http://andrewjs.com/blog thingsarehappening Wed, 28 May 2008 18:10:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last minute posting:  I'll be performing an impromptu piece tonight at The Tank as part of Scale of Sound as curated by the wonderful Leslie Flanagan.  I'll be dancing silently with a stranger.  I go on around 11PM.  $5.oo cover.  You should come!  From the description: Amplification is magnification. Using voice, ... http://andrewjs.com/blog/archives/154 For those of you who came to see my "performance" last week at LEMURplex (to whom I owe you that $5 cover charge), I am delighted to be able to show you some of what should have happened.  Out of context at least.  Marlon Barrios Solano over at dance-tech.net was ... http://andrewjs.com/blog/archives/152 I've skipped town for New Orleans this week, but if you haven't, then I hope you are enjoying the beautiful weather and...May I suggest going for a walk in Central Park?  Maybe buying some roasted peaunuts from a street vendor?  Or even possibly riding your bike  to a gallery or ... http://andrewjs.com/blog/archives/151 It's the end of April, which means my time with the musical robots of LEMURplex is at an end.  To celebrate I'm saving the last dance for THIS FRIDAY NIGHT May 2nd at 8:00 PM at LEMURplex in Brooklyn.  I'll be performing some disjointed technopromtendobluesical numbers and telling a tale ... http://andrewjs.com/blog/archives/150 So, when I have way too much work to do, I do what any level-headed, self-motivating freelancer would do...usually I start the client clock and pass the time procrastinating by coming up with funny voices, thinking about old girlfriends, and Googling my own name.  I've never been disappointed.  And now, ... http://andrewjs.com/blog/archives/149 Yeesh.  A really short day in the LEMUR studio this evening.  Leif helped me out with note dampening on the guitar bot which helps with things like this: VIDEO! More to come tomorrow. The long haul for show prep (which happens on Friday, May 2nd) will be over this weekend. ... http://andrewjs.com/blog/archives/148 Okay day three.  I had a vision in the shower.  That's usually how it happens.  Change of plans somewhat.  Today I shifted focus from gestural mapping cueing to programming.  The "ModBots" / or the bots that are mainly percussive and tend to hang from the ceiling at LEMURplex / are ... http://andrewjs.com/blog/archives/147 Recently I spent my first significant amount of time at LEMURplex in Brooklyn as part of my April residency in preperation for the Resident show on Friday, May 2nd.  I'm not great with Max/MSP for logic, which seems to be the biggest hurdle for me right now.  That and not ... http://andrewjs.com/blog/archives/146 April showers bring May flowers musical robots.  I am fortunate enough to be a ReSiDeNt  at LEMURplex this month in Brooklyn.  LEMUR stands for the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots.  Um....could there be a more perfect residency?  I get to interface with their xylobot, guitarbot, hydrobots, and modbots.  I'm ... http://andrewjs.com/blog/archives/145 This is fantastic.  Heather made this public art installation in Utica, NY. click on the picture for documentation. http://andrewjs.com/blog/archives/144