Category: Fall 2017

Classes for the Fall 2017 Semester

Temp Ex Final Blog Post: return me;

My final project for Temporary Expert was called “return;” (as opposed to my ‘preview’ presentation weeks ago called “return you;”). This was a series of objects that I created in order to learn about Event Scores, which are a series of instructions that are intended to be performed. They can be detailed or abstract, and performers are given agency to interpret them as they wish. Event Scores are usually brief in nature, with some consisting of only one word. One of the most notable instances of this is George Brecht’s Word Event:

George Brecht is the inventor of the Event Score, a concept that he developed while studying under John Cage at the New School for Social Research in New York City between 1958 and 1959. As he refined his concept, he became involved with the Fluxus, a “non-art” movement organized by George Maciunas. Event Scores were increasingly adopted by many other Fluxus artists.

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Poetics of Space Final Reflections

For my final project in Poetics of Space, I made a piece called monumoment. A portmentau of monument and moment, this piece creates a monument dedicated to the audience, memorializing the moment the audience engages with the work. I consider it a kind of sculpture and sound installation inside of a virtual reality space.

The technique involves recording audio from the user, using the Oculus Rift’s built in microphone. When a button is held down, the user can record themselves speaking. Upon release, that audio clip is saved in the program. I developed a system inside of Unity to do the following:

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Digi Fab final prototyping

For the final in Designing for Digital Fabrication, I’ll be refining my PComp “Mic Cuff” build into a more professional form. I needed to do my first 3D print ever. First off, measurements:

 

 

 

 

Then, after a mockup in Vectworks:

 

It took a little bit of finessing to get the print time down, but I wound up with a functional print at the end! Beginners luck? I’ll take it.

 

 

 

 

Pulling off the supports, and then trying to press in the buttons… turns out I didn’t give myself enough space for a proper “press fit”:

 

 

 

 

So it was dremel time!

 

 

 

 

There were some marks where the  supports were sanded away. It felt smooth enough, but I wanted to try getting it at smooth as possible, so I used the heat gun:

 

 

 

 

This didn’t smooth out the chalky parts, and started to warp the plastic itself (worst of both worlds) so I stopped. I started thinking about ways to secure the buttons into the freshly dremeled slots, and got an idea:

The PLA solvent could be used to bind the buttons into the slots, but also perhaps add a bit of gloss (or just get rid of the white residue).

 

After letting the solvent set, some of the buttons did pop out. So I will probably need to do some traditional epoxy glue instead. But for now, I’m pretty happy with how the first pass went. I’ll wire up the buttons and think about cable management for the next week.

Temp Ex; misc notes 11/10/17

Facebook Art Event Score:

I’m seeing more of what I might call “emergent” event scores on the internet. Here is a trend that has popped up in my Facebook feed:

This is the most succinct explanation of the rules I saw. Looks like an event score to me. Lots of different people and approaches on this came up over and over again:

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Temp Ex; misc notes 10/29/17

In the interest of showing my research process, I’ll add some bits and pieces here:

I found a pdf copy of The Fluxus Reader online. (If this needs to be taken down, please let me know and I’ll oblige) Plenty to digest here, so I’ll be picking at it as the rest of the semester goes on.

There are some typos in the PDF, I believe from OCR glitches. I’ve cleaned up a little bit, but some were a little too far gone for me to guess the original intent. Ken Friedman says this:

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Temp Ex Daily: 4; Jaycee, Electric Green / Space – Black

Day four of my event score:

  1. When programming visual digital art, at the first point where you decide to use a color, ask someone else to pick the color for you.
  2. Have them explain their choice.
  3. Dedicate the color to them.

I reached out to my friend Jaycee over Facebook Messenger in order to pick my color.

Event Score Daily Practice: Day Four Jaycee

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Temp Ex Daily: 3; Barrett, Sex Lasagna Blue

Day three of my event score:

  1. When programming visual digital art, at the first point where you decide to use a color, ask someone else to pick the color for you.
  2. Have them explain their choice.
  3. Dedicate the color to them.

I reached out to my friend Barrett over Facebook Messenger in order to pick my color. Here is an edited transcript:

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