050209
Had some interesting feedback about the piece that's up in Fardom Gallery this month. Next iteration will be a bit less literal but more colourful. (I'm totally obsessed with e.kelly). Here are some concept sketches I used for the final. I used Processing to convert the nucleotide sequences of hemagglutinin and neuramidase subtypes for flu strains into transparent shades of standardized nucleotide traces (I guess particularly relevant after H1N1 came to light recently).

042009
Audible graffiti project re-lived: generally based on image-segmentation algorithms (Hough transform, line detection, etc) that convert stenciled images into QR-codes that map to sampled sounds. the real-time version is based on a matlab script that processes a video feed into an 8x8 array of values based on color/light intensity/edge detection. Idea is to compose and play music mapped to a monome with imagery/colors from the gallery. It's sort of like the monome-based piece I had up in the winter but this one requires audience dance participation... sequined, colourful clothing helps too.

Inspiring links:
queens.
Flight 404
Stretta
SpaceCollective
LaBlogoteque