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Kidz Connect Tampa / Amsterdam
Posted on May 4th, 2008 by dan.
Categories: Kidz Connect, teaching.
I just got back to NYC from several days’ preparatory meetings at the Patel Conservatory in Tampa, FL, where I met the educators and admin staff we’ll be working with for next month’s program. You can read the blurb at kidzconnect.org for more info about what we’re up to. It was really exciting to meet everyone — we’ve got some bright, sharp people on board, like Demario Henry (hip hop dance) and ranney (music), who’ll be collaborating with our students to develop a music and movement piece, er, song ‘n’ dance, if you will, in the final show, which will be a live, mixed reality performance by the Dutch and American students. This incorporation of music and movement is a new aspect of this, the second Kidz Connect program, which I’m particularly excited about.
Yes, Kidz Connect is now spelled with a Z instead of an S. F*cking domain squatters.
p.s. I have begun to Twitter.
me at Experimental Television Center
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by dan.
Categories: connections.
Sunday I got back from a five day residency at the Experimental Television Center in Owego, NY. It went great. This is a shot Emily took of me performing a take for the music video I’m making for Jonny’s song Compressoratorer. I’ll post some sample video when I get out from under the insane workload waiting for me when I got back. Click the pic for a few more shots of me and the system.
Mashup: Rose on Rose
Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by dan.
Categories: connections.
Love it. My favorite video of the year so far.
Residency at ETC
Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by dan.
Categories: trip, art-making, hacking, video art.
Tomorrow morning bright and early i’ll be heading off to Owego, NY, for a 5 day residency at the Experimental Television Center. I’ll get back Sunday night, probably. Wish me luck and/or productivity. 
Lite Feet video
Posted on April 12th, 2008 by dan.
Categories: dance, viral, video.
Some of my high school students showed me this video. They don’t know what “viral video” signifies but they know what it is. Whether you can dance or not, part of this subculture or not, it’s joyful and infectious.
Can anyone point me to the original Soulja Boy video?
Update
Still haven’t found the original Soulja Boy video but here’s a great Eclectic Method remix:
trying out Flickr video
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by dan.
Categories: video, connections.
Also, IS MY BIRTHDAY.
Video workshop for artists at 3rd Ward
Posted on March 21st, 2008 by dan.
Categories: teaching.
Next month I am teaching a Video Workshop for Artists at 3rd Ward, an artists’ center in Brooklyn. This will be a good class for artists who are just beginning to use video in their work or those who have hit a stumbling block in doing so.
This hands-on, project-based workshop is ideal for those wishing to take their video work to the next level, and is aimed at artists with beginning or intermediate experience with video systems. Problems solved, questions answered, video mastered! Participants will broaden and deepen their practical and theoretical knowledge of video through the development of existing or new projects. Topics will include the ins-and-outs of video installation, hardware- and software-based systems for display, compression/conversion, and dynamic (live) control systems.
Specific technologies and techniques explored include compression and conversion (ffmpegX, Compressor, types of video: DV, HDV, etc) as well as hardware systems for display. We’ll cover general signal routing, sync’d DVD players, cameras, routers, distribution amplifiers, types of cables, the whole thing. We’ll talk about the nuts and bolts of installation - choosing projectors, keystoning, color matching, spanning multiple screens - and how to control them - MIDI, OSC, remote administration, overview of sensor technologies. For the slightly more adventurous, we’ll also probably touch upon video software Jitter and Quartz Composer.
Students are encouraged to come to class with a project in mind, but there will be plenty of material and tricks to try out that we’re sure you’ll be inspired. This class will conclude with a small group show at 3rd Ward.
Please help me spread the word and get the class filled! I’m also taking a class in light sculpture taught by Daniel Rossi, which came highly recommended. We’ll be making light fixtures out of bamboo, LEDs and old power adapters. 
My brother and me at SXSW
Posted on March 18th, 2008 by dan.
Categories: connections, press, performing, music, live visuals, history.
Dan and Pete labels, originally uploaded by ekornblut.
Last week Emily and I went to Austin for SXSW. I did visuals for a laptop battle (much fun), saw the premiere of Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet, a documentary I’m in about the chipmusic scene, answered some audience questions afterwards with the filmmakers, and had many delicious breakfast tacos. Pete tagged me as an uber-micro-neo-kraut with stickers from the Last.fm/moo.com/Etsy/Timbuktu party. Emily thinks it ought to be my new visualist handle. Here’s the trailer for the documentary.
BLIP FESTIVAL: REFORMAT THE PLANET trailer from 2 Player Productions on Vimeo.
Upcoming show : Visuals at AMODA
Posted on February 25th, 2008 by dan.
Categories: performing, live visuals.
I am pleased to announce that I will be playing AMODA’s Digital Showcase #43 on March 8th. The list of audio and visual performers is long and hot. If you’re going to be in town for SXSW or other reasons, I hope you can make it. I’ll be debuting fresh HD footage and running things with VDMX for the first time (and reviving my long dormant Quartz Composer skills to up the ante).
photos: Share gets some love from CNET
Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by dan.
Categories: press, photos, share.
A very nice photographer from CNET came to Share on Sunday and snapped some pictures of us nerds doing our thing. The back of my head looks hot in several of them.