http://pixlpa.com Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:04:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [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/projects/of-stones-moss-and-other-miscellaneous-objects [flash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D30bvtxsdA0 w=160 h=120] I just finished building, or rather stitching together my first complete wearable device, the Whisper audio wristband. I have researched and experimented with soft electronics, interactivity, sensor technologies, and conductive fibers for some time now, but this is the first standalone device that I have created ... http://pixlpa.com/projects/whisper-wearable-synth-wristband Heather Brubaker and Marie-Claire Miesels recently curated me into a group show called "Uncharted: Imaginary Landscapes" at the Hayes Valley Market in SF. I found out about the show the day after my daughter Djuna was born, and convinced myself that I could put together a video, ... http://pixlpa.com/projects/uncharted 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/software/sample-accurate I just recently started doing some field recordings again, after spending a long time in pure synthesis land. I needed a good pair of mics for doing stereo recordings, so I grabbed a couple of good quality Panasonic electret capsules and soldered them to a length of cable from a ... http://pixlpa.com/blog/stereo-mics 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/teaching/cnmat slurp_splat is MaxMSP/Jitter patch and GLSL shader that is used to create abstract and fluid real-time imagery through the leveraging of OpenGL hardware accelerated processing and drawing tools. This patch is provided without much documentation or support, but is rather meant as a demo of some of my ... http://pixlpa.com/software/slurp_splat "proximity" is a piece created by Alison Sant and Rick Johnson where Alison walks around the city with a vest embedded with proximity sensors and cameras. The cameras are turned on whenever someone enters a specified personal distance. The resulting tape is mostly black screens, interspersed with some ... http://pixlpa.com/blog/proximity 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 Since I am always compiling lists of books and articles for imaginary lectures and classes that I will never teach, I decided I should take a moment to start a sort of Bibliography of my thought processes. I will be adding to this as time permits: "The Production of Space", Henri Lefebvre. "Rhythmanalysis",Henri ... http://pixlpa.com/research/bibliography