My students from my 26k Pixels workshop at Medialab-Prado presented their final works several weeks ago!

Jugando Con Números (spanish)

Daniel Sánchez and I have begun a workshop that explores programming, mathematics, and juggling. We invented several games that combine algorithms and juggling (inspired by Masahiro Miwa’s XOR musical performance), explored the complexity of juggling patterns, and notation and had great fun following up coding sessions with table juggling!

There is an open call to work on projects combining the themes in March at Medialab-Prado!

Friday I will present an upcoming workshop at Medialab-Prado focused on visual programming and design for the led facade of the Medialab-Prado building. We will explore the fundamentals of computational art and design (scale, form, motion, geometry, typography).

Presentation December 10, Medialab-Prado, Madrid
(presentation will take place in the evening during Fridady Open Labs session ~19h)

In an era of high-definition screens, liquid displays and powerful graphics cards, the thought of designing for low-reslution may seem a step into the past. If, however, that 192 x 157 pixel image is an almost 10 meter high architectural space, the situation is a bit different.

Each session includes a theoretical lecture open to the public and a practical session in which students complete exercises and have the opportunity to test and display experiments on the MediaLab facade. A maximum of 15 students may enroll.

El Viernes, voy a presentar el taller 26.000 pixeles en Medialab-Prado.

Inscripción para participar

En una época de pantallas de definición y tarjetas gráficas son muy potentes, la idea de diseñar para muy baja resolución puede parecer un paso atrás, pero debemos tener en cuenta que esta imagen de 192 x 157 pixeles tiene casi 10 metros de altura.

El taller se articulará entorno a sesiones teóricas, abiertas al público general, y sesiones prácticas en las que se realizarán ejercicios y experimentos en la fachada con un máximo de 15 alumnos.

Receiving my equipment promptly after a show closes is always appreciated. When said equipment arrives with an incredible box of dark chocolates from Holland, Chris is one happy lady. Future collaborations guaranteed.

Jugando Con Números is a workshop series and investigation of mathematics, programming and juggling all from a creative / artistic perspective. It is organized by myself and Daniel Sánchez with support from Matadero Madrid and in collaboration with MediaLab-Prado.

The workshop will take place primarily from mid-January to April 2011 in Madrid. To kick off the project we have a presentation and exhibition in la Tabacalera and a talk in MediaLab-Prado:

27th November, Presentation + Exhibition. la Tabacalera, 19-23h
2nd December, Talk, MediaLab-Prado, 19.h

jugandoconnumeros.com

I had the great pleasure of presenting Delicate Boundaries at CineKid Festival in Amsterdam last month!

Also in attendance was Theo Watson presenting the LiveWriter, a combination of the EyeWriter 2.0 and the GML RoboTagger. Kyle McDonald came to present The Janus Machine, an amazing installation that captures your face as a 3D scan. Developed by Kyle McDonald, Zach Lieberman, Theo Watson and Daito Manabe.