So the degree show finally closed its doors today: leaving me one extremely tired, yet elated, human being. The response to my piece was fantastic, and it was down to everyone who contributed their thoughts and doodles that it went so well. I took around 13,000 photographs over the last week, which were all included in the piece at some point or another – they’ll be posted here very soon. I’m going to exhibit the same piece at the Printworks in Manchester during July, so if you missed the degree show, come along. More info on that soon.
So. The other reason for this post is to explain the website, and provide links for people.
For Joe Galen the musician, Creaked Records, my music site, and Myspace.
For Joe Galen the artist, you’re in the right place, but unfortunately the place isn’t right! This website was originally my journal, and has slowly evolved into what it is today – a mess. Here’s some links to my favourite bits though: HDR photographs, baker’s yeast sonification, some videos.
If you want to email me… please use this form!
Published on June 28, 2009 5:13 pm.
Filed under: Journal
I’ve entered this interesting competition; it’s asking for concepts for 12 flash mobbing events, to be held in Manchester in July. My idea is for all of the attendants to take photographs simultaneously on their mobile phones, and then blutooth them to a central hub to be displayed on a big screen. Vote for me here.
Published on May 27, 2009 10:33 pm.
Filed under: Journal Tags: bluetooth, Cutting Room Experiment, Flash mobbing, interactive-art, manchester
I’m currently completely wound up in stressing about my degree show – which is on the 19th June here, for anyone who wants to come (it’s entirely public) – but managed to fit in an entry to this competition. The task was to sonify the coding sequence of a gene taken from Baker’s Yeast. Very interesting. Unfortunately some sort of technical problem means that my entry hasn’t appeared on their website yet :-/ I’ve made two versions. One is less manipulated, the second used extra processing of MIDI signals to modulate parameters – feat. jiggerypokery by Fred Baker.
Version 1
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2 (feat. Jiggerypokery by Fred)
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Here’s my desription of concept;
This piece explores the intricate thought that is required to comprehend how such simple representation – using the letters A, T, G & C as symbols – can actually contain the instructions for life, any life, to exist (even something as humble as Baker’s yeast). Taking the coding sequence as an independent entity, I’m trying to expose the inherent simplicity, but use sonic aesthetics to be suggestive about implicative complexity
.. and method;
I recorded myself speaking A, T, G & C. Then I wrote a simple program to send MIDI messages corresponding to the coding sequence, into Ableton Live, where the sequence was recorded- forming the core of the piece.
Post production involved manipulation of the pitch and timing of the sequenced samples. An additional percussion track and effects sends add depth. Plogue Bidule was used to manipulate MIDI signals which modulate parameters in Ableton Live.
The meter quickens throughout the length of the piece, building to a crescendo at the end.
This is the coding sequence that I used;
ATGAGTAGTTTGTGTCTACAGCGTCTTCAGGAAGAAAGAAAAAAATGGAGAAAGGATCATCCATTTGGATTTTATGCCAAACCAG
TTAAGAAAGCTGATGGGTCCATGGATTTACAGAAATGGGAAGCTGGTATCCCAGGCAAAGAAGGTACAAACTGGGCGGGTGGTGT
GTACCCAATTACAGTCGAATATCCAAATGAATATCCTTCAAAACCTCCAAAGGTTAAATTTCCAGCCGGATTTTATCATCCAAAC
GTGTATCCAAGTGGCACAATATGTTTAAGTATTTTAAATGAAGATCAAGATTGGAGACCCGCCATCACGTTAAAACAAATTGTTC
TTGGGGTTCAGGATCTTTTAGACTCTCCAAATCCAAATTCCCCTGCTCAAGAGCCTGCATGGAGATCATTTTCAAGAAATAAGGC
GGAATATGACAAGAAAGTTTTGCTTCAAGCTAAACAGTACTCTAAATAG
Sonification is really exciting. Hope you enjoy it.
Published on May 18, 2009 10:24 am.
Filed under: Concepts, Journal Tags: ableton, bakers yeast, code, genetics, midi, sonification, sound-art
I won! I found out quite a while ago actually. My pitch for the HDR photographs did the trick and I was selected. I actually installed my finished images at the Baker Tilly offices lastweek, and they seem very happy with them. I elected to install 3 images (see below).
My work is sharing a room with Rachel Louise Evans’ work (below) – her work is constructed from 18,000 paper clips..!
Published on May 17, 2009 11:24 am.
Filed under: Journal Tags: baker tilly, compeition, hdr-photography, paper clips
I entered and was shortlisted (but didn’t win) this competition to design a paint job for the iconic ‘Moonfish’ building. It’s being rebranded / launched as the HQ for the European Architecture Students Assembly 2010 (which is in Manchester). The winner was announced last Friday, and was Nicos Yaitros from Cyprus; a well deserved winner with a great design. My entry proposed using perspective and illusions to try and make the building disappear, see below (click for a larger version).
Published on May 16, 2009 12:07 pm.
Filed under: Journal
This is an essay that I wrote last year for University. Though I don’t think it’s bad - it could certainly be improved. It should still be of some use / relevance. I really found writing it made me get my head round the concepts I was writing about, and although I understood them all already, it really brought them into focus. Anyway, it’s here; Web as Canvas.
Published on April 17, 2009 12:30 am.
Filed under: Journal Tags: evolution of the web, net.art, web as canvas, web-2.0
Please can you sell me one of those pens please? I need it urgently that is why i dont have time to make one. Thank You
Can you please sell me one of those pens? I would like to try it out in my classroom.
Sorry I really am not in a position to sell one, primarily because I don’t think that my work would be of sufficient quality.
Maybe it would be worth asking an electrician or somebody who works in some kind of electronics repair shop if they would make one for you?
It really is extremely simple – otherwise I wouldn’t have managed it – mine is constructed without any soldering or more sophisticated than twisting the wires round the end of the batter casing. Try taking a trip to Maplin, get the bits and pieces and give it a go. Total cost should be less than £3. Whats the worst that could happen?
If I can help in any other way let me know, but I’m not going to sell my own shoddy electronics :o)
Joe
hey we are trying to design a better pen so it works with a bigger projection screen .. its for school so any pointers would really help us out
thanks a lot in advance
No need to try to make them any more, some of us have gotten together and now we SELL THEM at http://www.infraredpens.com
Check us out… we are sold out for the next few days, but we will have inventory SHORTLY
how do you double click with the pens is there a button near the top like chung lees like how would you double click because in some videos the click the button switch on to click and then they click it twice to double click i emailed and you guys didnt get back to me yet bu how do you double click with the infered pen
Who do you mean “you guys?” – I’m nothing to do with “IR Pens”.
I haven’t played with the Wii remote for a while, but I don’t remember it being a problem for me…? Its possible that I was only using things that required a single click interface.
If you need to double click for Windows explorer you could change the settings so that launching a program or navigating a folder only requires one click. I’m not certain but I think if you go to the Tools menu in any folder you can get to the option in there.
Good luck.
Hello, I thought I’d post and let you know your page layout is really messed up on the Firefox browser. Seems to work OK in Internet Explorer though. Anyhow keep up the great work.
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