I’ve built the control system for Ann Hamilton’s Bullroarer installation at the Henry Gallery. This piece, with 21 independent mechatronic sound makers, is installed in the main space of the Museum for her show, Ann Hamilton: the common S E N S E, opening October 11th 2014.
I’m one of the artists presenting at the Seattle Art/Tech meetup this coming Monday. Meeting at our freshly renovated Ballard Fab Lab (my summer time labor of love).
http://www.meetup.com/ArtsTechSeattle/events/206437122/
I’ve helped organize an event at the Burke Museum on October 4th, The Big Draw, which will feature my Convex Mirror drawing machine as well as a number of NeoLucidas. Come by the Museum and draw; by hand, with the neolucida, or check out the drawing machine.
I’ve designed a bluetooth, rechargeable, 10DOF head-tracking device for use with the Ambisonic ToolKit (ATK), motion capture, and pan-tilt camera systems. This is the second prototype.
prototype head-tracking unit for preview of soundfields and other uses.
As part of a video series produced by the College of Arts & Sciences, graduate student Robert Twomey describes his piece, Convex Mirror, and reflects on how DXARTS is pushing the frontiers of art with unique combinations of art and science.
DXARTS (and my work and teaching) were featured in a long article by Seattle Times arts critic Michael Upchurch which appeared on the Sunday, March 23 issue of the Pacific Northwest Magazine.
Continue reading Work and Teaching Featured in Seattle Times
I’ve repurposed my drawing machine apparatus to capture a stack of images on a grid. I co-register the images to a common viewpoint, and selectively recombine them to synthesize various viewing perspective within the image space.
Details on the research page on robert-depot.
http://storefrontsseattle.com/2013/12/30/storefronts-inaugurates-south-lake-union-program-with-eight-local-artists/
As part of Storefronts Seattle, I will install my Convex Mirror piece in downtown Seattle on the Amazon campus.
Location: Amazon C23 Harrison, in the central display window between Boren and the alley.
Installation: Nov 15, 2013 – Nov 13, 2013.
Exhibition: Nov 17, 2013 – February 14, 2014