partner blog

Lately, I have been spending lots of time with my indirect neighbors, the Vks, who I've been mentioned on this blog before.  They have a little farm, right here in the middle of the city.  They are very busy, all the time, and always appreciate help.  I do what I can, whether it's animal care, compost bin construction, taking the kids to the store etc. 

I suggested some kind of social media use to promote their efforts.  "Oh, yeah, cause I have LOTS of time for that!" said Mr Vk sarcastically.  No, I'm serious, I said.  I'll get it going, and maybe 11-year-old Dylan, (who does not have a fulltime job) can then make some updates?  Actually, yeah, good idea.  And Dylan would love it! 

So, that's started.  Check it out here.

Fixel

I accidentally talked my way into the Figment art festival.  I met one of the organizers at a workshop last spring.  The festival principles really appealed to me.

I decided it would be fun to make a pixel system in real space.  And so I ended up creating a platform for spontaneous creation.  A grid of blocks suspended on wire in a frame, and bearing different colors for image-ing.

Allowing the object to be unattended, I taped some of these concept-demo-inspire pictures to the side.

I also wrote an "instructions" panel and attached it to the top.  It said:

PHYSICAL PIXEL ENGINE.  TRUE PLATFORMIC INTERACTION.
CREATE IMAGE/MESSAGE BY COLORCUBE ROTATIONAL MEDITATION.
TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH.  EMAIL YOUR PICTURE TO: HMACHN@GMAIL.COM
XOXO ♥ [signature] 2013