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Terry Riley in See

Alec — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:28:43 +0000

The creators of this music sequencer (based on light levels from a webcam) describe it as too compex but a fun experiment, and I’d have to agree – but I couldn’t resist posting a link to something described as “what might happen if Terry Riley did chiptunes”.

3D Mona

Alec — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:37:07 +0000

Given what Marcel Duchamp famously did to the Mona Lisa, I’m not going to claim that this version created with Processing isn’t art, but I’d say the most interesting effect is the tiny variations make it look like the texture of tapestry.

Zen’s super, zen can do anything!

Alec — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:24:10 +0000

Zenbullets frequently produces interesting work, using both Flash and Processing, including his 100 abandoned artworks project, which is due to be published in book form next year. He posted on his blog yesterday about some of his recent work, including a reminder of his video projection on a church in Brighton, complete with source code for the various sections. That’s right – not only does he do great work, but he lets other people see how he’s done it and encourages people to come up with improvements. What a guy!

Decode

Alec — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:51:37 +0000

I posted recently about the forthcoming Decode: Digital Design Sensations exhibition at the Victoria & Albert museum in London, opening on 8th December. There’s an article in the Autumn/Winter 2009 edition of the V&A magazine about the exhibition, written by Michael Horsham. You can’t read the article online, which is a shame because it’s very interesting, though if you’re really keen, you can subscribe here at £11 per year.

In brief, accompanying sixteen images of work on show, there are short statements from several of the artists, including a tribute to the role of Casey Reas and Ben Fry, the creators of Processing, whose influence is threaded throughout the exhibition.

The exhibition looks fascinating, and I for one will be going to see it as soon as possible.

Sound is touch at a distance

Alec — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:01:56 +0000

Here’s a beautiful example by Flight404 using Processing to create visuals reacting to sound. He also provides an explanation of how he created a similar piece.

Big Screens

Alec — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:03:59 +0000

Big Screens 2009: Processing and large, multiple screens? I want to go!

bITjAM

Alec — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:13:43 +0000

I went to bITjAM at the Rigger last night, which I enjoyed. I wasn’t able to stay till the end, but I watched film clips change and pixellate in Binary Aesthetic’s real-time response, using Processing, to the music by EskimoElktro. I talked to a few people and gave out flyers promoting the event at the School of Art on 18th November. There seemed to be a lot of interest in it, so I hope we get a good turnout.

I can see the future, and it’s a place about 70 miles east of here

Alec — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:08:18 +0000

I haven’t posted anything related to Processing for a while, so here’s something that might be of interest: discussion of an OpenCV library to create basic computer vision, complete with sample scripts.

dance away the heartache – R Music

Alec — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:42:52 +0000

An effective use of Processing, apparently simple but cleverly subtle (or should that be subtly clever?)

Learn from this

Alec — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:31:31 +0000

Even in the open source world of Processing, it’s not often that you come across complex code given away for free, but that’s what Jer Thorp has done, with his beautiful leaves.

Interestingly, given the previous post about evolutionary computing, Jer has also released the code for his smart rockets, written in Actionscript, which navigate through obstacles by evolving their own individual firing patterns over time.