Blast Theory Residency: scaling technology, user scripts

During my time at the Blast Theory studio residency, I focussed on developing the project for other dog owners, and concentrated on an open and automated system design. The technical research was aimed at matching the requirements and specifications to existing technologies. Rather than developing a new technological solution, I aimed to use the location …

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  • Date
  • November 19, 2020

Laika’s Derive 2.0 – Public Exhibition and Participation

Laika’s Derive, 2011. Walk program, Performance Space, Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia The focus for this iteration was community development, engagement and mapping. I aimed to use the work to provide a framework for recording relationships as a way of placemaking. I also wanted to subvert, or at least provide an alternative to the mainstream art institution’s …

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Laika’s Derive, Best In Show BBQ, Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia

The Best in Show BBQ, where dogs and their collaborators shared their stories, happy snaps and trails of discovery was held as the culmination of this iteration of the project. This was well attended, with over 50 dogs and 100 people present. The event included a sausage sizzle (carnivore and vegan), a performance by Tess …

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  • Date
  • October 19, 2020

Laika’s Derive 2.1 – Public Exhibition and Participation

Laika’s Derive, 2012 – WWW: World Wild Web exhibition, Furtherfield, Finsbury Park, London, UK Laika’s Dérive version 2.1 toured to London as part of Furtherfield’s WWW: World Wild Web exhibition.  For this iteration some refinements were made to the kit, and the app was updated to Android 2.2. The event was run by the gallery staff with an identical …

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  • Date
  • September 19, 2020

Hothouse

Initial research and prototyping Hothouse is a reactive weather system designed to accept data via Bluetooth and generate weather based on that data within a house structure. In practical terms, it consists of a Bluetooth-enabled Arduino board with custom electronics that control mist (clouds), water (precipitation) and lighting effects. Hothouse produces the weather from Mt …

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Hothouse Technical Development

Technical research and development for this work was broken into 4 main areas: Data acquisition and wrangling from Mt Kinabalu Sensor and board design for the weather making Orchid growing requirements and acquisition House structure design and LED sign programming The following table identifies the key hardware and software elements for this work: Hothouse circuit …

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Hothouse – Paphiopedilum rothschildianum

P rothschildianum. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P_rothschildianum_JbotMtl.JPG A brief European history of P.rothchildianum. Paphiopedilum rothschildianum is an orchid that is on top of the endangered species list, and has a history worthy of its nickname. Britain’s Queen Victoria was so attracted to Paphiopedilums that people who discovered new species would name them after her, including Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae and Paphiopedilum victoria-regina. In 1887, Paphiopedilum rothschildianum …

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