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Jackoon at NYC Resistor Show

Thursday, March 25th, 2010


NYC Resistor is hosting “Art, Design, and the Arduino: a lineage” Curated by Alicia Gibb

March 27th, 2010 8-12pm

At NYC Resistor
87 3rd Avenue,
4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217

$10 Admission

In addition to artworks using the Arduino, the first prototype of the original Arduino from the collection of Massimo Banzi will be shown.

Works include a lineage of variations, modifications and relations to the Arduino microcontroller:
Hc Gilje
Aaron Koblin
Laura Greig
Hernando Barragán
Edith Kollath
Jan Borchers & René Bohne
Becky Stern
Oscar G. Torres & Jackoon
Raphael Abrams
Joe Saavedra

Curated by Alicia Gibb

RSVPs are appreciated:
http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/03/21/art-design-and-the-arduino-a-lineage/

More about the Artists:
http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/03/21/superstars-of-the-arduino/

Google Map of show location.

View Larger Map

Venue image:

Jackoon at the Gizmodo Gallery 2009:

Jackoon pair Painting at Gizmodo Gallery 2009 from Oscar G. Torres on Vimeo.

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The WAMI Dome on Make Zine

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

WAMI Dome

A couple of years back I made the WAMI which is a simple digital wave modulation instrument, which really means that it can make a bunch of cool sounds by waving your hands over it. Last month I saw a blog post on it on MAKE zine. The WAMI Dome was a project commissioned by my friend Jim Heekin Jr. for his leisurely use =)

Jonah Brucker-Cohen Wrote a brief description of it on the Make Zine Blog.

Thanks for the shout out! =)

Wami Dome from Oscar G. Torres on Vimeo.

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Jackoon at Gizmodo Gallery Exhibit

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Jackoon-Art Robotica

Jackoon will be showing his painting skills at The Gizmodo Gallery Exhibit starting Tuesday (for Press) and Wednesday for the general public.

Gizmodo wrote an article about Art Robotica featuring Jackoon the painting robot. Jackoon is one of the first or many prototypes I made which managed to paint robot art by using a live video stram as reference or just a simple picture.

Gallery Hours and Special Events Open to the Public:

Wednesday, September 23 through Friday, September 25
12noon – 8pm
- Main Gallery
- Opening Day features Laser Etching (I think its around $20)

Friday, September 25
8pm-10pm
- Public Party, with prizes

Saturday, September 26
11am – 8pm
- Main Gallery

Saturday, September 26
9pm – Live DJ set by Music Director Jason Bentley, KCRW, 100% independently funded radio station

Sunday, September 27
11am – 6pm
- Main Gallery

Location:
Groupe Gallery
267 Elizabeth Street
New York, NY 10012

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Fashion Camp at ITP

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Today is the first gathering of Fashion Camp at ITP in 2009. There was a good turn out at the event, composed of designers, electronic geeks and people interested in fashion. This is definitely not at the level of Bryant Park yet. But this is going to get main stream sooner than later.

I went to a workshop titled “Soft Circuits” by Alicia Gibbs who got Bug Labs to sponsor some electronics to make a cool LED wearable circuit. This is the one I made with the help of Diana Eng:

This is a fish made by Becky Stern:

This is Becky Stern Talking about circuits:

This is an image of a fashion show of wearable technologies after lunch.

More info about ITP:

http://www.fashioncamp.org/
http://www.dianaeng.com/

calendar of events:
http://fcnyc.splatcamp.com/

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Jackoon at Sony Wonder Tech. Lab

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009


(above) Sony Wonder Technology Lab entrance.

I was invited to have an exhibit of Jackoon the painting robot at The Sony Wonder Lab in Midtown. The lab aims to educate kids about the world of technology and science.

So I was pretty exited to show the robot till I realized that Jackoon was broken. I turned Jackoon’s mobile unit (hacked bump and go car) to check its reaction time to computer commands and nothing was happening, just a cranking sound. The reason nothing was happening was that the wheels where stuck from all the paint I did not clean up last time it painted.

Solidified Paint:

I tried a couple of things to clean the wheels, but it was apparent that they would need to be replaced. First things first, find an other victim toy car to hack into, that will serve as Jackoon’s legs. The first place I went was Toys R Us since that’s where I found the bump and go car that made Jackoon’s previous mobile unit. As soon as I got to the toy store I found a similar car to hack.

Bump and Go toy:

Toy Guts:

The Swap:

Jackoon Back to normal:

After replacing Jackoon’s mobil unit, I took him to the Sony Wonder Tech. Lab and set up the project. It was a really cool space to show the project specially since there was a giant spiderman peeking into the window to see what was going on.

Spiderman in the back:

The kids (all one thousand of them) loved the robot and even managed to get paint on themselves (just a couple out of the bunch) and their teachers/camp counselors. Its a small price to pay for inspiration.

Kids and Jackoon:

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More Art Robotica

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

These are some of the Paintings that I made with Jackoon at the ITP Spring 2009 show:

Reference image, wasp on a flower:

wasp

Collaborative Painting:

Reference image, rodent skull:


Jackoon Painting:

As you can see on the painting of the Skull, Jackoon managed o paint the general area where the skull should be. The brush strokes where not as precise as should be, because the lighting conditions where not optimal at the ITP show so the tracking system was a little off.

Someone at the ITP show told me something really inspiring; “This is the worst work that [Jackoon] and the other artbots will paint. They will only get better.” I agree, even now the paintings are amazing.

Link to pieces that where hanging at the show while Jackoon was making the art above. http://blubee.com/theblog/?p=309

Posted in Arduino, Art, ArtBots, Drawing Machines, Hacking, ITP, ITP Thesis, NYU-ITP, Phys. Comp., Projects | 1 Comment »

Art Robotica in the ITP Spring Show 2009

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

This is some of the art that I showed at the ITP Spring Show 2009 exhibit.

The Art:

“Lemon Wasp” 2009
Acrylic on paper, 48”x 48”


“Daisy” 2009
Acrylic on paper, 48”x 40”

The Art Bots:

Jackoon at work:

Jackoon Painting from Oscar G. Torres on Vimeo.

Posted in Arduino, Art, ArtBots, Finals, Hacking, ITP Thesis, NYU-ITP, Phys. Comp., show | 1 Comment »

Art Robotica: Thesis Presentation!

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Art Robotica is a term used to describe the body of work created by the collaboration of “ArtBot” and artist. ArtBots are Autonomous Machines that paint or draw on a canvas, sheet of paper or a surface of some kind. Art Robotica reflects our new codependency and symbiotic relationship with machines. ArtBots are, in essence, collaborators rather than just new tools.

A presentation of Art Robotica was part of ITP Thesis Week 2009.
The thesis presentation was Tuesday May 5, 2009 at NYU’s ITP (721 Broadway, 4th floor)

Web Video Archive:

http://itp.nyu.edu/shows/thesis2009/video-stream/

This is one of the paintings created so far:


“Girl” 2009, Acrylic on paper, 48″ x40″

To find out more about Art Robotica visit:
http://blubee.com/artRobotica/

More Art Robotica:
http://blubee.com/theblog/?p=318

Posted in Arduino, Art, ArtBots, Drawing Machines, Finals, Hacking, ITP Thesis, Living Art, NYU-ITP, Phys. Comp., Processing, Projects, Prototypes, show | 3 Comments »

Servos.

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

So this is what servo motors look like inside.

this is what they do.

servos will be needed for my artBot.

And this is what a solenoid valve looks like inside:

IMG_0561

the valves was used on the Pianocktail.

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Interactive Shoe Sculpture

Monday, February 16th, 2009

ShoeMusic

I created this interactive sculpture which plays music (in this case I play ambient cricket sounds) when the potential energy shoe is transformed to kinetic energy. The force of a collision between the shoe and some wire mesh causes a switch to trigger the music to begin to play from a sound recorder/ player.

The sculpture was made with found objects and follows the footsteps of collage and re-use. Influence to this art piece include works viewed at the New Museum in 2008.

video of the installation:


Un-Monumental Shoe Sclulpture from Oscar G. Torres on Vimeo.

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