February 2004

John Simon Jr.
http://www.numeral.com/

John was here on Feb. 12 with two lectures at 12pm and 5:30pm and Feb. 13 with one lecture at 10:30am.

John is a specialist in programming environments. He lives and works out of New York City.

For his LCD screens, John disassembles iMAC computers and reassembles them to fit his artwork.

This is one of John’s LCD panels entitled Complexity, 2000. The skyline that can be seen on the upper left corner of the piece changes every time the system is turned on.

These panels can last anywhere from five to fifteen years depending on how often the system is used by its owner. The beauty of these pieces is that they can literally last forever. If and when the system or monitor crashes, the code written for the system can be taken and reapplied to the most current hardware and started again. To learn more about these LCD panels visit John's personal webpage above.

For an easy and fun tutorial on programming visit:
http://www.processing.org/
If you would like to experiment with programming and can not download the software onto your computer, the software is available to you in the Animation Lab at Franklin Terrace rm. 005.

Links recommended by John Simon Jr.:

• John Maeda: http://www.maedastudio.com/
• Future Farmers: http://www.futurefarmers.com/
• Josuah Davis: http://www.joshuadavis.com/
• Whitney Museums artport: http://artport.whitney.org/
• See about Ars Electronica in the Resources link under competitions

Potluck Dinner Feb. 11

 

Everybody ready to watch Shaolin soccer?

Doug quoting Shakespeare...

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