This is a great audiovisual sculpture by Jesse Stiles, Chris Harvey and Olivia Robinson:

The Harmonic Center of the Universe from Jesse Stiles on Vimeo.
Looks like a microcontroller doing the heavy lifting for the light sequences, and a synchronized audio piece. There’s a lot of handmade effort in there.
Found via Saturn Never Sleeps.

Paper flowers with memory wire by Jie Qi:

Paper flowers blooming from Jie Qi on Vimeo.

I’ve had this idea every time I pass Mr. Samuel Chambers on the street – his message is so negative and it gets to me every time.  I’m not sure how effective this would be, but it would make a point and I’d be doing something about it.  I try to ignore him, but with [...]

I’ve been working on creating a 16-step sequencer using the 4017 decade counter chip.  So far, my efforts have not succeeded and I’ve been limited to 10 steps.  I had been using a flip-flop to try and switch the clock signal from one 4017 to another and it just wasn’t working.
However, I just read this [...]

One of my favorite things in the world:  Moire.

Pixillation, 1970.
Film/animation: Lillian Schwartz
Moog: Gershon Kingsley

I’ve written a little article cataloging various DIY sequencer projects for Createdigitalmusic, with a very early preview of my own sequencer prototype. You can read the article here, and if you’re interested, here’s a little video of the sequencer:

Came across this video on Dataisnature. I’m working on a similar idea, combining robot-controlled musical instruments and lighting effects.  The end result willbe somewhat similar, but with 100% more banjo:

I’ve been using the bookmarking tool Del.icio.us for a few years now, and today I dug through some of the tags I’ve been using. Some interesting patterns arise, especially in examining the language I use to describe things on the internet.

Here’s my tag cloud:

Awesome- Anything I find online that could be described as [...]

I picked up an Arduino Diecemila last week and I’ve been playing around with it, hoping to use it in future art installations.
Some nifty implementations I’ve discovered along the way: