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Here‘s an old experiment I dug up on how to convert a video feed into ASCII.

Please keys 1-7 to get different variations.

Went to see Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s The Murder of Crows at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum of Contemporary Art today. Was pretty inspiring.

98 speakers scattered around the room for an emotive aural experience. The songs were beautiful. Reminded me of Pink Floyd.

From the Gallery’s site:

In the otherwise empty historical hall of the Hamburger Bahnhof, 98 loudspeakers are installed. These emit the sounds of voices, music and soundscapes generated by special stereophonic recording and replay techniques, creating a composition that has a direct physical impact on the listener. The special Ambisonic soundfield system generates a greatly intensified aural and emotional space, so that the acoustic events that transpire in the three-dimensional soundspace have a startling, disconcerting immediacy. The installation is conceived like a film or a play, but one whose images and narrative structures are created by sound alone.

The installation’s title, “The Murder of Crows”, refers both to the English term for a flock of those birds and to the strange occurrence known as a ‘crow funeral’: when a crow dies, many other crows converge around the body and caw, perhaps in lament, for over 24 hours. The work also references the etching “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” by Francisco de Goya.

Wasn’t really feeling the rest of the stuff at the Hamburger Bahnhof. Didn’t really grab me at all – pretty abstract.

This is totally wicked – wish i had thought of it.

Found on great berlin blog http://www.todayandtomorrow.net

Not sure if you’ve seen this yet, but pretty damn cool. Playpower plans to develop a $12 open source video game system (or is it $10, the site seems to contradict itself). What’s extra cool, is the system will be 8-bit with cartridges based on the 1980’s era Nintendo Famicom. Apparently one single cartridge will be able to contain hundreds of software titles.

And the programming language used – nBasic, a derivative of Basic. It was developed by Bob Rost, who taught a class about programming NES games at Carnegie Melon University (the same amazing institution that Randy Pausch taught at). The beta compiler is only available on PC. It’s available for PC here. For other platforms check out Rob Rost’s site.

“We don’t just believe that fun aids learning—we believe fun is learning,” say the Playpower dudes. I can’t agree more.

Also there was something about the subtleties of the 8 bit format, that is lost in the rich graphics of todays games consoles. It leaves more to the imagination, the reason why kids prefer cartoons to live action stuff.

Inspiring work from Multitouch Barcelona for the 2008 Red Bull Music Academy.

We all knew this was going to happen. In the age of mashups, was only a matter of time YouTube mashups would start to happen, and get good.

More from Kutiman here: http://thru-you.com

Thanks to Anne for the headsup.

Textile Print By Heidi Chisholm

And South African Hiphop crew, Prophets of da Dity, Never Again, with the classic opening line: “Excellent, finally a black president”, celebrating Nelson Mandela’s presidency. And funny, 90s fashion is starting to look quite 80s.

Starts off a bit slowly, but get nice towards the end. Enjoy…

Tracklist

1. Holga Ziske – Wrecker 06 (D.A.R.Y.L.’s Deadlined Mix)
2. Vladimir Acic – Mala Zabica (Original Mix)
3. Vladimir Acic – Marina (Original Mix)
4. Namito Feat Mahan – Upload (Butch Remix)
5. Zoo Brazil – Face (Original)
6. Remote – Dark Enough (Experiment)
7. Radio Slave – Grindhouse (Dubfire Terror Planet Mix)
8. Monika Kruse – Changes of Percepition – Original Mix
9. Serpiente Cosmica – Veinte Tres
10. Ben Parris – Loose Impediments – Original Mix
11.Prompt – Evolve – Original Mix
12. Tom Pooks – Plastic House – Original Mix
13. Quiver – Dancing In Dark Rooms (Jim Rivers Mix)

I would have to say tune of the month is Radio Slave’s Grindhouse. Gets a bit heavy towards the latter half, but when it’s kicks in at the beginning, pure magic.

Serpiente Cosmica’s Veinte Tres also deserves a special mention for pure deep deliciousness, and extra credit for the snare.

Album of the month: Remote: Dark Enough (Experiment)

Radarboy May Mix (146mb)

After many many months, and dead hard drive, international relocations and extreme world load, finally, radarboy is back on thew internets with more than just a cover page.