NORMAL ARCHITECTURE OFFICE (NAO)
builds a light structure from recycled materials
on a disused lot in West Philadelphia for workshops, video screenings for Repurpose Philadelphia!
commissioned
by Slought Foundation and National Constitution Center as part of Into
the Open, US Pavilion at Architecture Biennale, Venice
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WHEN: Saturday, August 22, 2009 10 am-4 pm
WHERE: 611-627 North 40th Street, Philadelphia
DESIGN
TEAM: Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss (Normal Architecture Office), Brian
Phillips (Interface Studio Architects), and Lindsay Bremner (Temple
University)
COMMISSIONED BY: Slought Foundation and the National Constitution Center
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Submitted by
V on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 7:24am.
Our friend and long time Hacktory champion has set up a new hacker space in Philadelphia, Hive 76. Kudos to him and his merry group of hackers. To launch things off, Hive 76 is holding two 3D printing classes. Check out their website http://www.hive76.org/.
You've got to love Philly!
Or as Far would say, "Hack on."
Submitted by
V on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 7:59pm.
Submitted by
V on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 2:01pm.
Have a hack you want to show off to the entrepreneur scene in Philadelphia? Now is your chance.
Our friends over at the Philladelphia Startup Leaders are organizing a expo of big ideas. These are the kinds of places where Steve's meet the Wozes of the world. So, don't miss out.
For accurate info visit: http://expo.phillystartupleaders.org/
Submitted by
V on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 9:42pm.
P’unk Avenue Active Intersection
A new Sound Installation by Ashley John Pigford
Opening / Discussion: March 19, 6pm-9pm.
Hosted by P’unk Ave
1168 E Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19147
http://window.punkave.com/2009/03/11/active-intersection/
In Ashley’s own words:
A camera records activity of the intersection of E. Passyunk Avenue and Federal Street in South Philadelphia. The amount of activity is translated into a constantly updating audio composition that is broadcast through low power FM in the area of the installation. Additional audio of the intersection, recorded live, is mixed into the broadcast composition and the composite video image of the camera is projected into the window of P’unk Avenue. This piece is intended to be experienced as an active participant of the intersection, with your radio tuned to the FM frequency that is projected in the window, or as an observer.
Submitted by
V on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 7:17pm.
Friday, March 13th, 5:00pm to 8:00pm
http://www.kleinartgallery.org/
3600 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
In March the Klein Art Gallery at Science Center will present Selected Works by Alex Dragulescu. The exhibition will feature selections from the artist's series, Spam Architecture and Lexigraphs along with new works. Dragulescu's artistic practice involves experiments and explorations of algorithms, computational models, simulations and information visualizations that include data derived from databases, spam emails, blogs, malware, and video game assets.
In Spam Architecture, the artist generated a series of prints by creating a computer program that accepts as input junk email. Various patterns, keywords and rhythms found in the text are translated into elegant, yet bizarre three-dimensional modeling gestures. In 2008, the artist created Lexigraphs the first visualization from his ongoing Data Portraits series. Micro-blog authors use mobile text messaging or web interfaces like Twitter to post short answers to the question What are you doing?, creating a stream-of-consciousness account of their daily encounters, musings, plans and actions. Lexigraphs creates a self-portrait of the author through the use of salient words from an individual's postings to visualize the topical and temporal patterns.
