I've recently discovered there's a whole art form dedicated to dolls (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalmatophilia) -- like the ones you can get for a mere 6000 bucks from http://www.realdoll.com/ . Combining both technologies (with a Wi-Fi-enabled Arduino selling itself on eBay embedded in the silicone head of a realdoll?) and hey presto! -- the world's first android gold-digger.
Ian On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote: > An interesting article about Art&Technology - > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/magazine/09FOB-Consumed-t.html > > describing the work "A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter" which attempts > to sell itself on eBay... Computer uses are getting more and more > creative. > > > At 03:05 +0100 2010/05/10, Ian Clark wrote: >>Devon, >> >>I'll happily write up my experience with the use of J and put it on >>the wiki. To get into Arduino, start with this portal: >>http://arduino.cc/ . Also MAKE: magazine >>http://www.makezine.com/magazine/ --just about every other gizmo has >>an Arduino duct-taped to it. >> >>I doubt I'll be able to add much to the use of the Arduino in general. >>There's a load of freeware and documentation, also a forum. But it >>would be nice to see J somewhere on this extensive list, which shows >>all our main competitors: >>http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Main/InterfacingWithSoftware >>Your museum curator can't really say there isn't much published >>experience with it. But he's certainly opened an interesting market >>for an aspiring Arduino jock: consultant engineer for art exhibitions >>and museum displays. >> >>As for altering the artist's code, I guess that falls into the same >>ethical category as restoring the pigments in Old Masters. I wouldn't >>consider the code part of the artwork, but supporting technology. A >>grey area though, which could do with some published interface >>standards, if not software products, so artists could benefit from a >>code version of Cryla or Fimo. >> >>Ian >> >> >>On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Ian - I'd be interested in what you find out about the Arduino. I heard a >>> talk on it at BarCamp NYC a couple of weeks ago. The talk was about its >>> use >>> in artworks and the complications this raises for art curators with regard >>> to maintaining the work because they often lack the technical expertise to >>> work with a micro-controller. There are also issues about maintaining the >>> integrity of a piece - whether a curator has the right to potentially alter >>> a work by changing its programming. >>> >>> Please keep us informed. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Devon >>> >>> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Ian Clark >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I'm currently playing with the Arduino microcontroller much beloved of >>>> hobbyists and gadgeteers: http://arduino.cc/ >>>> >>>> Pleased with what I can make it do so far, which is program it (in C), >>>> but not communicate through my Mac with its running program. >>>> >>>> It has a USB port which supports a simple TTY interface via which >>>> commands can be sent and data retrieved. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any experience of communicating with it using J? >>>> >>>> Ian >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Devon McCormick, CFA >>> ^me^ at acm. >>> org is my >>> preferred e-mail >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
