Eero Yli-Vakkuri
Pippin Barr’s new game It is as if you were doing work v1.0 spices up the rest of your workday (on a computer).
To learn more about granular synthesis I pulled the trigger on a microGranny 2.5 DIY kit by Bastl. For 130€ it has a lot of features. Feeling guilty about the purchase.. The diy part of the project helps with the guild. Here is some tips on its advanced functions.
While looking at different kits I found Collidoscope, a two person granular synth.
I made my own pants. The hardest part was figuring out how to make strong seems. The model is based on a pair of Thai fisherman pants I was gifted years back. I used black cotton leftover fabric (from an exhibition) and a very strong cotton/polyester sewing thread. I added buttons which can be used to turn the pants into shorts and to tightened pant legs (useful when cycling and they look cool). I’ve been wearing them for a month (even visited Brussels with them) and they work great. I’ve added waist pockets (with leather inlines) to carry my phone, loose change and keys.
If someone wants a pair of pants I’m more then happy to make them a pair or better yet help them make a pair for themselves. The model is unisex and one size fits all. They feel great and the buttons & waist pockets are optional accessories.
Unfortunately people are afraid that wearing bespoken or self-made pants would make them look foolish. People are horrified of crafts. Without the guidance of a specialist they have to assume responsibility for their look. The process would make their class and/or skills visible. It’s weird that people like eating out and preparing dinners for their friends but they don’t like making their own clothing.
Molly Sauter’s Instant Recall – How do we remember when apps never forget? (2017). In short: Our potential for change is being smeared with algorithm inflicted nostalgia.
The buffering icon here represents my hopes for the many ways that my social media feeds can satisfy my longings at any given moment. They rarely do, though I believe that we are half in love with the buffering icon here because it represents the promise of intimacy or excitement across the distances that separate us.
Jason Farman writes about the act of waiting concerning our relationship with technology in Fidget Spinners (2017). An artwork which runs in sync with the text.
A short text by Lauri Wuolio on his contribution to the Sound of Work -exhibition (Glad he enjoyed it). Made a video of the exhibition and mixed in audio from the gig. Unfortunately the gig video was too choppy to be used.
Trying to get the Kammerl Kaske VST Plugins V1.3 to work with Logic X. But the software is calling the VST’s erroneous.