Friday, March 6th 2015, Stammtisch #17

Event page: https://www.meetup.com/opentechschool-berlin/events/220895213/

So
Swarm of robots synchronizing like fireflies.
A type generator that makes shapes that look like letters but don’t mean anything.

Raphaël
http://schoolofma.org/programs/

Mo
makes dust
Fluid library: http://thomasdiewald.com/blog/?p=95

Mattia
Tweeting Willow
https://vimeo.com/102517030

Soma
Augenlicht: Interactive LED sculpture
http://vimeo.com/somaholiday/augenlicht

Hye Joo
hyejoojun.com

Association Machine
http://www.hyejoojun.com/post/81652442810/association-machine-2014-color-sensor-inkjet

Phantom Limb
http://www.hyejoojun.com/post/92761665641/phantom-limb-2014-3d-scan-3d-print-polyester

Marcel
Shows generative graphics inspired by cymatics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymatics

Javier
http://codepen.io/edokoa/
A collection of JS oscilloscope simulations

Other references Quake on an oscilloscope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WKOFg0vCwc

Carolina
SPAM project, an online art exhibition.
http://www.spamproject.net/
https://www.facebook.com/spamproject

MD
Shows is interactive Audio-Installation, where the user controls the sound generation with his movement. Also another piece is a particle system that generates sound. A third piece is a interactive visualization, where the user creates graphics that move and sound playing accordingly.

References

Second life
http://secondlife.com/

Dribbble “Dribbble is show and tell for designers”
https://dribbble.com/

canvas blend modes
http://blogs.adobe.com/webplatform/2013/01/28/blending-features-in-canvas/

Drawing with sound on an oscilloscope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtR63-ecUNo

prototype
http://prototypejs.org/

Syphon
“Syphon is an open source Mac OS X technology that allows applications to share frames”
http://syphon.v002.info/

Competitions, call for proposals & others
International Artist in Residence Programme ‘VISIT’ of the RWE Foundation
Requirements: “Reference to the subject of energy and its social relevance.”
Deadline: 16th March 2015.
http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/mediablob/de/589264/data/588660/9/visit-programm/das-programm/Download-VISIT-Flyer.pdf

The European Digital Art and Science Network artistic residency
Deadline: February 16, 2015
http://www.aec.at/artandscience/entrydetails/

Prix Ars Electronica
Deadline: March 6, 2015
http://www.aec.at/prix/en/kategorien/hybrid-art/

Openings, parties, exhibitions, etc

LEHRTER SIEBZEHN CLOSING I NOTHING ENDURES BUT CHANGE
Date: Saturday, February 28th at 19:00
https://www.facebook.com/events/1004427076238954
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The Brain — open lab
Dates: February 19 – March 5, 2015
in the gallery of Polnisches Institut Berlin. Łukasz Spierewka
https://www.facebook.com/events/915432168501662

Stuff to see/read
Hello Play
Watch the video, then watch the making-of

Short, heavily annotated JavaSript programs
http://annotated-code.maryrosecook.com

InternetMuseum.Berlin crowdfunding campaign
https://www.startnext.com/internetmuseumberlin

How I Taught My Computer to Write Its Own Music
http://nautil.us/issue/21/information/how-i-taught-my-computer-to-write-its-own-music

Visualizing wifi networks
https://imgur.com/gallery/jdNA6

Generative art wiki
http://philipgalanter.com/generative_art/wiki

Jasia Reichardt recalls Cybernetic Serendipity, the landmark computer art exhibition she curated in 1968.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSwovB28B34

Interactive painting on 3D scanned meshes
http://www.skindeep.cc/process/

Murmur Whispers, Chevalvert
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/en_au/blog/interactive-light-show-turns-sound-waves-into-projection-mapped-galaxies

[BRDG020] Lilium
https://vimeo.com/117162623

ON META-DESIGN AND ALGORITHMIC DESIGN SYSTEMS
http://runemadsen.com/blog/on-meta-design-and-algorithmic-design-systems/

Magritte paintings recreated in 3D using the Unreal Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJMTEQZPltQ&feature=youtu.be
the unreal engine (also source code) is now free available btw: https://www.unrealengine.com
*Wow… when did that happen? And no royalties for basically everything that is not a game! I’m impressed O_O

Digital Utopias - Disruptive Innovation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD_ri6shg5c
“In this session, the panel unpick alternative models of “innovation” through examining production models and their cultural value. Interdisciplinary artistic practice can create new platforms, resources and art forms, but what are the benefits to artistic practice and how can cultural appropriation be avoided?”
Led by Tatiana Bazzichelli (Curator and writer) Memo Akten (Artist), Lynn Scarff (Programme Director of The Science Gallery) and Jose Luis de Vicente (curator and researcher).

Roy Ascott’s LPDT2: Telematic Embrace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oe9x73HcFw

Dancing cranes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05gPzM7OJ34

Art dump from the environment team of The Order: 1886
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149706

Top 25 expiring artists
http://topexpiringinternetartists.com/
A daily updated chart list of the most influential internet artists based on the expiring date of their website.
Or just a representation of the state of hypercompetition and anxiety of contemporary artists inside (and outside) of the Internet.

Eyal Gever creates sculptures and installations from computer simulations:
http://www.eyalgever.com/Levitation

A song made of the sounds that got lost to mp3 compression
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/237292/all-the-ghostly-sounds-that-are-lost-when-you-compress-to-mp3/?utm_source=share-fb&utm_medium=button