Fwd: Paid Opportunity for the Performers Among You

Wouldn't this be a fun target to aim toward for a Fall 2016 experiential/performative project?
-Brenda

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From: Althea Pergakis <Althea.Pergakis@asu.edu>
Date: Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:58 PM
Subject: Paid Opportunity for the Performers Among You
To:
Cc: Garth Paine <Garth.Paine@asu.edu>, Lauren HAYES <lauren.s.hayes@asu.edu>, Kayla Elizondo <Kayla.Elizondo@asu.edu>, Kimberlee Swisher <kimberlee.swisher@asu.edu>


Hey all,
Oh My Ears is once again hosting their annual 10-hour marathon concert and they’re looking for performers! For those of you not in the know, Oh My Ears is a local non-profit dedicated to bringing New and Experimental Music to the Phoenix area. The pay is $60/person (up to five per group, regardless of length of set). They’re also looking for sound installation. LORKAS (AKA The Laptop Orchestra) has played this a couple times and I’ve personally had sound installation there a few times as well. It’s a fantastic opportunity to get your work out there!
The application is here, and it’s open until August 15th. The show is Jan. 28th, 2017 at Mesa Arts Center. 

Thanks!

Althea Pergakis

Education Coordinator

School of Arts, Media and Engineering

Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | Fulton Schools of Engineering

Arizona State University

Crazy idea: Reverse engineering bird vocalizations for pneumatic garment

Woke up this morning with a crazy/fun idea for a whimsical implementation of various ideas.  This is just an idea for fun!  Comments and play are welcomed.

  • Reverse engineer bird call mechanisms
  • Use pneumatics in a garment that dancers could use to force air/water
  • Create mechanism for vocalizations driven by pneumatic system
  • Can we create an analog amplifier with pneumatics?
  • We don't need to replicate bird calls - just use the mechanisms for guidance in implementation
  • Dancers move and create amazing music.
So fun to think about these things!

Brenda

Fwd: alchemy, media & engineering?



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From: Brenda McCaffrey <brendamc@asu.edu>
Subject: Fwd: alchemy, media & engineering?
Date: June 16, 2016 at 12:18:59 PM MST
To: Brenda McCaffrey <brenda@bmccaffrey.com>


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From: Brenda McCaffrey <brendamc@asu.edu>
Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: alchemy, media & engineering?
To: Jessica Rajko <jessica.rajko@asu.edu>
Cc: Byron Lahey <Byron.Lahey@asu.edu>, Xin Wei Sha <Xinwei.Sha@asu.edu>


Yes, I think there's some value in thinking biomimetically (is that a word?) about all of this.  I have some experience in this area also and have used biomimicry principals to create architectural models in Rhino.

I think it would be fine to loop around into the biomimicry folks.  I know my materials science friend, Ximin He, is very interested in this as well.

It's a fun thing to "reverse engineer" how natural systems solve problems.

No formal structure here so follow your impulses and see what happens.  Feel free to send notes, sketches, links, etc. to post@materiality.posthaven.com and let's continue this thread.

Thanks,
Brenda

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Jessica Rajko <jessica.rajko@asu.edu> wrote:
Yes, I would be curious to know how the swarm of bees chose our orange tree as it’s place to rest. We have a huge swarm nesting in our tree right now. Crossing our fingers that they’re not satisfied and move along. :)



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Date: Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11:20 AM
To: Jessica Rajko <jessica.rajko@asu.edu>
Cc: "Brenda McCaffrey (Student)" <brendamc@asu.edu>, Xin Wei Sha <Xinwei.Sha@asu.edu>, Robert LiKamWa <roblkw@roblkw.com>, Todd Ingalls <Todd.Ingalls@asu.edu>, Adam Nocek <Adam.Nocek@asu.edu>, Lauren Hayes <laurensarahhayes@gmail.com>

Subject: Re: alchemy, media & engineering?

From my perspective biomimicry is a very natural dimension of this line of thinking. I speculate that a lot of things we might classify as metamaterials might actually be found in natural/biological forms. 

Along those lines, I heard a science new story the other day about bees being able to detect electrical signals from plants. The researchers could verify the ability but weren't sure how the bees used this ability in the wild.  It is not unreasonable to see this ability as a simple example of wireless, electronic sensing. 

Cheers,
Byron

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Jessica Rajko <jessica.rajko@asu.edu> wrote:
Also, would this be an opportunity to connect in with biomimicry?

From: Brenda McCaffrey <brendamc@asu.edu>
Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 3:30 PM
To: Xin Wei Sha <Xinwei.Sha@asu.edu>
Cc: Byron Lahey <Byron.Lahey@asu.edu>, Jessica Rajko <jessica.rajko@asu.edu>, Robert LiKamWa <roblkw@roblkw.com>, Todd Ingalls <Todd.Ingalls@asu.edu>, Adam Nocek <Adam.Nocek@asu.edu>, Lauren Hayes <laurensarahhayes@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: alchemy, media & engineering?

Hi all,

A while back, I set up a Posthaven site for Materiality as a place to capture information.  


You can post to this site by emailing information to:


Please let me know if you're interested in being added to the email list so you can see any new posts that come through.

It's been a little while since I updated it so I'll bring it up to date in the next day.

Best,
Brenda


On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Xin Wei Sha <Xinwei.Sha@asu.edu> wrote:
Hi Brenda, and everyone interested in a fresh practical, theoretical, artistic approaches to new materials, 

Thanks for taking the lead in a fresh take on materials research here at AME.   

Conventional electronics, robotics, microprocessors and media processing  are well covered at AME, so can we look beyond “physical computing” and present day “DIY” approaches to electronics, and start instead from a more sophisticated alchemical / poetic / critical approach to matter ?

I’m eager to hear what you, Byron, Jessica come up with.

For an idea of where international discourse and practice are at, look at


And for some of the places to beat — or to diverge from — see:

Neri Oxman

Hiroshi Ishii

Mediated Matter

Bio-art and bio-mimicry are red herrings, I think, for reasons well argued in Stepney’s “The neglected pillar of material computation,” Physica D 237 (2008) 1157–1164.  (attached)


There’s a whole world of theoretical discourse labelled “new materialism" which is worth exploring critically, perhaps when Adam’s back in the fall.  Plus there’s a related but naive art scene thing under the label “new materiality.”  Most of that has little access to emerging materials science, membrane chemistry, analog and “natural” computing, macro-quantum technologies (like room-temperature superconductors and cloaking), etc.   AME can be the place to bridge and put radical fusion work on the world scene.

Regards,
Xin Wei

cc.  Other faculty who have related expertise and interests.

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Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts + Fulton Schools of Engineering • ASU
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On Jun 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Byron Lahey <byron.lahey@asu.edu> wrote:

Yes. Count me in on the materiality studio research!

Looking forward to discussing further.

Cheers,
Byron

On Jun 7, 2016, at 2:02 AM, Brenda McCaffrey <brendamc@asu.edu> wrote:

Hi Xin Wei,

Thank you for the quick response.  I see the Materiality Studio ramping up in the Fall so I think we have some time.  I wanted to put this out there for discussion now so we can get ahead curve.  I'll touch base with Byron also to exchange some ideas about early materials experiments.  I'm also talking with Jessica Rajko.

We have had some conversations about materiality research ideas and I'm looking forward to pulling these threads together.  

In the meantime, I'll generate a detailed specification for what I think will be needed as a first phase of the work.  I'm committed to being 100% engaged on the iStage throughout this work.

Thanks,
Brenda

-- 
Brenda McCaffrey, PhD

Fwd: alchemy, media & engineering?


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From: Robert LiKamWa <rlikamwa@asu.edu>
Date: Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: alchemy, media & engineering?
To: Brenda McCaffrey <brendamc@asu.edu>, Xin Wei Sha <Xinwei.Sha@asu.edu>, Byron Lahey <Byron.Lahey@asu.edu>, Jessica Rajko <jessica.rajko@asu.edu>, Todd Ingalls <Todd.Ingalls@asu.edu>, Adam Nocek <Adam.Nocek@asu.edu>, Lauren Hayes <laurensarahhayes@gmail.com>


Along the thread of physical/natural computing, it may be worthwhile to check out a few years of proceedings of UIST, the Symposium for User Interface Software and Technology. 
Video snapshot of UIST 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wXW6QhXIDc
ACM Proceedings for UIST 2015: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2807442

While most works do fall into the traditional bucket of conventional electronics with a DIY flavor, there are some interesting techniques and technologies for inspiration. 

All the best,
Robert

alchemy, media + engineering

Hi Brenda, and everyone interested in a fresh practical, theoretical, artistic approaches to new materials, 

Thanks for taking the lead in a fresh take on materials research here at AME.   

Conventional electronics, robotics, microprocessors and media processing  are well covered at AME, so can we look beyond “physical computing” and present day “DIY” approaches to electronics, and start instead from a more sophisticated alchemical / poetic / critical approach to matter ?

I’m eager to hear what you, Byron, Jessica come up with.

For an idea of where international discourse and practice are at, look at


And for some of the places to beat — or to diverge from — see:

Neri Oxman

Hiroshi Ishii

Mediated Matter

Bio-art and bio-mimicry are red herrings, I think, for reasons well argued in Stepney’s “The neglected pillar of material computation,” Physica D 237 (2008) 1157–1164.  (attached)


There’s a whole world of theoretical discourse labelled “new materialism" which is worth exploring critically, perhaps when Adam’s back in the fall.  Plus there’s a related but naive art scene thing under the label “new materiality.”  Most of that has little access to emerging materials science, membrane chemistry, analog and “natural” computing, macro-quantum technologies (like room-temperature superconductors and cloaking), etc.   AME can be the place to bridge and put radical fusion work on the world scene.

Regards,
Xin Wei

cc.  Other faculty who have related expertise and interests.

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On Jun 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Byron Lahey <byron.lahey@asu.edu> wrote:

Yes. Count me in on the materiality studio research!

Looking forward to discussing further.

Cheers,
Byron

On Jun 7, 2016, at 2:02 AM, Brenda McCaffrey <brendamc@asu.edu> wrote:

Hi Xin Wei,

Thank you for the quick response.  I see the Materiality Studio ramping up in the Fall so I think we have some time.  I wanted to put this out there for discussion now so we can get ahead curve.  I'll touch base with Byron also to exchange some ideas about early materials experiments.  I'm also talking with Jessica Rajko.

We have had some conversations about materiality research ideas and I'm looking forward to pulling these threads together.  

In the meantime, I'll generate a detailed specification for what I think will be needed as a first phase of the work.  I'm committed to being 100% engaged on the iStage throughout this work.

Thanks,
Brenda

-- 
Brenda McCaffrey, PhD

Fwd: resources and community for tangible media research: Karmen Franinovic (Zurich); Materiability Network



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From: Xin Wei Sha <Xinwei.Sha@asu.edu>
Date: Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 9:31 AM
Subject: resources and community for tangible media research: Karmen Franinovic (Zurich); Materiability Network
To: "Brenda McCaffrey (Student)" <brendamc@asu.edu>, Todd Ingalls <TestCase@asu.edu>, Matthew Briggs <matthewjbriggsis@gmail.com>, Luke Kautz <Luke.Kautz@asu.edu>, Stacey Kuznetsov <kstace@asu.edu>, Christopher Roberts <cmrober2@asu.edu>
Cc: "post@materiality.posthaven.com" <post@materiality.posthaven.com>


Todd’s found some very interesting researchers in the US and internationally, who seem much more sophisticated in their practice and thinking than the standard “tangible interaction” crowd, perhaps because they’re starting from outside engineering design.  The critical question is who among them has a 
deeper knowledge of, 
access to, and 
scientifically informed critical stance with respect to
novel & emerging materials science
than the cargo-cult hand-me-down relation typical of HCI or design researchers and DIY?

Two acquaintances who are leaders in this sense are:

Karmen Franinovic
Professor for Interaction Design at the ZHdK. 
Leads Interaction research at Institute for Design Research (IDE)

Manuel Kretzer
Founder of Materiability Network 
as part of his PhD, CAAD, ETH

Check out the tutorials and materials to see what’s intended by Tangible Media ( ≠ Tangible Interaction! )


Fwd: alchemy, media & engineering?


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From: Xin Wei Sha <Xinwei.Sha@asu.edu>
Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:52 PM
Subject: alchemy, media & engineering?
To: "Brenda McCaffrey (Student)" <brendamc@asu.edu>, Byron Lahey <Byron.Lahey@asu.edu>, Jessica Rajko <jessica.rajko@asu.edu>
Cc: Robert LiKamWa <roblkw@roblkw.com>, Todd Ingalls <Todd.Ingalls@asu.edu>, Adam Nocek <Adam.Nocek@asu.edu>, Lauren Hayes <laurensarahhayes@gmail.com>


Hi Brenda, and everyone interested in a fresh practical, theoretical, artistic approaches to new materials, 

Thanks for taking the lead in a fresh take on materials research here at AME.   

Conventional electronics, robotics, microprocessors and media processing  are well covered at AME, so can we look beyond “physical computing” and present day “DIY” approaches to electronics, and start instead from a more sophisticated alchemical / poetic / critical approach to matter ?

I’m eager to hear what you, Byron, Jessica come up with.

For an idea of where international discourse and practice are at, look at


And for some of the places to beat — or to diverge from — see:

Neri Oxman

Hiroshi Ishii

Mediated Matter

Bio-art and bio-mimicry are red herrings, I think, for reasons well argued in Stepney’s “The neglected pillar of material computation,” Physica D 237 (2008) 1157–1164.  (attached)


There’s a whole world of theoretical discourse labelled “new materialism" which is worth exploring critically, perhaps when Adam’s back in the fall.  Plus there’s a related but naive art scene thing under the label “new materiality.”  Most of that has little access to emerging materials science, membrane chemistry, analog and “natural” computing, macro-quantum technologies (like room-temperature superconductors and cloaking), etc.   AME can be the place to bridge and put radical fusion work on the world scene.

Regards,
Xin Wei

cc.  Other faculty who have related expertise and interests.