XTH, makers of open biotechnologies for creative expression, presents an exclusive preview of the world’s first biowearable musical instrument, the XTH Sense. Come learn about the unique features and diverse applications of the XTH Sense and try one on to explore your own unique musical signature. Tuesday July 21st, Harvestworks… Continue reading
New York Electronic Art Festival 2015 – A Summer Celebration of 21st-Century Art New York, May 18, 2015 – Harvestworks is proud to announce the New York Electronic Arts Festival (NYEAF), held biennially on Governor’s Island and venues in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Presented in partnership with the Trust for Governors… Continue reading
Hypercartogram 2.0 is a surround-sound installation with projected video. It is a multichannel audio map of two urban spaces: Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn in New York City (USA) and Saddar Town, Karachi (Pakistan), punctuated by live action and animated video mapped onto a sculptural collage. Urban field recordings, eavesdropped conversations, and… Continue reading
Judy Dunaway will give a presentation about her artificial intelligence that can extract and remember the semi-random pitches and rhythmic patterns of her “tenor balloon” instrument and provide improvisational interaction based on this data. The system was developed using Cycling 74’s Max. In 2014 she premiered the system at the… Continue reading
The Time Room: Three Videoclocks. Structured to reflect current time, Jungle recounts a casual tennis match between essayist Philip Lopate and composer Martin Bresnick. In Swing a child swinging is a pendulum while the audio marks the time as the children discuss the scarcity of water in Israel. Explosion 1960… Continue reading
A brief look at the history of analog video signal processing and the theory behind building an analog system for contemporary resolutions. Opening : Wednesday July 15 2015 7 pm, Harvestworks Analog HD Video Synthesis and Signal Processing The idea behind the development of HD analog signal processing tools comes… Continue reading
Atmospheres & Accidental Ghosts is an episodic, multi-channel video and sound installation, which randomly reconfigures and activates a perpetually shifting selection of media drawn from the artists’ work and obsessions. Relying on chance and coincidence, this at times unruly and unpredictable piece generates elliptical narratives and enigmatic visual juxtapositions, as the… Continue reading
Artists and musicians have been experimenting with Brain Computer Interfaces or BCIs since the 1960s. Currently a number of consumer and open source BCIs have hit the market for artistic use. At the same time the 10-year Obama and European Brain Initiatives are underway. Half the research funds in the… Continue reading
In this 4 Hour workshop we will explore Live Video Manipulation in the Max Programming Environment. Participants will leave equipped with a collection of example programs and techniques for creating their own Interactive Video Experiences or VJ Performance Software. No previous programming experience is necessary to participate and is directed… Continue reading
Spambot Sound Tapestries by Jess Rowland is an interactive sound installation/composition for audio tapestries which explores the hidden world of automated spam – endlessly loquacious, notably absurd, virtually inexhaustible. Giving voice to the spambots, the sound tapestries act as a medium through which these abstract creations and sound itself become materialized.… Continue reading
