learning the ropes

I’ve been working as an intern/collaborator with Joo Youn Paek at Eyebeam. Currently, we’re preparing another version of her “Fold Loud” project for shipment to the NIME conference in Genoa, Italy.

My first few days were spent designing a modular system that will make it easy for exhibition staff to install “Fold Loud” at the conference. I created two boards. One, based on modules Despina Papadopoulos designed for rapidly prototyping wearable applications, interfaces metal snaps to an 8P8C modular connector. The second board breaks out an 8P8C (also known as “RJ-45″) connector to eight wires so it can be connected to an IPAC keyboard emulator which triggers the sound samples Joo Youn has selected for her folding origami.

video: Gian Pablo Villamil

Thesis Presentation
Every graduating student in my program is required to give a twenty minute presentation on their thesis project. My presentation about the rope&pulley performance system I developed will take place on Thursday evening at 9:00pm EST. You can watch my presentation in two ways:

On the Web:

http://itp.nyu.edu/shows/thesis2008/video-stream/

- the presentation is streamed live and also recorded for later viewing

In Person:
721 Broadway
4th Floor – Room 447
New York, NY 10013

ITP Spring Show
My rope&pulley system will also be exhibited in the ITP Spring Show, where I’ll demonstrate a different application of the system — as an instrument for informal musical collaboration

Monday, May 12: 5-9pm
Tuesday, May 13: 5-9pm

This Spring Show is also located at the addressed listed above, but takes up the entire fourth floor.