Post-First Week Aftermath of ITP

So, my first week of grad school at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program has whizzed by in a blur of introductions, classes and late nights.  I feel totally overwhelmed and know I’m way behind in all my classes even though its

Reclaiming the Data

I just returned from Sweden where I participated in a seminar titled, Reclaim the Data: using Digital Footprints and Hidden Data to Empower Reflective Consumption.  It was part of an amazing electronic arts festival called New Media Meeting, held in the

Dorkbot gets Swanky

I do love when I get a random IM like this: Here is what The Motoman Project plans to bring…. * RC mobile robot arm with 15ft burst flamethrower * RC mobile robot arm with air cannon * Double pumper

Epiphyte

EPIPHYTE (borrowed from a botanical term) is a bi-pedal powered, interactive video installation that seeks to explore notions of sustainability and infosthetics by revealing the hidden history of products. Basically, its what happens when you take a stationary exercise bicycle

Edible Aesthetics meets Sonic Cartography

CUBO (Cube) – is an interactive sound sculpture comprised of reclaimed materials and exploring notions of social architecture via a site-specific, locative sound track. Its literally a giant cube with a set a speakers and motion sensors on each of

Exchange/Alteration: upcycling your old clothes!

Exchange/Alteration was a total success during its 3 days in Boulder. The sewing intervention set up on CU, the Boulder Farmer’s Market and the Civic Park during Earth Day weekend. E/A invited participants to surrender their clothing to be altered

ASKAA

Immersive. Botanical. Meditative. Aleatoric. Awe-inspiring. I keep effusing these odd combination of terms in describing SKOLTZ_KOLGEN, the endearing and impressive collective-of-two from Montreal, Canada. They performed ASKAA for a marathon 5 hours at the CMKY festival, described as an interactive