The Most Infamous Girl in the History of the Internet by Parker Ito, 2010
Published by pia on April 21st, 2010 in internet meme, web-art
I'll Replace You (2008) - Jennifer and Kevin McCoy
Published by pia on July 12th, 2009 in video, performance
"an experiment in outsourcing everyday life".
Elly Jessop and the Vocal Augmentation and Manipulation Prosthesis (VAMP) at Maker Fair
Published by pia on July 7th, 2009 in music, instrumentation
of MIT Media Lab explains her VAMP instrument for vocal performance.
Hi: A Real Human Multitouch Interface
Published by pia on May 23rd, 2009 in interactivity
A smart approach at a "Real Human Interface" design by
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Tractor as Drum Section
Published by pia on May 10th, 2009 in drums, automobiles
Some see as an idling tractor, but to it’s a mobile two cylinder drum machine that happens to have an excessive amount of horsepower. It turns out it’s great addition to the rhythm section for a lovely cover of . via
The use of the everyday object in music here with an exciting and oversized twist. Machinery can be very useful as a source of rhythm I have noticed in my own practice but something as goliath as a tractor is really peculiar and special. It kind of reminds me of 's Combi albums.
Pia Plays : A New Topical Blog
Published by pia on May 10th, 2009 in blog
So... with friendfeed, twitter and the 'share with notes' feature that pipes my RSS to my ff account, it has finally become unnecesary for me to have a general blog. I realised this thankfully while starting a new design for my professional website which has been long awaited (mostly by me). This website is my first attempt at working with the platform. It's been really great to learn the backend. I would not have been able to do it without my main-man :) I hope I will get a chance to make more things with Drupal in the future.
So I felt it was time to rethink my blogging approach and I realised I could finally focus on something more specific that inspires me and maybe start exercising some thought in a crititcal capacity. So it took me seconds to realise that I can't help but want to follow on where I left off with my academic studies with a study on the ideas on 'play' in the context of art, music, design and interactive technology.
I will credit a blog entitled " : Notes on interactivity, play and service science" written by Andy Polaine. Andy is an interaction designer currently based in Germany. He is a former lecturer of mine from . I have been somewhat inspired by his blog concept and approach.
Anyway... I hope you enjoy reading this. I hope I might justify the attention of a few more readers than I have so far with my . If you are wondering where to find all the other stuff I am interested in you might like to visit my .