Coron DS8 Clone on github by Melka.
20171211
The Berlin Wall Distortion build was successful. Unfortunately my schematics had a critical error which took the better part of the day to figure out. All of the components are soldered on the board, potentiometers, buttons and switches are in place. Sounds works but one of the diode pairs is still causing issues. I’ll try to find potentiometer hats tomorrow and attach the window.
Giovanna guided our Neighborizome group as a consultant over the weekend. The discussions were very fruitful and I feel way more confident about the project.
Preparing for Porin Juhlaviikot performances (should be writing texts for it already but I’m too tired due to a day of breathing solder gas).
The Truth about ‘Cultural Appropriation’ (2017) Kenan Malik for ArtReview. Too strong arguments for me..
What is really being appropriated, in other words, is not culture but the right to police cultures and experiences, a right appropriated by those who license themselves to be arbiters of the correct forms cultural borrowing.
20171208
Talks at the Pori Art Museum Creative Commons and Art -event are available online. I’m not fully satisfied with my presentation (this was the first time I talked about copyleft/artistic licensing publicly). A fun day nonetheless. Kainos presentation was solid and Kalles presentation about Korppiradio firm. The host of the event Anni Saisto gave an interesting talk about her role as an author of museum catalogue texts. Museum workers rarely name themselves and we speculated that this is one reason why museum catalogue/pedagogical texts seldom make strong claims.
20171207
ERD/WORM an eurorack module with soil as one of the components announced by artist Martin Howse. He is also running interesting (but expensive) Wormed Voice -workshops in London.
Took part in the independence day protest events with Pietari. We followed the mounted police through the night. The evening was uneventful and I have a hangover.
Preparing my presentation for the Creative Commons and Art seminar tomorrow at the Pori Art Museum.
20171205
A randomly triggering Automatonism (virtual modular) song recorded in Pd (using recorder delivered in 2.1 update).
My first Berlin Wall Distortion circuit board etching failed. I’m using a halogen lamp to transfer the circuit and I think the heat is causing the positive photoresist to stick to the board. My old natriumpersulfat might have been exposed to moisture etc. So I’m investing in ferric chloride and a new batch of developer agent. The Berlin Wall Distortion is a relatively costly project… I’ve used 40-60€ in components alone.
“Writing is the physical hope of a counternarrative” says Frances Morgan in Technology Now: Sonic Feminisms from ICA London.