#7electrons

I’m back, I think.

I was brought back here by #7Electrons, and their company #Meris. I don’t know why I stopped blogging here, except that I let life get into my head and slowed me to a crawl. 

Still trying to figure out what I want to do with what’s left of my life, however long or short.

Take Care.

Paul V.

Low End Theory Festival 2015

7E Guest Artist Stefanie Posavec

Stefanie Posavec is an London-based data artist with an MA in Communication Design (Central Saint Martins).  With a background in book design and text visualisation, she works as a designer with a focus on data-related design, with work ranging from data visualization and information design. She is commissioned for data art and data illustration for a variety of clients. Her personal work focuses on the visual representation of language, literature, or numbers and has been exhibited internationally.

Check out her site. We love her book art.  

In the News - LACMA/Hyundai supports Art + Technology

LACMA and Hyundai Motor Company just announced The Hyundai Project - a brand new 10 year partnership in creating a Art + Technology and Korean Art Scholarships. Hyundai will be sponsoring exhibitions that address the intersection of Art + Technology and “champion technology-based artist projects through grants and in-kind support from leading technology companies.”

“For Korean art scholarships, The Hyundai Project will support three exhibitions and multiple publications planned over the next decade, ranging from historic, traditional art forms to new works created by contemporary Korean artists. The Korean Art Scholarship Initiative creates a new platform and model for research in these areas—key aspects of Korean art that have never before been explored on this scale in either exhibitions or books published outside Korea. The exhibitions, currently planned for 2018, 2022, and 2024, will each include international symposia, online scholarly publications, and exhibition catalogues.”

This partnership/support resonates with us as our blog is all about Art + Engineering plus I’m Korean American!  This is a great way for Korean artists to step up and engage in this opportunity.  

-Jinna

7E Guest Artist - Yann Seznec

Our engineering/art blog started summer of 2013 that focused on our passion and profession; art, music, technology and electronics.  What started out as intimate projects that revealed our relationship/marriage has now flourished to wide variety of guest artists from all over the world.

Yann Seznec is an artist, musician and founder of Lucky Frame based in Edinburgh, Scotland. His work focuses on sound, music, physical interaction, games, and instruments.

His recent work top to bottom:

Currents is a project that is both installation and performance.  It consists of 172 computerized fans of varying sizes.  The fans access weather data from 6 varying global locations and recreates wind patterns for the visitor.  

Spores is an installation that shines laser underneath mushrooms to clearly highlight thousands of glistening spores. 

Cigar box MiDI Controller is a playful project that includes 6 potentiometers, 6 buttons, 3 toggle switches, a Gametrak string controller, and a breakout board for five capacitive touch note switches.

Early Christmas Gift

Opened an early Christmas gift from our business partner Angelo.  It's a mini Nostromo jumpsuit for my future girl growing inside me.  For those who know what this is, this gift left me speechless.  Touched my heart to the core.  Fantastic.  

Like a samurai's rite of passage, I will await the day she can fit in it.  

7E Guest Director - Scott Snibbe

REWORK_ is an app album that features 11 interactive music visualizers of remixed works inspired by Philip Glass.  

The app features interactive audiovisual remixes by critically acclaimed musicians including Beck, Tyondai Braxton, Amon Tobin, Cornelius, Dan Deacon, Johann Johannsson, Nosaj Thing, Memory Tapes, Silver Alert, My Great Ghost, and Peter Broderick. 

"In addition to the visualizers, the app includes the “Glass Machine” which lets people create music inspired by Philip Glass’ early work by simply sliding two discs around side-by-side, almost like turntables. People can select different instruments – from synthesizer to piano, and generate polyrhythmic counterpoints between the two melodies."

The app was directed by Scott Snibbe, produced by Ahna Girshick, and engineered by Graham McDermott, with music visualizer programming and design by software artist David Wicks.

Thank you Scott for joining 7E!

-Jinna