"well oiled little contraption"

After a bumpy start up when I arrived 4 weeks ago, we've ground everything down to a fine edge and are finely in a nice groove. We've got 5 more performances to go. I'm ready to go home though. Two months away from home is a long time.

Here's a round up of what's being said about our show so far.

Janet Smith, Georgia Straight

Culture Seen, Westender

Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun

kayeoneats.blogspot.com

Plank Magazine

Shadow Machine in Vancouver

August 2010 news

wind coil sound flow at 01SJ Biennial September 4 - 19 2010.

I will be presenting my kinetic sound sculpture wind coil sound flow at the San Jose City Hall Rotunda as part of ZERO1's themed Build You Own World festival and exhibition September 16 - 19 at San Jose California. In addition I will be participating in the Out of the Garage Into the World program (a part of the festival)September 4 -15 with building the installation components at the South Hall, a large convention space open to the public as part of the exhibition.

Curator Steve Dietz describes the festival here---> podcast .



Shadow Machine performance in Vancouver. September 23- October 31

After rocking the festival in San Jose, I'll be zipping back to Vancouver B.C to participate in 5 weeks of workshopping, rehearsals and performances with Peter Courtemanche, Carol Sawyer and Alvin Erasga Tolentino.

for more info -----> co.erasga.dance.

electronics for lunch

My favorite electronics project boxes are second hand Tupperware/Ziploc/whatever soft plastic food storage containers.



The prototpye is mostly done. We'll rebuild the whole thing in Vancouver and add some fun details. Now it's disassembled and ready for crating.



Nothing leaves the studio without extensive testing. Chris takes the prototype for a ride.

this just in........

To read the tiny fuzzy small print click on the picture to enlarge it.

in the studio

In addition to all the work with the garden, I've been spending a lot of time in the studio getting things ready for upcoming shows in San Jose and Vancouver. There's lots to do. With the final drop off of crate contents to be prepared for shipping to San Jose, I shifted from work on wind coil sound flow to the preparation of devices for the Shadow Machine in Vancouver.





I finally wired up this hacked mobility scooter so it can be controlled by remote control. This forms the base of a 'wandering' workbench which will be used during the performance. So far it works well but now it's time to sort out all the wiring and mechanics for the final version.



It's easy for me to be distracted by an interesting challenge. We learned how to crack the combination for the safe that was left here by the previous tenants. With Tim Hunkin's lecture about the fine art of safe cracking in the back of my mind, we carefully worked out the 6 numbers to the combinations and the opening procedures for the two exterior door locks. What made it relatively easy was the fact that the door was already open and we could look inside the tumbler enclosure to see what was happening with the mechanism. I found a 3D animation of how tumbler based combination locks work too.

Vancouver/Shadow Machine

Return to the Western Front. The Shadow Machine in progress. Artists at work.

Vancouver

I'm back in Vancouver working on the Shadow Machine project with Peter, Alvin and Carol. I arrived early so I could get some work done on my back tattoo at Sanitary Electric. So far I've been walking around spending money eating out, working with Peter on some Shadow Machine audio, checking out all the gardens and marveling at the wonderfully landscaped yards. I started building a garden in my back yard at home and am very inspired.





Vancouver: where pinups, bikes and beer easily go together at Central City Brewing Company.






Evapotranspiration is the name of the process in which trees and plants move water from the ground up to the leaves where it evaporates into the atmosphere. A large part of our worlds processing of sun and water to provide the basics of life for everything and everyone. And part of the beginning of a new series of research explorations for me.