mission control office

today i stepped back into reality; I used the day to get together the office of Mission Control in order to move my electronics workshop inside. i have enjoyed using the garage and even relished the romance i know about garages as laboratories for big things. the reality of a southeastern summer has hit though nd it is simply too humid & hot to consider working out there. got significant amount of the reconfiguration done today. looking forward to finishing in the next two days. too bad I can't move my fabrication shop indoors also.

kN

hello New Wave

dear New Wave it is so good to hear from you again. it has been so long, but you sound wonderful! i do hope you will stay in touch, we missed you.
-kidN

this has been a few very musically oriented days! New Wave seems to be making a a big comeback if my experiences this week are any indication. i _could_not_ be more thrilled.

DEVO releases a new album—Something For Everyone. the single Fresh delivers what the title promises. the track is true to the band's pop-punk mirthful criticism. i bought Fresh and listened many times over; it inspired me to go add much of the DEVO back catalog to my iTunes collection. for the DEVO aficionado, SFE has a back story of the band infiltrating corporate music to milk the system for all it is worth, including a weekly 'reality' show chronicling the birth and release of SFE.

some Fresh for you (all of you):


now if that weren't enough to make a nerd's week, i also discovered this band this morning which nearly made me weep with joy that the synthpop post punk sound is poised to make a big comeback. ladies and germs, please take a listen to Hussle Club:

HUSSLE CLUB "Good Morning Midnight" from Project Fathom on Vimeo.

and to round these finds for me are a new video and amazing sounds of The Death Set, who I am so happy to find via a link by the exceptional bootlegger Eve Massacre.

The Death Set "Far Weathered Friends" from Project Fathom on Vimeo.

i can't resist one either.

a /hug update

i am at the school studios late tonight finishing up a resize of one of the /hug vids. we were invited to exhibit the /hug training video: a message from /hug at the Salisbury University Electronic Gallery. the invite describes it as a

"special summer show is an invitational single channel exhibition of artists working outside the video genre, whose work will be featured in video formats."

this may be my all time favorite collab. it brought together so much good stuff. here's a link to the video in the case ya want to watch.

credits

• videographer
  • Liz Solo
• script
  • kidNeutrino
• actors
  • Kyungwha Lee
  • Liz Solo
  • Ali Sajjadi
  • James Morgan
  • kidNeutrino
  • Mez Breeze
• editor
  • Liz Solo

here comes the sun

i want to introduce two new autonomous circuits i have built and added to my e-beastiary. the circuits are variations based on the solarsoundmodul by Ralf Schreiber. the critters are photovoric singers that employ a Schmitt Hex Inverter IC, resistors, capacitors, piezo buzzers, and a photovoltaic cell. the modulation is slightly different on each output pin from the varied combination of capacitance and resistance. they range from creacking to screaming, lilting to terse. the lovely thing is that they change as the environment changes, of course chief is the angle of the sun to the solar cell, but unexpectedly and pleasing are other variables like movement, wind, fluttering leaves and branches which all effect the output. this produces a direct response to the environment reinforcing the autonomy of the critter.

my next goal is to embed them into the landscape. i have a fortunate opportunity that my current employment site is in the middle of a nature preserve. to be continued...

Ars Virtua Closes: Gallery Burns to the Ground Amongst a Hail of Gunfire

Shocking video and stills from last night; apparently virtual terrorists burnt down Ars Virtual New Media Center during the closing ceremonies.



The following images may be disturbing to some viewers. Parental discretion is advised. The following are raw images from the events late last night.

Closing Performance at Ars Virtua Gallery from kid Neutrino on Vimeo.