Category Archives: MSC2010

FrontlineSMS – Saving to a database

For our Major Studio Red Cross project, I continued with setting up the FrontlineSMS system, and we are now successfully saving the received messages to our database using HTTP commands calling to a PHP file on our server. I put together a quick tutorial on how to set-up FrontlineSMS to save the information you receive [...]

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FrontlineSMS and Sierra 885 – Successful setup

For the Red Cross project that 6 of us from my Major Studio is tackling, I asked to be assigned to the SMS receiving and database management portion of the project. Based on other NGO’s success with FrontlineSMS in similar types of projects in different areas in Africa, I began working on setting that up [...]

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Marina Abramović – The Artist is Present

Marina Abramović’s exhibit “The Artist is Present” at the MOMA is a clear and resounding statement for performance art, and the pieces/performances on display are shocking, disturbing, and will leave you with an understanding of the power and the possibilities of performance. With written descriptions, videos, and images of performances, such as Rhythm 10, Rest [...]

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Red Cross Measuring Device – Research

While I was in Taiwan, I did a bit of research in regards to outdoor solar devices that are built to withstand extreme weather conditions. Taiwan experiences significant rainfall, as well as typhoons, floods, and earthquakes, and since we are designing for heavy flood areas in Africa, I felt this was a good area to [...]

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Artist Statement

With a focus on the experiential, my work is concerned with providing situations based in sound. In my work, I address the modern phenomena of ubiquitous information, human interaction, differing environments, the shrinking of physical public space that has become unavailable and less visible, and the consequences of people’s actions becoming more and more severe. [...]

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Computing Neubauten

One of my favorites when it comes to physical computing and it’s application to music, Einsturzende Neubauten changed the way I thought about music. Here is a portion of 1/2 Mensch (1986), a film made by Japanese director Sogo Ishii during Neubauten’s tour of Japan. Here is a great interview on their approach and methods:

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