Fanfare

December 23, 2011

Best gift ever. <3

Download on Soundcloud or get the sheet music PDF.

NYC 2.0

October 19, 2011

Rick Karr stopped by to talk about art and technology in NYC on his local TV show. It’s the fifth episode of his series NYC 2.0 on NYCMedia (The official network of the city of New York), which airs at 8:30pm on Sundays on channel 25 (and also online shortly thereafter). On it I talk about my work while they make my workspace look nice. Also appearing in this episode are Andrew Salomone and some folks from Eyebeam and NYU.

Suits for Wall Street

October 17, 2011

On Saturday, October 15 2011, the Proper Business Attire Working Group distributed free business suits to Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in Liberty Park in NYC’s financial district. I performed alterations on ill-fitting hems while hairs were trimmed and ties selected. We suited about 120 men and women.

We all look great in suits. To reporters, to workers, to skeptical tourists, we’ll look like people to listen to, or, at the very least, to hear out. Lazy journalists won’t be able to take the easy, dismissive out, and will have to actually listen to what we are saying. The conversation will grow out of the protester echo chamber and into the wider world, where it belongs. Suits are tactical camouflage in the warrens of Wall Street. And there are other advantages. Need a bathroom? Try wearing a suit. It’s easy. Want to walk past a police barricade? Put on a suit.

Photos by Max Cohn (with many more available).

Inside the Polaroid Matrix

Matt Richardson and me in Polaroid Matrix Flipbook (& animated gif) form at World Maker Faire NY 2011 – thanks Sam Blanchard!

Residency at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

October 02, 2011

I’ll be in Illinois Oct 2-6 for a residency at Unit One, a nontraditional academic program for Allen Hall residents at Urbana-Champaign. I’ll be giving a talk and run workshops on soft circuits, sewing, project documentation, and being awesome online. Check out the details and join me if you can!

The Engadget Show

September 26, 2011

It was exciting to appear on The Engadget Show to discuss Maker Faire, DIY, and to show off my TV-B-Gone Jacket. The show archive is available online, and the segment starts at 24:50.

Resistor Necktie in the Sternlab Store

July 17, 2011

Soft champagne-colored silk men’s neckties bear the stripes of electronics resistors. Current stock available in my Etsy shop, but also available made-to-order in the Sternlab Store.

Core77 Profile

July 14, 2011

Core77 published a two-part profile of me, highlighting quite accurately what it was like growing up a maker, and what it’s like to do what I do.

Me in 3D

June 21, 2011

Jonathan Monaghan scanned me into the computer for inclusion in MakerBot’s “New York Notables” art show/party Thursday June 30.

Matt Richardson and I have been spending more time at MakerBot since we moved Make: Live there. He got starched and scanned as well:

The timelapse of printing my head was included in episode 16 of MakerBot’s “Robot Hospital” show.

See Yourself Sensing

May 26, 2011

My Laptop Compubody Sock is included in the book See Yourself Sensing by Madeline Schwartzman:

Did you know it has been revealed that we can hear our skin, can see through our tongue, and can plug our nervous system directly into a computer? With prosthetics, robotics, cybernetics, virtual reality, transplants, and neuroscience altering the way we perceive and experience space, the body has re-emerged as an important architectural site. See Yourself Sensing endeavors to track the experiments of artists and designers on the intimate scale of the body, and to explore the influence of such experimentation on architecture, installation and new media.

Exploring this concept through the last 50 years of contemporary art and design, See Yourself Sensing: Redefining Human Perception examines the work of key practitioners in this field, from Rebecca Horn’s object based installations, Stelarc’s robotic body extensions to Carsten Höllers’ physically interactive sculptures. The works and artists illustrated throws into consideration how we see and sense the world around us through artistic interpretation. Whether extending these senses through projections, technological spectacles or even telepathy, our perceptual limitations are challenged and our senses realized visually. Analyzing the importance and influence of body-scaled sensory experiments, Schwartzman reveals the fascinating relationship between senses, body, art and perception.