Josh’s tech art and sound blog

I finally got my chip to recognize on my computer and I programmed it to be a stop light (sort of). I must admit that I love the software we are using. I don’t think they could have made it any easier.

In and effort to more fully appreciate the artistic side of this class, I decided to visit Shift Space for the first time.  At first glance, I saw very little that appealed to me.  The first exhibit was a series of pictures that, although pretty, did not achieve the goal that the artist had set with it’s title.  She had taken  pictures of farm objects and called it “modern life.”   Admittedly though, the gallery became more interesting as I walked along.  The next exhibit was a series of panoramic pictures that if put together would have made a complete 360-degree picture in the middle of a field.  By far though, the most interesting exhibit to me was a set of stacked tv’s that had some old movies switching throughout them.  It appeared to be a perfectly random set of shows that were in black and white.  At times the tv’s became much louder  allowing the viewer to understand what the artist wanted to portray.  In all, I feel that this exhibition was quite interesting and entertaining.  I believe it to be of much benefit to anyone who views it.

I like the way that class has been going the last couple of days. I think the only way for artists and engineers to get to know anything about each other is to have large group discussions in which we can celebrate our differences and enlighten ourselves.

Also, I have gotten my logo chip set up and now am waiting for the software I need to program it to do something. I must admit I am excited about getting to use the bread board and stuff. I haven’t got to do anything so hands on since my freshman year.

I spent a good deal of time looking at these Logo chips online last evening and I was quite impressed with how much they can do given how much they cost. Now, if I could only come up with a SUPERB idea that rocks my socks off I would be set!

well…we are about 3 weeks into the class and I as well as much of the class am beginning to think that we are going to have to change some things in order for the final project to be plausible. I would like to see 3 bigger projects of about 4-6 people each that way we might be able to get things done by shift-space(that would be good!).