http://pixlpa.com Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:29:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In June I'll be performing with Joshua Churchill at Southern Exposure for the Extended Play series. In preparation for that I've carved out some time to rework my video performance system. The underlying architecture is pretty much the same as all the stuff I've done in the last ... http://pixlpa.com/blog/new-video-tests Recently I was tapped to work on 3D tour visuals for a well-known House DJ. When I got the call, I had never worked with stereoscopic video before, and had to quickly research what was required. Since it's a fairly high-profile gig, I didn't want to pass it ... http://pixlpa.com/blog/anaglyph 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