Posts Tagged ‘Art’
Announcing: Creative Code Workshops
September 02, 2010
Creative Code Workshops workShop[0] = Processing; Over the past several decades of advancement in computer technology, a fledgling movement of computational and digital media art has emerged. Initially the province of a handful techno-savvy pioneers, today there is a wide range of tools and resources available to artists and designers, drastically lowering the barrier of [...]
2010 | Blog | Tags: Art, creativecodeworkshops, newmedia, processingComments (0)
SIGGRAPH 2010, Part 2- Digital Media Boogaloo
August 02, 2010
So, “tomorrow” became a week. The last few days were so hectic I didn’t have adequate time to write reflective blog posts. After the conference, I had a full day of travel, followed by two days of recovery from a very long week. Without further ado… Day 3 I spent the entire day on Tuesday [...]
2010 | Blog | Tags: Art, conferences, interactiondesign, intermedia, siggraph2010Comments (0)
crowdSource()
July 18, 2010
This is the beginning of a new series of net.art works called crowdSource(). crowdSource() modifies and recontextualizes video media from pop culture to highlight and explore ideas of Crowd Mentality. The source material drawn from includes music videos, cult cinema, children’s cartoons, and other corners of pop media. Slivers of content that feature crowds are [...]
2010 | Blog | Tags: Art, crowdsource, newmediaComments (0)
Moment and Monument: Public Art as Conflict/Resolution
July 15, 2010
This is a compilation and re-contextualization of several smaller posts about public art I’ve written over the past year. I’m pulling them all together into one (hopefully) cohesive article. One of my instructors and mentors proposed a definition for installation or environmental art. I’m paraphrasing somewhat, but it goes something like this: Installation, environmental, or [...]
2010 | Blog | Tags: ArtComments (0)
‘Content of this Sidewalk…’ Video
May 28, 2010
The Content Of This Sidewalk Has Been Removed from James Patrick Gordon on Vimeo. Here’s short video showing my recent large-scale video installation, The Content Of This Sidewalk Has Been Removed.
2010 | Blog | Tags: Art, audio, processingComments (0)
ProcessingMatrix
May 15, 2010
ProcessingMatrix is a recent piece built in Processing. The inspiration comes from ToneMatrix by Andre’ Michelle. I hope to build on this piece and adapt it for a responsive environment I’m planning. (Give the applet a few seconds to load.)
2010 | Blog | Tags: Art, audio, processingComments (0)
VIDEO INSTALLATION: The Content Of This Sidewalk Has Been Removed
May 03, 2010
The Content Of This Sidewalk Has Been Removed from James Patrick Gordon on Vimeo. The Content Of This Sidewalk Has Been Removed 2010 Video installation incorporating digital motion detection The piece is activated by movement. A viewer walking past will trigger several videos running in parallel of children and adults drawing on the sidewalk in [...]
2010 | Blog | Tags: Art, installation, puredata, videoComments (0)
Clingy Teddy Bear
Above are photos of a hacked object piece called the Clingy Teddy Bear (I need to come up with a better name for it). The teddy bear talks. Incessantly. In its natural resting state, it yearns for physical affection, saying, “Hello? Is anybody there?” and “I’m lonely, would you stay with me?” and “Could you [...]
2010 | Blog | Tags: arduino, Art, modifiedobjects, teddybearComments (0)
Public Art as Conflict
April 06, 2010
Public Art isn’t hidden away. It doesn’t live in someone’s home, or in a gallery. It’s there for everyone. That means that everyone who engages with the art has to share. Your individual interpretation and parsing of the work isn’t the only one that’s important, even for your own sake. Your needs and your agenda [...]
2010 | Blog | Tags: ArtComments (1)
Guerrilla Art: Bathroom Stall QR Graffiti
February 16, 2010
For my course in Public Art, we were tasked with creating a piece that involved placing QR codes with embedded text, images, URLs, etc. in a public space. I created a list of absurd, hopefully funny bathroom stall graffiti scribblings and converted them into QR codes. I then printed them out on standard 8.5x11in. paper [...]
