http://pixlpa.com Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:58:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Back in March, 2009 I released some GLSL shaders for Jitter that allow you to perform distortions of an image based on Optical Flow. I sort of came up with it on accident while trying to do something else, and getting distracted during my research. At the time I ... http://pixlpa.com/blog/pushing-pixels For the show "Disintegrations" at Johansson Projects (a two-person show with Sebastien Lapointe), I created "Until Every Shape Has Found Its City", a 3-projector site-specific, interactive video installation based on my "slorp" video-processing software instrument. http://pixlpa.com/blog/until-every-shape-has-found-its-city [caption id="attachment_214" align="alignright" width="424" caption="SensorBox"][/caption]While I'm a sort of reluctant Arduino user, I often use them for classes and workshops that I teach because they're pretty easy to get started with and cheap. Lately, I've been a bit disillusioned though with the firmware examples available for using the Arduino with ... http://pixlpa.com/blog/arduino-sensorbox-firmware [flash http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1217232&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1] This video was debuted as a looping video installation included in the Uncharted show at Hayes Valley Market, May 2008. http://pixlpa.com/blog/of-stones-moss-and-other-miscellaneous-objects When working on various signal-based sequencing and playback projects, I have found that there are a couple of tasks that required objects that aren't available in the standard distribution of MSP objects. I have put together a small collection of MaxMSP objects that perform some basic tasks that I ... http://pixlpa.com/blog/sample-accurate My Contact Info email: andrewb [at] cycling74 [dot] com AIM screen-name: cloudmachine99 Course Outline::: Jitter Night School 2007 Instructor: Andrew Benson Course Outline::: Day 1 :: Intro to Jitter, the Matrix, and Interaction - Intro to Jitter features - What is a matrix? - Using the Jitter documentation (html ref-pages, help files, etc.) - Jitter data flow - Matrix as data container - ... http://pixlpa.com/blog/cnmat I will be in a show called "Excavations" at Johansson Projects Gallery in Oakland,CA. The show opens May 12th, with a reception that evening and also another one on June 1st during the Oakland Art Murmur, 6-9pm. The gallery will also be open Thurs.-Saturday, noon-6pm, during the rest ... http://pixlpa.com/blog/excavations-at-johansson-projects Today I posted an article over at Cycling74.com about using joysticks with MaxMSP. Toward the end of the article, I discuss ways to alter the electronics of a USB joystick for custom controllers. I had been meaning to write this piece for a long time, and I was assigned the ... http://pixlpa.com/blog/joystick-hacking Since I've been working for Cycling '74, I've taken a bit of time out of my busy Support/Testing day to put together these "recipes" based on whatever interesting video trick I happened to be working on that week. Many of these are proof-of-concept types of things, demonstrating that certain ... http://pixlpa.com/blog/jitter-recipes-and-in-depth-article The spazkron control is a gestural, wearable performance instrument built around a hacked USB game controller and 2 piezo contact microphones, as well as a custom sound synthesis patch built in MaxMSP. The most conspicuous aspect of the device is the pair of long wooden dowels that extend from the abdomen ... http://pixlpa.com/blog/spazkron-control