A while back I wrote this post about a way to process pictures pictures for a Pop-Art like look.
I guess nobody ever tried this because it’s pretty complicated and I also wanted to just give it a shot so I cobbled together this thing
Category Archives: art
Artsy stuff
Slitscan script
I’m fascinated with slitscan imaging.
I may go a little bit deeper into the topic at a later time but for now I just want to share a Windows PowerShell based tool that I wrote to generate slitscan images from a 2D video the most simple way. By dragging and dropping a video-file. Continue reading Slitscan script
Lasercut seasons decoration: tree
Einwegkamera – a large pinhole camera
In September 2013 Emi ((kondens.at)) and I build a fairly large pinhole camera which made use of a room at the Rummelhummel extravaganza ((http://www.rummelhummel.net/)), a temporary art space in Vienna in September 2013. Continue reading Einwegkamera – a large pinhole camera
Wash window (video installation)
Wash Window is a video installation exhibited at the Werkschau (show) at the 2014 Schmiede in Hallein/Austria. This piece was created based on the idea not to discard the porthole of an old washing machine. It features a 7:27 min. video loop of laundry in a similar washing machine.
USauB – an electronic sculpture charging your mobile devices
The sculpture “USauB” (USowB) invites visitors to interact with it. It’s powered USB teats provide vital electrical energy for our important mobile devices. Just like little piglets drink from their mother the USauB feeds mobile phones, tablets and other devices. Visitors are encouraged to place their devices in the care of the sow to have them charged.
Continue reading USauB – an electronic sculpture charging your mobile devices
Euro-pallet upcycling into a lean chair
This was a commissional work for a student unions office. Instead of throwing away three Euro-pallets I was given the opportunity to make them into a comfy arm chair.
Material: three Euro-palets, dowels, screws, clear nitro paint
Pop-art picture processing
A fun way to pep up black and white pictures is to modify the colors of the picture. For instance, take this iconic picture of Che Guevara. is is based on a black and white picture. I replaced white with red to to achieve the look of the well know version of this image.
Replacing white with red is not the only option. Using the brightness a white or a black image for the RGB channels allows in total 64 variants to combine into a colored picture.
EPROM data decay
EPROM short for Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory is a relict from the early days of computing. It is a from of memory used to store program code for CPU and micro computer. As the name states it is a read-only memory this means that in normal operation the memory content can only be read but not altered. To erase then the memory the chip needs to be exposed to UV light. For this propose the housing of the chip has a built in quartz glass window. I used a so called flash gun which is basically a mains powered fast firing strobe light which is pointed on to the window.
The process of erasing the memory takes some time. I interrupted the erasing process to monitor the progress erasing process by dumping the chips memory into a file. During the first 60 seconds of the chip being exposed to the light no data change occurs. After that the memory fades pretty fast. Even the placement and structure of the memory cells on the chip is somewhat recognizable.
