Archive for November, 2006
Architectural Theory
by admin on November 22nd, 2006
In that paper (download the fascicle), Yeadon introduces us to structures in “an age of molecular manipulation,” in which we’ll see “the dawn of nanofactories, robust molecular machine shops that harvest atoms from a reservoir of molecules to make sophisticated materials, devices, and systems one atom at a time.”
- What could such minuscule inventions possibly have to do with the making of architecture and cities? A nanometer is about a million times smaller than the diameter of a pinhead, and a thousand times smaller than the length of a typical bacterium… How could these tiny achievements possibly have any bearing on the work of an architect?
via BLDGBLOG
Scanners 3D
by admin on November 22nd, 2006
Industrial Research has developed a hand-held 3D scanner that quickly creates realistic 3D models of crime scenes, movie sets and large objects, reports New Zealand’s Stuff. The Scene-scanner, developed with advice from another company, Right Hemisphere,
can be waved over a scene or object like a can of spray paint, going
slowly over areas of interest to create high-resolution images, and
quickly over other areas to create a rough picture.
The scanner, still a prototype, uses a digital camera coupled with an
on-board laser to calculate the distance between the object and
scanner, cross-referencing readings with targets that are placed around
the scene to tell it where it is in the room. It’s apparently something
like Vexcel’s D-Cam, used by Microsoft’s Virtual Earth to create digital image overlays. Simple 3D lists other 3D scanners often used in product design and the movie industry.
read more at originaly post… dailywireless
Eric Owen Moss building
by admin on November 13th, 2006
Recently the architecture of Eric Owen Moss has caught my eye. Culver City’s industrial district is cluttered with is work.
If you are at all interested in his work. You can learn more about him here:
Eric Owen Moss on wikipedia
from flickr
Telefonplan - Colour by Numbers
by admin on November 13th, 2006
A 72 meter high tower stands at Telefonplan in Stockholm. Half a
century ago, it belonged to Ericsson who used it for testing microwave
antennas. Today the University College, “Konstfack” has moved to the
area and the place is envisioned to be a new creative center for
architects, designers and so on.
The windows on the ten floors along the tower body constantly change
colour. Anyone can call a number, +46 (70) 57 57 807, and control the
colours in the windows of the tower by mixing red, green and blue light
with their phone. You can do it on site or by looking at a camera stream on the webpage. It can be seen from quite some distance in every direction.
from WMMNA
New Media Practices in the Urban Context
by admin on November 12th, 2006
Translocations 1: New media practices in the urban context ::
17th and 24th November 2006 :: Seminar Room, Sarai-CSDS :: Facilitated
by Tapio Mäkelä, researcher and artist in residence at Sarai.
This workshop looks at new media practices in urban contexts. The
introductory session will take place at SARAI/CSDS seminar room on
Friday, November 17th 11.00-13.00/14.00-16.00. Second session on
November 24th, same time. Depending on the participants’ interests,
there will either be one or two further sessions, also discussing
selected readings and media art projects done or developed by the
participants. Questions or suggestions, please e-mail
tapio[at]translocal.net. Examples include: - public media art projects
- media artistic interventions - projects using mobile phones -
projects using GPS.
Workshop themes: One of the arguments made in the context of
new media arts or Internet related theory is that in particular
networked media offers new alternative public spaces. How are these
arguments grounded in practice? What constitutes a public space in a
given culture, to begin with, and how would new technologies amend or
replace them?
Lucy Lippard wrote about lure of the location as a warning of
essentialist artist practices about location. Today one can discuss
lure of location data – as many artists offer views on urban experience
based on location data, which in most cases, is merely indexical about
a given location with its rich layers of urban life. Through several
examples I will illustrate this new genre of locative art or location
based media and discuss it in the context of technological sublime and
fetishization of new technologies.
Personal computers, mobile phones, networked servers act as
auxiliary memory devices. Also many artistic projects work with
archiving, databases, and different ways of creating private or shared
memories. How media artists and theorists address memory – and how to
relate with the frenzy of creating digital artifacts, digital fever?
To register, please send in a short bio and a paragraph on why you
wish to attend the workshop to dak[at]sarai.net by the 12th of November
2006.
from networked performance