DIY media bits


air detritus

Posted in energy,recycling,sound,technology by citymedia on February 13, 2008
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Coming back to the theme of this blog, I’ve imagined firstly how to led a way to link and to connect with the city, the landscape of the urban culture we are living in. the second red line was the necessity to research the recreation of spaces, definitions of physical embodiment, art and technological installations within media, that could somehow confront the theme of do it yourself, low cost and low tech tools employed as resources for energy detonators. In the spirit of rediscovering the mutuality of media techniques and their resource of electric tentacles, some sort of path emerge in observing how artists and media developers experimented in their own terms with technology – especially with their open circuits. Then, when observing such media objects and installations, their specificity was not that of the art for its sake, but instead was building on some sort of empowerment and eco-sensitivity. This has in some way transformed notions of media and the logic of mechanics as a cultural, economical or political necessity. The possibility of employment of such objects in everyday life deserves a reality momentum and attention. In this process I’ve rediscovered sound and desing as resources for creativity; Miya Masaoka‘s (musician, composer and sound artist) most recent intervention consists of recording sounds on a 2-way radio transmitter adapted on recycled material and tools, in a water pond located in Central Park, New York City. One of the main ideas of the project Air Detritus has been to synchronize the outcome of physical embodiment through its sensory sound effect using spatial movement, its perceptiveness to nature and external aural emotions. The engagement of Miya Masaoka sound installation helped create ideas in the quest for the development of objects and tools, which can trigger communication between organisms. See also her other project Pieces for plants, where with the help a midi and a synchronizer, she orientates the movement of plants causing them to psychologically respond to sounds.

m-city

Posted in Uncategorized by citymedia on October 28, 2007
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DIY of…

a play with the city

incrediblly smart and fun

instant creations and instant recreations of architecture and blocks

M-media opens a game, for your engagement and performance with the city. To create your own visuality from the window of shadow plays and memory.

Navigating from the virtual into the real world, while scrabbling the surface of old walls and painting them with patterns through layers of stencils, graffiti, posters and stickers.

Be sure to check the link to the pop-out window Konstructor from the menu on the left…there you can create your stencils and graffiti – dots and dots of cubicles among a variation of surfaces

simply a process of mousing…and printing…and to be continued