ARS electronica and my trip

I was away for two weeks because of my trip to Italy, Germany and Austria.
During my trip, my main event was ARS electronica in Austria.

I stayed linz on 5th- 7th September for ARS, I really enjoyed to see and meet people and their works.

Interactive art works at cyber art section were particularly interesting. My favourite was moving scrupture of metopholical Vagina and Penice. Two transformed shapes are having interaction with someone's exsistance. Their movements are looks ramdom, but it seems like having interaction with people's distance.

This year's highlighted work, "Bleu Remix" was interesting, too. The performance piece is the first motionless dance piece in the world. The performance is played by one performer who drinked blue coloured liquid for entire his body. For an hour, the performer is placed in a human size glass box which is located in the center of the room. He is not moving at all, but little by little, his sweats appear on surface of his skin. The performance itself is quiet, and need to endure for it's last, however it was amazing time to see
Strain of the room was tight, everyone was concering performer's small box. From performer's skin, we can recognize how our bodies are moving. In other words, by blue coloured sweat, I could recoginized visualization of of excreta which we are thrown from our body every day. It would be said that presentation of internal human body's movements. I was really lucky to share the time to see historical morment for performance art. This piece will be recoginized like John Cage's 4'33'.



I saw a lot of works there, so I just can't tell everything.
I heard that this year's ARS was smaller than last year. So I hope I will be there in next year. Next year will be twice as bigger than this year, because Linz will become a cultural city.
I was inspired a lot of things by ARS. That was really worth to be there to see what happens in the interacrive art works. Not only Bleu Remix, but also I saw several experimental performance arts. So I hope if I can involve some work which can involve performing arts for one of my final year's work, that will be interesting.

By the way, I enjoyed rest of my trips in Germany and Italy and Salzburg.



This photo was taken at St. Wolfgang near Salzburg. Alps mountains were very beautiful, and nice breeze. I saw a lot of grannies from UK, even though not many tourists were not turned up at this time. I guess just they love traveling.

Come on! Hall effect sensor

I am still figuring out my hall effect sensor.



I used my 10 ohm resistor between 5V and ground. However it become hotter again. Also, the sensor didn't work,too.
Now, I start to check interface Z's magnetic sensor again.



It has a capacitor for evening current, two potentiometers, three resistors and an IC tip.
After checking their values, I ordered on maplin and RS components.
I found that on audrino, I need to choose 0.25W resistor. It took long time to check values and codes, but little by little, I start to understand each part's functions and unit of credit.

Later on, my new parts will arrive. Then I will do some progress.

Today, I launched a test website for a photographer.

http://www.moiralovell.com/test/index.html

There were a lot of probrems of links and java scripts on flash. It took long time to fix. However finally I could build all of foundation. I haven't gotten reply from my cliant, so hopefully she would like it. Just I am waiting for her rest of site materials now.

Test of a hall effect sensor

I start to test a hall effect sensor which I bought at RS.
Actually, the sensor become hot! I have no idea why but I think the current was too high.
It was dangerous I found. I shouldn't put a sensor directly to interface z.
So, I found that I need to get something I can adjust the current like an example below.



By my tutor, I can make this adjustment by myself. So I will try to make it.
But a beginner like me, it is difficult to find information from websites. First I start to look at the website which is providing technical information about sensors.
http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/sensors/
However, I had no idea what should I do. So, I started to learn ohm formula. (Well, I know it is too basic to start,, but for a while I haven't learnt math,,)
Anyway I really want to get back my math's knowledge when I put it onto my brain when I was child,.So even if it seems stupid, I think it is worth to do it again,

Improve my eyesite by myself??

I have very bad eyesite since I was kid. That was because of my too much playing video games and reading comics(How bad child life style!!) like most of modern children in Japan. Well, basically I can't live without my glasses and contact lenses. In addition, my eyes tiredness become worse recently because I am sticking with computer. little by little, I became scare about my eyesites,,, But I found an information about self improvement of eyesites!
I got a japanese book called"imaging eye". The book said if I can improve my subconscious of using my eyes, my eyesites will improve. For me, the idea sounds innovative. Because traditional eyesite improvement will be done by schooling to eyesite improvement institutes or lazor operation. These two will take cost and be 100% sure at this morment. In contrast, the "imaging eye" will not take cost and I don't have to have a risk. In fact, I need to patient for every day training. But if I can do it little by little, everything will be fine.

The training is really symple, with naked eyes I need to train to look. If my eyes can see something better site, I should admire my eyes with shouting "Yes!". It sounds redicurous, but a lot of people achieved amazing result. At least, I need to continue the training for a month, so it takes time. But I think just I need to adjust the pattern.

Also, I got pinhole mask which will help my eyes resting. This is the mask I shown above. It is nice to rest my eyes. At the first time, It is difficult to adjust with this eye sites. However if you will continue to use it, you will feel comfortable. Particularly for PC jobs, this is an ideal tool.

I felt this training is simmilar to eastern meditation. To cure disease by spilit is one of my interesting subjects. Like reiki and phychic therapy, this is one of the spilitual cure. I am thinking that wheather I can bring these spilitual ideas to my base work??

Prototype of Tenori On and think about Japanese humor

I was looking at Toshio Iwai's Tenori On's launch party's explanation.
I knew Tenori On, but I did not know about his prototype work. In fact I really like his prototype virsion "Music chess", too. It is a kind of improvisation music. Also, I could find a good profe- Tenori On's original idea is from music box, because I am writing my dissertation about the change from analogue to digital.

By the way, I was thinking that recently I could find several good overseas based Japanese musicians, for instance afrirampo and frank chickens. Their common feature is that they are showing japanese crude and tasteless aspects in interesting way. In other words, they are pulling out civil things to make entertainment. Their images are not stereotyped images, but something new japanese images for foreigners.
I just wondered if I can put these humor to my interactive work. I would like pick up something exciting and japanesy things.

Tenorion and last night's gig

I found a post on youtube about the London based pop singer who is using TENORI ON.
Actually Tenori on is a good example of make sound visible project!



By the sway, yesterday I have been to a gig in Aldgate. The event called club integral.
I saw the great play of Japanese phyche band called acid mothers temple, and pikachu and makoto. Particulary, pikachu and makoto's play was amazing. Pikachu is having a band called afrirampo, and Makoto is from boredoms.
Pikachu's performance was excelent. Her performance was like a innocent child, strange lylics and enthusiastic drum! Just I can say amazing, fun and original!! I really love their lylics because they use Japanese silly words and strange mix of japanese and english.



I am really interested in improvisation music nowadays. I think it is one of the interesting feature of music session. I would like to try some musical session now!

I made a cover song of Korean-Japanese song

I covered a 80s million seller Korean song which was fashion in Japan called "Pusan kou e kaere". (means "Return to Pusan harbout"). This is a song about wife who have not come back to the harbour. These songs are called "Enka" which are japanese ballad or songs. In most of the times, they are saying about broken heart of some lovers, split of fishermens and love for the local areas.

In fact, I haven't made a song ever, so for a while I wanted to make a song, In addition I really curious about music session. Yesterday, my friend, Kumiko Yabu who is a musician and sound engneer came to my flat. Then with her advices, I've recorded a song with Garageband.

My song's idea is that Enka song inspired by space men. I would like to link with the someone's local and traditional split with universe. It is a kind of experimental (music itself and for improving my skills,too ) music. Also I think I need to get more sophistication more??
Well , I need to say that there is no irony for enka song at all on my project. Just simply I would like to try a new remix of space and ground.