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+ Write "short" text on background of personal motivation which lead me to Piet Zwart | + Write "short" text on background of personal motivation which lead me to Piet Zwart | ||
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+ Organize presentation about chosen media objects according to notes in sketchbook | + Organize presentation about chosen media objects according to notes in sketchbook | ||
*+Extend on/type interpretation of Heidegger into .txt document ( I made a recording of + + Conway's Game of Life as I typed into it) | *+Extend on/type interpretation of Heidegger into .txt document '''( I made a recording of + + Conway's Game of Life as I typed into it)''' | ||
*+Visit and document at www.electricsheep.org | *+Visit and document at www.electricsheep.org | ||
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=¤2015-04-16¤= | |||
+ Present work on (media) object according to illuminations of Heidegger | + Present work on (media) object according to illuminations of Heidegger | ||
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+ Read the appropriate paragraphs in chapters 5-7 of the Handbook for protocol and criteria. | + Read the appropriate paragraphs in chapters 5-7 of the Handbook for protocol and criteria. | ||
+ Use 'Cookbook' on PZI Wiki to learn about Image using Python (root & imagemagick, installing pip) | + Use 'Cookbook' on PZI Wiki to learn about Image using Python '''(root & imagemagick, installing pip)''' | ||
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=¤2015-04-17¤= | |||
<u>10:00-11:00</u> | |||
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* + Check on cultivation of mushroom colony (still nothing... recolonize?) | * + Check on cultivation of mushroom colony '''(still nothing... recolonize?)''' | ||
* + Check on plant cultivation (1 plant survived the germination period) | * + Check on plant cultivation '''(1 plant survived the germination period)''' | ||
<u>11:00-13:00</u> | |||
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* + Extend on daily short aims list | * + Extend on daily short aims list | ||
* + Add daily short aims list to PZI wiki | * + Add daily short aims list to PZI wiki | ||
<u>13:00-15:00 (16:19 - took longer than 2 hours)</u> | |||
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*Buy for current practice: | *Buy for current practice: | ||
+Glue gun '''(Xeno)''' | |||
+Plastic boxes, rectangular translucent '''(Action)''' | |||
+Glue gun (Xeno) | +Sealant spray, acryclic '''(Action)''' | ||
+Latex applying sticks '''(Schaapje)''' | |||
+Working gloves '''(Schaapje)''' | |||
+Protective glasses '''(Action''') | |||
+Plastic boxes, rectangular translucent (Action) | |||
+Sealant spray, acryclic (Action) | *+Collect receipts from last excursion | ||
+Latex applying sticks (Schaapje) | |||
+Working gloves (Schaapje) | |||
+Protective glasses (Action) | |||
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<u>15:00-18:00==</u> | |||
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*+Upload photographed mushroom sketches, link PDF in WIKI | *+Upload photographed mushroom sketches, link PDF in WIKI | ||
*+Scan mushroom sketches in PZI scanner, send to email | *+Scan mushroom sketches in PZI scanner, send to email | ||
*+Edit photographed mushroom sketches in Photoshop (contrast/light, levels, desaturate) | *+Edit photographed mushroom sketches in Photoshop '''(contrast/light, levels, desaturate)''' | ||
*+Upload scanned sketches to PZI Wiki page, name it "Monumental Mushroom Sketches" | *+Upload scanned sketches to PZI Wiki page, name it "Monumental Mushroom Sketches" | ||
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<u>18:00-19:30</u> | |||
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*+Ask Joseph/Julie/Manetta about montage python script (Joseph helping @ circa 20:00) | *+Ask Joseph/Julie/Manetta about montage python script '''(Joseph helping @ circa 20:00) | ||
''' | |||
<u>19:30-21:00</u> | |||
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<strike>*Outside event: 20:00 - 22:00 Printroom - On Pixels and Cathedrals: http://www.printroom.org/</strike> | <strike>*Outside event: 20:00 - 22:00 Printroom - On Pixels and Cathedrals: http://www.printroom.org/</strike> | ||
<u>21:00-00:00</u> | |||
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+Relax, buddy. | +Relax, buddy. | ||
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=¤2015-04-18¤= Construction Helmet= | |||
<u>11:00-12:00</u> | |||
*+Extend on daily short aims | *+Extend on daily short aims | ||
<u>12:00 - 13:00</u> | |||
*Buy for current practice: | *Buy for current practice: | ||
+Metal wire '''(iron/steel)'''for shell support '''(Schaapje)''' | |||
+Fixation liquid for charcoal '''(Harold's?)''' | |||
+12 charcoal sticks '''(willow)''' | |||
+Metal wire (iron/steel)for shell support (Schaapje) | |||
+Fixation liquid for charcoal (Harold's?) | |||
+12 charcoal sticks (willow) | |||
+Charcoal eraser | +Charcoal eraser | ||
+Wireframe for shell surface | +Wireframe for shell surface | ||
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===<center>LUNCH</center>=== | ===<center>LUNCH</center>=== | ||
<u>14:00 - 17:00</u> | |||
*+Begin on sculpture dummy | *+Begin on sculpture dummy | ||
+Don working gloves '''(tying wireframe should be made without gloves)''' | |||
+Don working gloves (tying wireframe should be made without gloves) | +Make metal wire frame '''(learn how to solder or use metal links in order to make it look less flimsy)''' | ||
+Make metal wire frame (learn how to solder or use metal links in order to make it look less flimsy) | |||
*+Take photo of progress | *+Take photo of progress | ||
*+Record video of progress | *+Record video of progress | ||
(Glue gun must have glue stick before construction can commence) | '''(Glue gun must have glue stick before construction can commence)''' | ||
*+Rethink sculpture approach | *+Rethink sculpture approach | ||
<u>17:00 - 19:00</u> | |||
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*+Print Student Handbook (again) | *+Print Student Handbook '''(again)''' | ||
*+Read the appropriate assessment/presentation paragraphs in chapters 5-7 of the Handbook for protocol and criteria for presentation/reassessment on. | *+Read the appropriate assessment/presentation paragraphs in chapters 5-7 of the Handbook for protocol and criteria for presentation/reassessment on. | ||
*+Take notes | *+Take notes while reading. (over a beer, make it comfortable) | ||
<u>19:00 - 21:00</u> | |||
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*Use 'Cookbook' on PZI Wiki to learn about Image using Python | *+Use 'Cookbook' on PZI Wiki to learn about Image using Python '''(found no more helpful posts on image, migrate to ImageMagick site)''' | ||
*+Download and setup python module Montage (already in ImageMagick) | *+Download and setup python module Montage '''(already in ImageMagick)''' | ||
<u>21:00 - 00:00</u> | |||
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Relax, buddy. | Relax, buddy. | ||
*See video on | =¤2015-04-19¤ = White Cap= | ||
* | <u>10:00 - 14:00 = Slow Morning</u> | ||
* | |||
*+Visit MyWDKA | |||
*+Apply to WdKA sculpture workshop '''(found no sculpture workshop, focus on wireframe/wire art)''' | |||
*+See [https://youtu.be/CcC5opK-VIU| video on wire art] | |||
*+Watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KupW_8w3MU|The Electric Sheep and their Dreams in High Fidelity] '''(only evol-code, no image sampling :( )''' | |||
*+Create account at electricsheep.org | |||
*+Enter "animate your own electric sheep" at electricsheep.org '''(1st try: "Access Denied You are not authorized to access this page.")''' | |||
*+Google search and enter page from another direction | |||
*<strike>Download Fr0st '''(doesn't seem to have a live commuity, last post from 2012; deals in *.py though)(for Win)'''</strike> | |||
*+Download Apophysis '''(a more livelier community at Sourceforge, has tutorials, plugins. For rendering fractal flames)(for Win)''' | |||
*+Test-run Apophysis '''(UI is a bit glitchy, but it stabilized; running higher than 50x50px preview of samples is laggy on laptop-duh)''' | |||
*+Download Oxidizer '''(for Mac OSX, @ PZI)''' | |||
*+Put '''(comments)''' in bold | |||
*+¤Make dates clearer¤ | |||
*+<u>Underline dates instead of titling them</u> '''(Shorter overview list)''' | |||
*+Make legend of daily aims list | |||
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<u>14:00</u> | |||
===<center>LUNCH '''(retrieve cash)'''</center>=== | |||
<u>15:00 - 20:00</u> | |||
'''(over a beer or tea with music, make it comfortable, begin with at least three sentences on each What, How & Why)''' | |||
'''(You want them to know what you're doing)''' | |||
*+Form collective practice overview document '''(Word/OpenOffice)''' | |||
'''(Too long list, too condensed, couldn't make a good text out of this, merely rehashing what I've said before, make it freer!)''' | |||
<b>@PZI</b> | |||
*+Test Oxidizer '''(still makes single frames, no animations. Maybe render before animation?''') | |||
<u>20:00 - 23:00</u> | |||
*+Work on Montage in ImageMagick + script tutorial with Mikhail '''(short tutorial on python scripts, continued tomorrow)''' | |||
*+Clean up daily aims list | |||
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=¤2015-04-20¤= | |||
*+Dread my indecision and ambitious dreams | |||
PC Homonculous statue | |||
Cybernetic Space: In Practice | |||
Mediating Fungi: fungi sculptures which make images out of the passersby, resizes the images to 100x100 & makes the images into 1x1 gifs and adds them to a image grid, then makes generative music out of it as each picture adds 100 new notes for each image | |||
Making something mediadesign-like with my drawings | |||
Python Image Manipulation: montage of gifs | |||
Image to Sound: Image reading with sound output depending on pixel values (checking on numpy) | |||
Extending on Skype & Cigarettes | |||
Wireframe sculpture from Mushroom Sketches | |||
A mediadesign game involving Simon says | |||
*+Watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA7JSySxfRk|How to Draw Interior Spaces: 2-Point Perspective [Star Wars Fan Art] ] | |||
=¤2015-04-29¤= | |||
*+Study Elleckes thesis | |||
*Draw mindmap of Elleckes main points | |||
*+Edit interview transcript | |||
*<strike>Meet Steve Rushton</strike> | |||
*Look up exhibitions related to chat | |||
*Look up sources related to online reenactment | |||
*Read and take notes on '''(possible)'''literature related to topic (digital miscommunication, like Skype & Cigarettes) | |||
*<strike>Ask Steve on how to improve daily short aims list</strike> | |||
*+Create mindmap of Ellekes subject '''(her subject had changed fundamentally and no longer involved her father, her main topic is to bring sculpture practice to photography)''' | |||
*+Continue reading Maccluhans "the medium is the message" | |||
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=¤2015-05-03¤ - Experiment & Struggle= | |||
*+Make wire art by tying together the metal wires of cables into a mycelium-like mesh '''(I'm too unskilled for this, I added liquid latex to parts of the mesh but it made the copper mesh go green)''' | |||
*+Experiment with creating rhizomatic patterns in a flowchart program '''(I tried, but I didn't receive any inspiration from doing it.)''' | |||
*+Finalize order of http://vandervlis.nl/lenovo/ with debian distro preinstalled '''(A very pleasant reception from the seller 5 stars) Michael also likes!''' | |||
*+Research mycelium http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/Lect03_b.htm | |||
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=¤2015-05-04¤ - Kill My Darlings= | |||
*+Visit WdKA interaction studio for idea on putting mushrooms into a augmented reality environment, as well as work on scanning, editing and printing mushroom sketches into a book '''(Academy closed)''' | |||
*+'''(_KILL MY DARLINGS_)''' | |||
*+buy grown bag of king oyster mushroom mycelium & fruit bodies from Markthal and experiment with ideas: | |||
Map of connectivity worldwide, place mycelium on areas with most activity http://gizmodo.com/a-map-of-every-device-in-the-world-thats-connected-to-t-1628171291 | |||
Experiment with how the speaker input reacts to the mycelium, and whether the mycelium reacts back | |||
*+buy plastic boxes for bought king oyster myshroom cultivation | |||
*+Order Paul Stamet's "Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms could Save The World" from fungi.'''(.com?) | |||
*+Download document on media literacy and mass-communication '''('SUMMARY OF INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATION BY STANLEY BARAN')''' | |||
*+Research mushroom hacks: http://hackaday.com/2010/06/24/mushroom-terrarium-automation/ , http://hackaday.com/tag/mushrooms/ | |||
*+Look into conversation theory, Gordon Pask '''(Still a bit over my head; it's about the significance of horizontal conversation in the practice of learning)''' | |||
*+Get hyped up on coffee | |||
*+Get cardboard to use as growth medium for mushroom cultivation | |||
*+Replace cardboard with sawdust for mushroom cultivation | |||
*+colonize plastic boxes with sterile mycelium from bought king oyster fruit bodies | |||
+sterilize hands '''(Wash)''' | |||
+sterilize knife '''(Open flame)''' | |||
+sterilize cardboard growth medium '''(30 min cooking) | |||
sterilize plastic boxes '''(dress with alcohol and wash; they might be contaminated, lets hope not!)''' | |||
+extract sterile mycelium from bought king oyster mushrooms | |||
+put inside kitchen cupboard to keep dark and warm '''(20-28 degrees celsius)''' | |||
*+attend group critiqu session '''(Alot of good ideas! notes taken)''' | |||
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=¤2015-05-05¤= | |||
*+form list of links from mac osx at PZI Wiki '''(& later laptop computer)''' | |||
*+read parts of van dijks 'network society' | |||
*+make mycelium-like mesh out of metal wires in cables '''(could be useful)''' | |||
*+visit kristof kintera's "you are the light of my life" at kunsthal '''(another good and playful exhibition with machines)''' | |||
*+help first year Stone Shi with R-dam house hunting | |||
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* | =¤2015-05-06¤= | ||
*+bring bag of king oyster mycelium to PZI '''(warmer there)''' | |||
*+[[User:Themsen/SDR/LOL|form list of links from laptop at pzi wiki]] | |||
*+Buy cables in second hand shop | |||
*+Experiment with making mushroom-like statuettes (?) out of thick steel wire '''(Two made)''' | |||
*+Buy glass containers in second hand shop | |||
*+Bring work home: | |||
+Glue gun | |||
+Acrylic cavas | |||
+Cables from second hand | |||
+Glass containers | |||
+Chip board (x2) from printer | |||
+Steel wire coil | |||
+Acrylic paint | |||
+Paint brushes | |||
Door bell '''(Forgot it at school, d'oh)''' | |||
*+Send Jan Van Dijk's "Network Society" to email | |||
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=Unassigned pile-up= | |||
* | *<strike>Transcribe 3 sentences from paper | ||
*Relate | *<strike>Relate future practice to inspirations and the motivations behind my choice '''(What, How, Why)''' | ||
Organic randomness & Constructed randomness </strike> | |||
* | *<strike>Review what needs to be added/worked on and add it to the bottom of collective document '''(I'm not sure how I should present this)'''</strike> | ||
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*Assess Media Artists relation to practice | |||
*Visit metal department at WdKA '''(don't think I have yet)''' | |||
*See video on making of wireframe shells | |||
*+See video on appliance of liquid latex to plastic/metal surfaces '''(Weird 80s inspired sales-video, applying 20 layers to 1 statue)''' | |||
*+Build static dummy, without latex <strike>'''(got no metal wire - delayed</strike>, applied latex to copper wire. The ammonia sure made it greener)''' | |||
*+Ponder on why everything went wrong | |||
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* | *'''(extend on 3 sentences)'''</strike> | ||
* | |||
* | *Write shortly about '''(be blunt, simpler, write on paper)''': | ||
**+Former PZI projects' relation to current practice | |||
**+Write about current practice: mushroom junk sculpture's description '''(What, How, Why)''' | |||
**<strike>Write about current practice: mushroom sketches' description '''(What, How, Why)''' | |||
**Write about former practice's relation to current practice and future practice '''(What, How, Why)''' | |||
**Write about relation of mushroom sketch practice to sculpture practice '''(What, How, Why)''' | |||
**Write about relation to current practice and future practice. '''(What, How, Why)''' | |||
**Extend on future practice: Fungi Media description '''(What, How, Why)'''</strike> | |||
*Print texts Latour & Garcia | |||
*Read texts for An Encyclopedia of Media Objects, Latour & Garcia [[https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/An_encyclopedia_of_media_objects]] | |||
*+Borrow videocamera, perhaps tripod | |||
*+Record mushroom sketching session on camera | |||
*+Upload and link electricsheep.org & conway's game of life-video to An Encyclopdia of Media Objects, as 'Anti-Heideggerian' | |||
*+Print texts Latour & Garcia | |||
*+Read texts for An Encyclopedia of Media Objects, Latour & Garcia [[https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/An_encyclopedia_of_media_objects]] | |||
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*Study Solange's practice on her WIKI page for interview at RWRM next week | *+Study Solange's practice on her WIKI page for interview at RWRM next week | ||
What | What | ||
How | How | ||
Why | Why | ||
*Study Allyson's practice on her WIKI page for interview at RWRM next week | *+Study Allyson's practice on her WIKI page for interview at RWRM next week | ||
What | What | ||
How | How | ||
Why | Why | ||
*Reread Annette's tips on interviewing | *+Reread Annette's tips on interviewing | ||
*Write questions (double the amount you'll need) | *+Write questions (double the amount you'll need) | ||
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*Use 'Cookbook' on PZI Wiki to learn about Image using Python | *+Use 'Cookbook' on PZI Wiki to learn about Image using Python | ||
*Download and setup python module Montage (20150417-19:18 = can't install Montage for some reason) | *<strike>Download and setup python module Montage (20150417-19:18 = can't install Montage for some reason)</strike> | ||
*Ask Joseph/Julie/Manetta about montage python script | *+Ask Joseph/Julie/Manetta about montage python script | ||
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12:00 - 13:00 | |||
*Buy for current practice: | *+Buy for current practice: | ||
Sterilized injection needle for colonization of mushroom spores (?) | Sterilized injection needle for colonization of mushroom spores (?) | ||
Applicable silicon | +Applicable silicon | ||
Spray can, white (Harold's) | +Spray can, white (Harold's) | ||
Arduino/Raspberry Pi for video/audio installation (Ask Max Dovey first) [http://www.dil.nl/start.aspx|DIL Electronica] | Arduino/Raspberry Pi for video/audio installation (Ask Max Dovey first) [http://www.dil.nl/start.aspx|DIL Electronica] | ||
Glue stick for glue gun (Xenos) | +Glue stick for glue gun (Xenos) | ||
Latest revision as of 21:58, 6 May 2015
Daily Aims List: Legend
+ = mischief managed
(text) = comments
text = not working -ever, or right now
¤2015-04-15¤
+ Write "short" text on background of personal motivation which lead me to Piet Zwart
+ Organize & add content to user wiki page according to frame of RWRM module
+Write description of most recent work
- What
- How
- Why
+Write research strands, add links to related content
+Write description of future work
- What
- How
- Why
+ Screen record session in Conway's Game of Life
+ Use 'Cookbook' on PZI Wiki to learn about Image using Python
+ Organize presentation about chosen media objects according to notes in sketchbook
- +Extend on/type interpretation of Heidegger into .txt document ( I made a recording of + + Conway's Game of Life as I typed into it)
- +Visit and document at www.electricsheep.org
¤2015-04-16¤
+ Present work on (media) object according to illuminations of Heidegger
+ Use 'Cookbook' on PZI Wiki to learn about Image using Python
+ Read the appropriate paragraphs in chapters 5-7 of the Handbook for protocol and criteria.
+ Use 'Cookbook' on PZI Wiki to learn about Image using Python (root & imagemagick, installing pip)
¤2015-04-17¤
10:00-11:00
- + Check on cultivation of mushroom colony (still nothing... recolonize?)
- + Check on plant cultivation (1 plant survived the germination period)
11:00-13:00
- + Extend on daily short aims list
- + Add daily short aims list to PZI wiki
13:00-15:00 (16:19 - took longer than 2 hours)
- Buy for current practice:
+Glue gun (Xeno) +Plastic boxes, rectangular translucent (Action) +Sealant spray, acryclic (Action) +Latex applying sticks (Schaapje) +Working gloves (Schaapje) +Protective glasses (Action)
- +Collect receipts from last excursion
15:00-18:00==
- +Upload photographed mushroom sketches, link PDF in WIKI
- +Scan mushroom sketches in PZI scanner, send to email
- +Edit photographed mushroom sketches in Photoshop (contrast/light, levels, desaturate)
- +Upload scanned sketches to PZI Wiki page, name it "Monumental Mushroom Sketches"
18:00-19:30
- +Ask Joseph/Julie/Manetta about montage python script (Joseph helping @ circa 20:00)
19:30-21:00
*Outside event: 20:00 - 22:00 Printroom - On Pixels and Cathedrals: http://www.printroom.org/
21:00-00:00
+Relax, buddy.
¤2015-04-18¤= Construction Helmet
11:00-12:00
- +Extend on daily short aims
12:00 - 13:00
- Buy for current practice:
+Metal wire (iron/steel)for shell support (Schaapje) +Fixation liquid for charcoal (Harold's?) +12 charcoal sticks (willow) +Charcoal eraser +Wireframe for shell surface
LUNCH
14:00 - 17:00
- +Begin on sculpture dummy
+Don working gloves (tying wireframe should be made without gloves) +Make metal wire frame (learn how to solder or use metal links in order to make it look less flimsy)
- +Take photo of progress
- +Record video of progress
(Glue gun must have glue stick before construction can commence)
- +Rethink sculpture approach
17:00 - 19:00
- +Print Student Handbook (again)
- +Read the appropriate assessment/presentation paragraphs in chapters 5-7 of the Handbook for protocol and criteria for presentation/reassessment on.
- +Take notes while reading. (over a beer, make it comfortable)
19:00 - 21:00
- +Use 'Cookbook' on PZI Wiki to learn about Image using Python (found no more helpful posts on image, migrate to ImageMagick site)
- +Download and setup python module Montage (already in ImageMagick)
21:00 - 00:00
Relax, buddy.
¤2015-04-19¤ = White Cap
10:00 - 14:00 = Slow Morning
- +Visit MyWDKA
- +Apply to WdKA sculpture workshop (found no sculpture workshop, focus on wireframe/wire art)
- +See video on wire art
- +Watch Electric Sheep and their Dreams in High Fidelity (only evol-code, no image sampling :( )
- +Create account at electricsheep.org
- +Enter "animate your own electric sheep" at electricsheep.org (1st try: "Access Denied You are not authorized to access this page.")
- +Google search and enter page from another direction
Download Fr0st (doesn't seem to have a live commuity, last post from 2012; deals in *.py though)(for Win)- +Download Apophysis (a more livelier community at Sourceforge, has tutorials, plugins. For rendering fractal flames)(for Win)
- +Test-run Apophysis (UI is a bit glitchy, but it stabilized; running higher than 50x50px preview of samples is laggy on laptop-duh)
- +Download Oxidizer (for Mac OSX, @ PZI)
- +Put (comments) in bold
- +¤Make dates clearer¤
- +Underline dates instead of titling them (Shorter overview list)
- +Make legend of daily aims list
14:00
LUNCH (retrieve cash)
15:00 - 20:00
(over a beer or tea with music, make it comfortable, begin with at least three sentences on each What, How & Why)
(You want them to know what you're doing)
- +Form collective practice overview document (Word/OpenOffice)
(Too long list, too condensed, couldn't make a good text out of this, merely rehashing what I've said before, make it freer!)
@PZI
- +Test Oxidizer (still makes single frames, no animations. Maybe render before animation?)
20:00 - 23:00
- +Work on Montage in ImageMagick + script tutorial with Mikhail (short tutorial on python scripts, continued tomorrow)
- +Clean up daily aims list
¤2015-04-20¤
- +Dread my indecision and ambitious dreams
PC Homonculous statue Cybernetic Space: In Practice Mediating Fungi: fungi sculptures which make images out of the passersby, resizes the images to 100x100 & makes the images into 1x1 gifs and adds them to a image grid, then makes generative music out of it as each picture adds 100 new notes for each image Making something mediadesign-like with my drawings Python Image Manipulation: montage of gifs Image to Sound: Image reading with sound output depending on pixel values (checking on numpy) Extending on Skype & Cigarettes Wireframe sculpture from Mushroom Sketches A mediadesign game involving Simon says
¤2015-04-29¤
- +Study Elleckes thesis
- Draw mindmap of Elleckes main points
- +Edit interview transcript
Meet Steve Rushton- Look up exhibitions related to chat
- Look up sources related to online reenactment
- Read and take notes on (possible)literature related to topic (digital miscommunication, like Skype & Cigarettes)
Ask Steve on how to improve daily short aims list- +Create mindmap of Ellekes subject (her subject had changed fundamentally and no longer involved her father, her main topic is to bring sculpture practice to photography)
- +Continue reading Maccluhans "the medium is the message"
¤2015-05-03¤ - Experiment & Struggle
- +Make wire art by tying together the metal wires of cables into a mycelium-like mesh (I'm too unskilled for this, I added liquid latex to parts of the mesh but it made the copper mesh go green)
- +Experiment with creating rhizomatic patterns in a flowchart program (I tried, but I didn't receive any inspiration from doing it.)
- +Finalize order of http://vandervlis.nl/lenovo/ with debian distro preinstalled (A very pleasant reception from the seller 5 stars) Michael also likes!
- +Research mycelium http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/Lect03_b.htm
¤2015-05-04¤ - Kill My Darlings
- +Visit WdKA interaction studio for idea on putting mushrooms into a augmented reality environment, as well as work on scanning, editing and printing mushroom sketches into a book (Academy closed)
- +(_KILL MY DARLINGS_)
- +buy grown bag of king oyster mushroom mycelium & fruit bodies from Markthal and experiment with ideas:
Map of connectivity worldwide, place mycelium on areas with most activity http://gizmodo.com/a-map-of-every-device-in-the-world-thats-connected-to-t-1628171291 Experiment with how the speaker input reacts to the mycelium, and whether the mycelium reacts back
- +buy plastic boxes for bought king oyster myshroom cultivation
- +Order Paul Stamet's "Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms could Save The World" from fungi.(.com?)
- +Download document on media literacy and mass-communication ('SUMMARY OF INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATION BY STANLEY BARAN')
- +Research mushroom hacks: http://hackaday.com/2010/06/24/mushroom-terrarium-automation/ , http://hackaday.com/tag/mushrooms/
- +Look into conversation theory, Gordon Pask (Still a bit over my head; it's about the significance of horizontal conversation in the practice of learning)
- +Get hyped up on coffee
- +Get cardboard to use as growth medium for mushroom cultivation
- +Replace cardboard with sawdust for mushroom cultivation
- +colonize plastic boxes with sterile mycelium from bought king oyster fruit bodies
+sterilize hands (Wash) +sterilize knife (Open flame) +sterilize cardboard growth medium (30 min cooking) sterilize plastic boxes (dress with alcohol and wash; they might be contaminated, lets hope not!) +extract sterile mycelium from bought king oyster mushrooms +put inside kitchen cupboard to keep dark and warm (20-28 degrees celsius)
- +attend group critiqu session (Alot of good ideas! notes taken)
¤2015-05-05¤
- +form list of links from mac osx at PZI Wiki (& later laptop computer)
- +read parts of van dijks 'network society'
- +make mycelium-like mesh out of metal wires in cables (could be useful)
- +visit kristof kintera's "you are the light of my life" at kunsthal (another good and playful exhibition with machines)
- +help first year Stone Shi with R-dam house hunting
¤2015-05-06¤
- +bring bag of king oyster mycelium to PZI (warmer there)
- +form list of links from laptop at pzi wiki
- +Buy cables in second hand shop
- +Experiment with making mushroom-like statuettes (?) out of thick steel wire (Two made)
- +Buy glass containers in second hand shop
- +Bring work home:
+Glue gun +Acrylic cavas +Cables from second hand +Glass containers +Chip board (x2) from printer +Steel wire coil +Acrylic paint +Paint brushes Door bell (Forgot it at school, d'oh)
- +Send Jan Van Dijk's "Network Society" to email
Unassigned pile-up
Transcribe 3 sentences from paper
Relate future practice to inspirations and the motivations behind my choice (What, How, Why)
Organic randomness & Constructed randomness
Review what needs to be added/worked on and add it to the bottom of collective document (I'm not sure how I should present this)
- Assess Media Artists relation to practice
- Visit metal department at WdKA (don't think I have yet)
- See video on making of wireframe shells
- +See video on appliance of liquid latex to plastic/metal surfaces (Weird 80s inspired sales-video, applying 20 layers to 1 statue)
- +Build static dummy, without latex
(got no metal wire - delayed, applied latex to copper wire. The ammonia sure made it greener) - +Ponder on why everything went wrong
(extend on 3 sentences)
- Write shortly about (be blunt, simpler, write on paper):
- +Former PZI projects' relation to current practice
- +Write about current practice: mushroom junk sculpture's description (What, How, Why)
Write about current practice: mushroom sketches' description (What, How, Why)- Write about former practice's relation to current practice and future practice (What, How, Why)
- Write about relation of mushroom sketch practice to sculpture practice (What, How, Why)
- Write about relation to current practice and future practice. (What, How, Why)
Extend on future practice: Fungi Media description (What, How, Why)
- +Borrow videocamera, perhaps tripod
- +Record mushroom sketching session on camera
- +Upload and link electricsheep.org & conway's game of life-video to An Encyclopdia of Media Objects, as 'Anti-Heideggerian'
- +Print texts Latour & Garcia
- +Read texts for An Encyclopedia of Media Objects, Latour & Garcia [[1]]
- +Study Solange's practice on her WIKI page for interview at RWRM next week
What How Why
- +Study Allyson's practice on her WIKI page for interview at RWRM next week
What How Why
- +Reread Annette's tips on interviewing
- +Write questions (double the amount you'll need)
- +Use 'Cookbook' on PZI Wiki to learn about Image using Python
Download and setup python module Montage (20150417-19:18 = can't install Montage for some reason)- +Ask Joseph/Julie/Manetta about montage python script
- Upload everything necessary to last day's work on my student Wiki
Continue working on adding further links to outlines of RWRM textExtend on current practice's relation to past practice and vice versa
12:00 - 13:00
- +Buy for current practice:
Sterilized injection needle for colonization of mushroom spores (?) +Applicable silicon +Spray can, white (Harold's) Arduino/Raspberry Pi for video/audio installation (Ask Max Dovey first) Electronica +Glue stick for glue gun (Xenos)