[sudoroom] Art Murmur

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

Hi all,

Any more ideas for the upcoming First Friday / Art Murmur?

Did anyone contact them to put us officially on the list?

One idea I had was to make a giant 3D version of our logo. Suspend a large
cube covered in almost transparent red cloth by one corner to the ceiling.
Then use EL wire or LED strips to trace the connections inside the cube,
maybe animating them to look like nerve impulses.

This is something that could be made very large yet lightweight and
collapsible: mostly thin cloth with a few internal rods to give the cube
its shape. Not what we originally had in mind in terms of a window display,
but worth considering, if only because of its simplicity in construction.

If we do go with the window installation, I put a pack of six suction cups
in our locker at Techliminal. Feel free to use any of the motors, gears,
and switches in the bag in the plastic bag in the locker too. We've got at
least 5 little DC motors, which I think run on 4V and could be used to
power some light-weight pieces.

Did anyone attend the Make:SF meetup on building automata out of paperclips
at Techliminal or TechShop? Filling the entire window with moving paperclip
automata powered by a few hidden DC motors could be really cool (and quite
modular - everyone can build a little piece). I believe they have another
one coming up next week:

http://www.meetup.com/makesf/events/67790022/
http://blog.dugnorth.com/2012/01/how-to-build-simple-machines-with-paper.html

Last random thought: it would be great if we could do something with the
slot in the window as well - maybe an arm reaching out through the slot
towards the viewer?

Patrik

</procrastination>

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Felicia Betancourt
<fmbetancourt at gmail.com>wrote:

> my 2 cents...some interactivity would be great, either in the display
> window or inside.  Something as simple as a projected TwitterWall, maybe?
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Erica Edmondson <kikilplus at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Oops, jumped the gun on sending this email. Here's try #2.
>>
>> I'd be interested in a group hack for the wall robot, as well as helping
>> to organize further events for Art Murmur. Unfortunately, I missed the
>> meeting yesterday, so I might be a bit out of the loop.
>>
>> Has a logo for sudoroom been either drafted or finalized yet? If so, it
>> might be a good idea to incorporate it into the display. I've got some
>> sewing skills; I could piece together a wall banner or something of the
>> like.
>>
>> -Erica.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Erica Edmondson <kikilplus at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I'd be interested in a group hack for the wall robot, as well as helping
>>> to organize further events for Art Murmur. Unfortunately, I missed the
>>> meeting yesterday, so I might be a bit out of the loop.
>>>
>>> Has a logo for sudoroom been either drafted or finalized yet? If so, it
>>> might be a good idea to incorporate it into the display. I've got some
>>> sewing skills; I could piece together a wall banner or something of the
>>> like.
>>>
>>> -Erica.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Daniel Finlay <somniac at me.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd be happy to help make a wall drawing robot, of this general variety
>>>> (dry erase?  chalk spray?). Have wanted to anyway:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK0rrWFQKlQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
>>>>
>>>> Would anyone else want to meet up on occasion to hack this together
>>>> Arduino-style?  Or come up with some group project completion strategy?
>>>>  Probably make a wiki page for it if we try?
>>>>
>>>> -Dan Finlay
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 14, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Could someone take some pictures and measurements of the box office
>>>> window? That way we could start sketching some ideas online. I think we
>>>> need motion, lights and color, to attract people's attention from the
>>>> street. The whole thing can be hanging from the wall above the window,
>>>> attached to the window itself with suction cups, and/or sitting on the
>>>> window sill. Need some pics of window sill, and someone to check if we can
>>>> safely suspend some weight from above the window.
>>>>
>>>> If we have anyone with artistic skills, keep in mind that painting part
>>>> of the window (with water soluble paints) from inside or outside is an
>>>> option as well.
>>>>
>>>> Just having a cool art piece in the window would be much, much easier
>>>> than opening up the door an entertaining guests all evening...
>>>>
>>>> Patrik
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Tracy Jacobs <kinetical at comcast.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  I'm really excited about our space being centered in the First Friday
>>>>> Oakland Art Murmur main drag, and I wonder if we should form a committee to
>>>>> prepare and publicize an event for July 6th?  We have had some discussion
>>>>> about setting up a Bio lab and kinetic sculptures in the cool glass box
>>>>> downstairs.  Other things that could happen are performance of any kind,
>>>>> poetry reading or essay reading, really anything. And we should let people
>>>>> and media know that we'll be a part of the art walk.   I am terrible at
>>>>> promotion/marketing, so I am I hoping someone else might have skills at
>>>>> that.  I think it would be a nice opportunity to draw community attention
>>>>> to our evolving group.  I'd love to hear whatever ideas people might have.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tracy
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