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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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