http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog www.abstractmachine.net is a code|art project initiated by Douglas Edric Stanley. It explores the relationships between algorithms and art. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:29:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Starting tomorrow, I'll be spending two days participating in [Fing](http://www.fing.org)'s [Université de printemps](http://www.upfing.org/) (Spring University) entitled [Plus longue la vie](http://www.upfing.org/PLUS-LONGUE-LA-VIE) (A Longer Life). As you can tell by the subject matter, it's about aging and the role of new technologies in the life of seniors, which is great for me ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/young-old-furry-slippery/ Ok, so now I'm really pissed. So I've bought the damn upgrade, simply because I have so many old projects languishing on [this dying platform](http://www.adobe.com/products/director/). I've also been getting email from people because some of these projects are online, and no longer work; and instead of saying, "Macromedia, er Adobe, ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/director11-%c2%a7/ + Workshop: Art numérique + [Biennale Puglia 2008](http://www.bjcem.org/en/puglia2008/), Italy + Presenter: [Douglas Edric Stanley](http://www.abstractmachine.net/biography/) + Location: [Bari Fiera del Levante](http://www.bjcem.org/en/puglia2008/where/), padiglione 152 - Regione Puglia + Time: 16:00 + Date: 26 May, 2008 I will be in Italy next week (from Saturday evening to Wednesday morning), in the Puglia region, for a mini-workshop (Monday afternoon + ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/workshop-in-puglia/ [Thomas](http://sosobering.free.fr/) sent me this link to a rap about coding HTML. I thought it was pretty funny. To bad I didn't have the link for class last Friday: So it got me thinking about some other code songs: Which was probably inspired by Joe Wecker's [DeCSS Decryption Song](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/Gallery/css_descramble_joe_wecker.mp3), which also has ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/code-rap/ I have some catching up to do (I've been more active on my [Twitter account](http://twitter.com/abstractmachine) recently), starting with this catalogue the [Tokyo Wonder Site](http://www.tokyo-ws.org/english/index.html) just sent me of [Antonin Fourneau](http://atocorp.free.fr/)'s recent [residency](http://pingmag.jp/2008/04/30/artist-in-residence/) and [exhibition at DAF Tokyo](http://www.daf-tokyo.jp/program/index6.html). He and I chatted quite a bit during his residency, and I loved ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/the-double-bearded-frenchman/ Also known as: [Perceptive Pixel](http://www.perceptivepixel.com/)'s multi-touch marvel is no match against [Tim Russert's felt-tip pen](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#24508854). My favorite part is actually all the noise Russert makes as he drags out his chart ;-) http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/magic-marker-versus-magic-screen/ Just added a [Twitter](https://twitter.com/abstractmachine/) feed to my blog. I've been resisting for a while now, but finally gave in. I like how I can just grab bits and pieces of conversations, emails, code, ideas, documentation and so on, and throw them into the mix. And the size is right. Let's ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/dear-diary/ + Conference: Des idées et des arts + Location: Amphithéâtre Charve, Université Saint Charles, Marseille + Address: [3, place Victor Hugo 13003 Marseille](http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=3,+place+Victor+Hugo+13003+Marseille&jsv=107&sll=47.15984,2.988281&sspn=15.844369,41.088867&ie=UTF8&ll=43.304288,5.378709&spn=0.008276,0.020063&t=h&z=16&iwloc=cent) + Un séminaire du [Master Médiation Culturelle des Arts](http://sites.univ-provence.fr/lacs/rub.php?rub_parent=184), Université de Provence, Marseille + Dates: 21, 28 April 2008; 5 May 2008 + Time: 17.00 - 19.30 I've been invited to speak tomorrow ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/conference-3/ I’m currently playing about with [Safari 3.1](http://www.apple.com/safari)'s embedded font feature. It's great, and about time. If you're reading this blog directly from my website and with Safari 3.1+ then you know what I'm talking about. Otherwise, you'll just have to wait until Firefox and Explorer catch up. I'm not sure I've ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/embedded-fonts/ + Workshop : [Plot](http://www.plotseme.net) à la montagne + Location : Pyrenees [Aix-en-Provence](http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=rue+emile+tavan,+aix-en-provence,+13100&jsv=107&sll=47.15984,2.988281&sspn=15.844369,41.088867&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr), France + Artists : [Fabrice Gallis](http://slow.free.fr), [Guillaume Stagnaro](http://010175.net), [Jean + Cristofol](http://temporalites.free.fr/index.php5?browse=Temps%20r%E9el,%20direct,%20diff%E9r%E9), [Douglas Edric Stanley](http://www.abstractmachine.net/biography/) + Dates : 14 - 18 April, 2008 This week [Plot](http://www.plotseme.net) was supposed to be in the Pyrenées -- riding rustic trains, going for walks in the mountains, playing with accelerometers and ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/plots-mountain-getaway/ + Reading : [Le mythe de la mite: vers une mite-ology de l'informatique](http://www.grenouille888.org/dyn/IMG/mp3_mythologie_stanley_bug.mp3) + Text + voice : [Douglas Edric Stanley](http://www.abstractmachine.net/biography/) + Series : Mythologies 2008; [Ma foi ! Croyances, religions, identités](http://www.grenouille888.org/dyn/spip.php?rubrique373) + Producer : Marc Voiry + Station : [Radio grenouille](http://www.grenouille888.org/), 88.8, Marseille + Date : 9h30, 7 avril 2008 + Download : [mp3-mythologie-stanley-bug](http://www.grenouille888.org/dyn/IMG/mp3_mythologie_stanley_bug.mp3) I've been doing a lot of ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/le-mythe-de-la-mite/ + Workshop: [L'orientation algorithmique](http://www.iav-orleans.com/spip/spip.php?article134) + Location: [Institut d'arts visuels](http://www.iav-orleans.com/), Orléans, France + Artist: [Douglas Edric Stanley](http://www.abstractmachine.net/biography/), [www.abstractmachine.net](http://www.abstractmachine.net) + Dates: 31 March - 4 April, 2008 Yes, I am off to yet another workshop this afternoon. This time to the [IAV](http://www.iav-orleans.com/) in Orléans, a design school that is organizing all week a series of workshops, ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/lorientation-algorithmique/ + Workshop: Art du code + Location: [l'École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux](http://www.bordeaux.fr/ebx/portals/ebx.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pgSomEvtOrga&classofcontent=sommaire&id=2110) + Dates: 19 | 20 | 21 March 2008 Hi. I'll be in Bordeaux this week, in yet another workshop on how to make art using code. Here's the official statement: + Workshop Art du code par [Douglas Edric Stanley](http://www.abstractmachine.net/biography/) + professeur d'Arts ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/art-du-code-bordeaux/ I've been working with two very handy [C++](http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/) development libraries over the last two weeks: [OpenFrameworks](http://www.openframeworks.cc) and [PAlib](http://www.palib.info/). We started working with OpenFrameworks in the [Atelier hypermédia](http://www.ecole-art-aix.fr/rubrique11.html) last week -- I'll write more about that later. As for the other library, most of you probably will never have heard of ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/palib/ + Article: [Purpose Machines](http://switch.sjsu.edu/v24/articles/purpose_machines/), [Douglas Edric Stanley](http://www.abstractmachine.net/biography) + Journal: [Switch 24](http://switch.sjsu.edu/v24/) I've had a few requests recently, asking me to write about various subjects -- gaming, contemporary art, code aesthetics, interfaces, and some other subjects I declined to write about, simply because I had nothing to say. [Ethan Miller](http://ethanmiller.name/) wrote me yesterday ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/switch/ To welcome me into my new role as an officially recognized Frenchman, my friend [Julien](http://j.h.k.free.fr/) sent me a list of clichés entitled « [Ça, c'est la France](http://j.h.k.free.fr/?browse=ça%20c'est%20la%20France!) ». All the regulars are there: the beret, a baguette, rosette, the rooster, brie, Yvette Horner and Serge Gainsbourg. And although I've never worn a ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/franchouillard/ *Le jour de gloire est arrivé ! / Contre nous de la tyrannie, / L'étendard sanglant est levé, / L'étendard sanglant est levé, / Entendez-vous dans les campagnes / Mugir ces féroces soldats ? / Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras / Egorger vos fils, vos compagnes ! / Aux armes, citoyens / ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/allons-enfants-de-la-patrie/ I've been very busy the last two weeks, sorry for everyone I've yet to reply to. Basically, I'm in the middle of about a dozen different projects. Working on a dozen simultaneous projects is a little more than my usual half-dozen, and since no one really pays me well enough ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/mbn/ + Colloque: [Esthétique speculatives](http://ateliervideo.lehavre.free.fr/) + Organisation: Stéphane Trois-Carrés, [CEDAR](http://cedar.samizdat.net/) + Location: [L'école supérieure d'art du Havre](http://www.ecole-art-lehavre.fr/) + Dates: January 21st & 22nd I'll be in Le Havre for the next two days, participating in the colloquium on "Speculative Aesthetics", which in reality just means a meeting of the various multimedia professors of french ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/esthetiques-speculatives/ + Installation: C'est toi la patate !? + Authors: Fabien Artal, J.C. Loewe, Raphaël de Staël, Amaury Tatibouët, Roman Viguier + Direction: [Douglas Edric Stanley](http://www.abstractmachine.net/biography) & [Stéphane Cousot](http://www.ubaa.net/) + Workshop: [PlayVision](http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/playvision/) + Exhibition: [Gamerz 0.2](http://gamerz02.blogspot.com/) + Production: [Atelier Hypermédia](http://www.ecole-art-aix.fr/rubrique11.html), [Aix-en-Provence School of Art](http://www.ecole-art-aix.fr), [Transatlab](http://www.transatlab.net) Here are some screenshots from « C'est toi la patate !? », the design-it-and-build-it-as-fast-as-you-can « ... http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/cest-toi-la-patate/