Arezoo Moseni, my father Daniel Belanger, and Catherine White, the voice of Ada.
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Homeward Bound · Tuesday October 26, 2010
My recent trip to Arkansas was short but sweet. I was there for my father’s 67th birthday. He and I spent time at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, one of my favorite long-standing traditions. I got to see the outstanding new Disfarmer documentary. I caught up with old friends. And I ate way too much Mexican food. No I didn’t. I ate just the right amount.
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Open Video Conference 2010 · Monday October 4, 2010
Last year one of the most exciting conferences I “attended” was the Open Video Conference, a two-day summit to explore the future of video. I say “attended” (in quotes) because I was in Massachusetts at the time, and was only able to catch the video stream. It was an amazing conference, like a jolt to my system, and I’ve been looking forward to physically attending this year’s conference ever since. This year ultimately didn’t live up to all that anticipation, but there were still several strong sessions including the Keynote by Mike Wesch. The pictured session above, The Theory of Remix, featured a great short reading by Eduardo Navas of Remix Theory. It was nice to meet Eduardo after having worked with him on the networked book project for Turbulence.
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Maker Faire: New York · Monday September 20, 2010
My partner Marianne and I will be speaking at Maker Faire: New York this Sunday, September 26th at the ITP Cafe at 11am about our work at , and in particular the technical aspects of Ephraim & Sadie Hatfield‘s interactive art installation Not For Sale. We’ll share some tips about working with Asterisk, building your own Arduino compatible boards, and maybe even how to make Guacaroni. Maker Faire is being held at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. Many thanks to Tom Igoe for including us. We hope to see you there!
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Another Semester at BMCC · Friday August 27, 2010
I’m really excited to be back at Borough of Manhattan Community College for another semester. This time I’m teaching MMP 100: Introduction to Multimedia, an intro and overview of multimedia and the Adobe Creative Suite. I’m also teaching MMP 460: Multimedia Project Lab which is a final project class for students. There we’ll be focused on building PHP and JavaScript skills, working with WordPress, polishing up portfolios, and producing a final project.
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On WAMC's The Roundtable · Monday August 16, 2010
Marianne and I were interviewed live from the Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA on Friday by Joe Donahue, Alan Chartock and Sarah LaDuke on WAMC‘s The Roundtable about our work at Greylock Arts, Ephraim & Sadie Hatfield, Not For Sale, and DownStreet Art. Listen to us here.
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Not For Sale Opens In North Adams · Monday August 2, 2010
The details of Ephraim & Sadie Hatfield’s Not For Sale opening in North Adams, Massachusetts.
Read MoreNot For Sale Previewed In North Adams · Friday June 25, 2010
Marianne and I were on hand last night to preview Not For Sale, the upcoming interactive window installation by the mysterious Ephraim & Sadie Hatfield. The work is being produced by Greylock Arts, and is part of the summer-long city-wide art fair in North Adams, Massachusetts that is DownStreet Art. Not For Sale will allow participants to call in with their mobile phone to activate various objects within the space. Follow the Hatfields on Facebook, Twitter, or their very own blog as they work to create Not For Sale. The installation opens July 29 from 6 – 9pm at 65 Main Street in North Adams, and will be on display until October 31.
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Android, Augmented Reality, Eclipse, & Dirty Hands at ITP Camp · Tuesday June 22, 2010
Monday I attended Hello Android by Shawn Van Every. I had attended Shawn’s Smartphone Studio earlier, where we played with PhoneGap and Appcelerator, but this session was devoted to getting started with the actual Android SDK. Shawn helped us get situated in Eclipse with all the Android tools, and then guided us through making our first “Hello Android” app. Above Shawn demonstrates the Android SDK.
With so many excellent camp sessions, it’s hard to pick a favorite, but Craig Kapp’s on Augmented Reality is at the top of my list for the moment. Augmented Reality is really magical stuff. It’s a live view of the physical world whose elements are augmented by virtual imagery. The work that Craig does with AR is fascinating. And the way he explains it all is just perfect. For the time being, this is the number one reason to still be involved in ActionScript development.
And I attended another couple of great sessions today. Matt Parker lead a session called Total Eclipse in which he got everyone up to speed on using the Eclipse IDE for Java development. I also attended Peter Menderson’s Get Your Hands Dirty! where he illustrated mold making with two-part rubber and plastic compounds as well as plaster. We also made a silicone rubber mold and cast with polyurethane plastic and foam.
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