S01E01 steel and wool fibers

S01E02 metal wrapped threads

see also our post on Meet the Mateirals of Electronic Textiles >> https://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=8012

see also:
LEVEL1_THE REMAKE >> https://www.plusea.at/?p=6605
under the influence >> https://www.plusea.at/?p=6887
this level was designed as part of Authren

general documentation photos >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157717095909521

DOWNLOADS_

instruction booklet >>
gameboard for print >> http://plusea.at/downloads/games/MaterialAdventures/MaterialAdventures_L2/_MAboard_L2_v2_printA4.pdf
gameboard full >>

THE GAMEBOARD VERSIONS_

PLAYS_

28.1.2021 in Authren
“kennst du das wenn der raum so authred?”
“do you know that when the room goes so authred?”>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157717095909521

Born out of the social distancing restrictions we are practicing to delay the spread of the corona virus, this hands-on workshop-turned board-game, is an attempt to teach via a minimum of video-call screen-time and a maximum of working “alone” with the materials of electronics. Kits are distributed to all participants and a game board leads through the week. But, not only is the tool-set of this workshop shaped by the current situation, the workshop content itself is looking to explore different ways of creating social connections and experiences over distance.

LINKS

The Boardgame as Remote Teaching Tool?
I wrote about my process of turning a workshop about networked spaces, titled “From Space to Space”, into a boardgame.

Workshop page:
>> https://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=8182

Code:
>>https://github.com/plusea

NO screens:
>> http://hyperdramatik.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=From_Space_to_Space

Photos:
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157714020698126

We will use network technology to SEND MESSAGES over the internet. On either end of this digital connection we are going to imagine and prototype devices that TRANSLATE these electrically encoded messages into analog/physical/material INTERACTIONS and ACTIONS.

Basically we will use SENSORS to capture and translate our physical bodily interactions with the world into electronic signals. Use arduino to translate these analog signals into digital messages. Encode these messages in the MQTT PROTOCOL and make use of the amazing network infrastructure that is THE INTERNET to PUBLISH these messages to a BROKER so others can SUBSCRIBE to them, translate them back into into physical actions by means of electronic ACTUATORS.

What is it that we will sense&&send and then receive&do with this technical setup?
This will be the most fun, experimental and challenging part of the workshop. In order to explore, we will prototype our ideas so that we can observe first-hand the kinds of social experiences we have through the network.

#noscreens is a provocation to get us thinking beyond the visual ways we so readily communicate over networks these days.

The following is an attempt to turn this experience and interest into an overview of ways of capturing process…

>>>>>> WORK IN PROGRESS >>>>>

READINGS
Lists draw things together and allow us to forge connections between divergent items, placing them under a logic that is all our own. This seemed to be what so fascinated Sontag about the form. By making lists, she wrote, ‘I perceive value, I confervalue, I create value, I even create—or guarantee—existence.’4 This is strong language from someone not prone to exaggeration. — List Cultures
>> https://assets.ctfassets.net/4wrp2um278k7/1gro2K2Ya4uK4Ys4Ac0aog/ef412a19c441847ee2adb660131922c0/9789048530670_-_Look_Inside.pdf

You are working on a project and want not only to document the outcome of your process, but also capture the journey of the process itself?
This post is an attempt at collecting ideas for how to go about doing
this.

A process journal can take many forms, most important is to start
collecting things as soon as possible and to simply do so continuously.
The act of capturing your process should not necessarily be much extra
work, though in the beginning it can take effort to make it routine.

DECISIONS

Some decisions you will need to make before getting started:

A NAME

The name of your process journal need not be the same as your project
title or your working title. But it can be.

If your project is called ‘’’From Dirt to Control’’’ then you could call
your process:
Making-of: From Dirt to Control
From Dirt to Control (behind the scenes)
Process-journal: From Dirt to Control
You could also choose something generic like:
Process #001
Process 2020/04/15
Or:
Exploring Dirt and Control
A Research into Dirt and Control
Your options are limitless…

It can be very motivating to pick a title that you like, so do take some
time to think about something. But also don’t take too long. You can
always change it later…

FORMAT(S)

What kind of *stuff* will you be doing, making, thinking? Will you be
sketching, writing, making physical models, 3D models, collecting links,
bibliographies, taking pictures, videos, audio recordings…… You can
choose one or many formats, and you can change/adjust to what works best
for the process as the project develops.

PLATFORM(S)

If you choose to make your process public, then you should find a
platform, or platforms for publishing your format to. These days, The
Internet is the place all things end up…. and there are many platforms
to use, ranging from making your own blog or website or using a photo or
video service.

Here are a list of tools that you could consider: >>
http://hyperdramatik.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Websites

PRIVATE <————> PUBLIC

How private or public do you want it to be? At least for the start,
since you can change this later.

Advantages of keeping it private

– if you are not used to sharing so much of yourself and your process,
then this might make it easier for you *to be yourself not judge
what you share and what not.

Advantages of making it public

– other people will see your process as it is unfolding and have a
change to comment and exchange ideas with you.
– knowing that other people will see what you are doing might motivate
you to post regular content and become more and more diligent about
capturing more and more detail.
– knowing that other people are looking, might also force you to parse
things before you share them, this being a moment for you to see and
reflect on what you are doing.

FINDING ROUTINE?

Finding/making a routine of capturing your process is not easy and
should not be underestimated. In the beginning you have to
manage/balance try different FORMATS and PLATFORMS while also forcing
yourself to stick to something for at least a while to see the results.
For some it works to simply capture and document live (in real-time)
along the way.
Others like to set aside some time each day to write-up, photograph or
record a video.
And others prefer to do it once a week.

HOW CREATIVE CAN I BE?

Definitely BE CREATIVE and experimental about capturing your process!
It depends on how important the process documentation is, and what you
want to get out of it. Is it simply to show others your journey from
start to end? Is it a reflective tool for yourself to observe your
process and learn how you work. Is it a creative act in itself to be
investigating your creative process in order to turn it into a process
of its own? Think about these things in order to weigh and decide how
much you think you should be spending on this part of your process.

EXAMPLES

Stream of Consciousness

Simply writing or collecting notes together into a long chunk of text in
order to capture the development of thoughts.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48280073071_0da5d60e2d.jpg

Writing Letters

And publishing them on twitter with a hashtag #dearFutureKobaCustomer:
>> https://twitter.com/hashtag/dearFutureKobaCustomer?src=hashtag_click
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157703356103685
https://live.staticflickr.com/7877/32496146177_ed6008eef1_c.jpg

Collecting Samples & Taking Notes

Collecting samples and taking notes and then, at various points in the
process, arranging them on a large surface in various orderings in order
to look back on what one has made.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7895/47438075691_a6d72ffbdc_b.jpg
Using stop-motion animation to show the unfolding of the process:
video >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu36vtVU6FA&feature=emb_logo

Mind-maps

Use pen&paper or a software tool to arrange your thinking in a mind-map.

Diagramming

Taking the time to illustrate your ideas as diagrams. These can be
updated/remade over time to show a progression in thought.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5087/5283342391_9a6daa35e5_z.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2854/33432374485_22fe63aa40.jpg

KNOLLING

>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sachs_(artist)#Knolling
>>
https://theultralinx.com/2013/09/50-amazing-examples-knolling-photography/
https://theultralinx.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_500/MTI5MDI2MzE0NTkzMzY1OTg2/tumblr_mn9b2esdjo1qzcumdo1_500.webp

https://live.staticflickr.com/7826/46452827405_7ed954f73d_c.jpg

Using markings to indicate extra information:
https://live.staticflickr.com/7700/17205041347_a4838f61b5_c.jpg

EXPLOSION

Todd Mclellan – Things come apart
>> https://www.toddmclellan.com

Their sequence depends on a bewildering number of factors (2016)

>> http://www.plusea.at/?p=5744
Anatomy of a Pin (2016) >> http://www.plusea.at/?p=5774

Hacking the Wild (2016)

>> http://www.plusea.at/?p=5373
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157650592167875

How To Make (almost) Anything (2009)

http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/863.09/people/hannah/index.html

Tilt Sensing Quilt (2010)

>> http://www.plusea.at/?p=430

Eight Steps (2010)

>> http://www.kobakant.at/?p=36

A Kit-of-No-Parts (2010/11)

website >> http://kit-of-no-parts.at/?category_name=recipes
thesis >> http://hlt.media.mit.edu/publications/hannahMSthesis.pdf

Lulu (2017-2019)

Lulu is a solution for couppling e-textiles with optic-fibers and the development of this solution is captured in this display case:
>> http://www.kobakant.at/KOBA/category/lulu/

KOBA E-Textile Tailor Shop (2017-2019)

Closing Exhibition
>> http://www.kobakant.at/KOBA/

Dear Potential Future Customer, …
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157703356103685

Library of Missing Parts (2018)

Library of Missing Parts

“Making” Music (2018)
http://www.plusea.at/?p=6369

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Mandalas

Documentation Tools (2017)

Three days with Adrian Freed in his Berkeley studio/lab experimenting with documentation for capturing different aspects of a making process in different ways.

Adrian and Hannah:

Adrian introduces some of his first sensor demos and Hannah asks questions:

Hannah’s flickr set >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157683860719106

Equipment

Hannah’s Stuff

Sony camera
Notebook
Pen and pencil

Adrian’s Documentation Station

usb microscope
photo corner
lighting
tripod
camera
microphone
contact mic
amp

Making Discussion (2016)

>> http://www.plusea.at/?p=6059

MADA collective map

A Wearable Studio Performance (2017)

>> http://www.plusea.at/?p=6147

Bitlace (2014)

Bitlace

LeatherSynths (2013)

LeatherSynths

http://www.plusea.at/?cat=107

Liberated Circuits (2012)

>> http://www.plusea.at/?p=3433

Process Blogs / Making-ofs…

rSkin – Open Source Robot Skin (2011)
>> http://www.plusea.at/?cat=97

Penguin Interface (2011)
>> http://www.plusea.at/?cat=98

It works! (2011)

>> http://www.plusea.at/?p=1950

HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT (2009)

>> http://howtogetwhatyouwant.at/

Joyslippers (2008)

http://www.joyslippers.plusea.at/

Massage me (2007)

http://www.kobakant.at/massage-me/?menu=2
https://www.instructables.com/id/Massage-me-Jacket/

Process Imagry

References

Build in Progress

Infolio

Barrel maker illustrations

Julie Kumar – Cutting things in half
>> https://www.instructables.com/id/Cutting-Things-in-Half/
>> https://www.autodesk.com/artist-in-residence/artists/julie-kumar
>> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGJILG_rcnS9MpVBTpcDh4Q

KNOLLING
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sachs_(artist)#Knolling
>> https://theultralinx.com/2013/09/50-amazing-examples-knolling-photography/

Todd Mclellan – Things come apart
https://www.toddmclellan.com/thingscomeapar
https://www.toddmclellan.com/

Social distancing as an opportunity for material intimacy? As somebody who leads crafty hands-on material workshops (mostly on e-textiles and physical computing), I’ve been trying to find interesting ways of communicating these experiences remotely, without relying on a setup in which participants spend the majority of their time in front of devices. The social distancing measures that we are currently taking to slow the spread of covid-19, bar us from gathering physically with other humans, but nothing is stopping us from getting intimate with other (inanimate) beings. Maybe, all alone with other materials, we are able to get even more materially intimate with them!

see also:
LEVEL2_THE REMIX >> https://www.plusea.at/?p=7032
this level was designed as part of my teaching at Spiel und Objekt

general documentation photos >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157713698549692

THE GAMEBOARD V3_

GAMEBOARD PDF for print (4xA4):
http://plusea.at/downloads/games/MaterialAdventures/MaterialAdventures_L1/V3/MaterialAdventures_L1_V3_board_A4print.pdf

GAMEBOARD JPG full (30x70cm):
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/50986939232/sizes/l/

THE GAMEBOARD V2_

GAMEBOARD JPG full (30x70cm):
>> https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50010943853_60ea873e69_b.jpg

THE GAMEBOARD V1_

INSTRUCTION_BOOKLET PDF (A6):
http://plusea.at/downloads/games/MaterialAdventures/MaterialAdventures_L1/MaterialAdventures_L1_V1_instructions.pdf
GAMEBOARD PDF for print (4xA4):
http://plusea.at/downloads/games/MaterialAdventures/MaterialAdventures_L1/MaterialAdventures_L1_V1_board_A4print.pdf
GAMEBOARD JPG full (30x70cm):
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49726356018_d5c5e3de6b_b.jpg

PLAYS_

play1 (S&&O 1jhg SS2020) >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157713698011278
play2 (f&n 2020) >> …
play3 (S&&O 2jhg WS20/21) >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/sets/72157717394399738/
stickers >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157713903023941

Course website >> https://gtt.ufg.at/fff2019/
Course summary >> https://gtt.ufg.at/projekt-faser-faden-fiction/

Photos >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157710869132172

A performative process in 4 acts.

As soon as you begin to read these words, the performance will begin to unfold in front of your eyes and your ears. Pay attention to all that is happening around you: people are selecting components, picking plants, unscrewing things, soldering resistors, cutting nails, threading needles, taking notes, stirring soup, measuring voltage, probing continuity, making mistakes, slicing bread, turning knobs, pushing keys, making music, sipping drinks and flushing toilets.

As you become aware of all that is happening around you, you are bearing witness to the performance that is MAKING.

Take a moment to examine your own hands. These fleshy machines that do exactly what you think. What would life be like without them?

This performance is about appreciating our human ability to make, in which our hands play a leading role. In order to shine a spotlight on them in action, participants will build sensors to sense their hands making, and feed this information back to themselves as sound.

Listen closely throughout the whole week for the sounds of our hands making and manipulating our world.

Sense Yourself Making at PIFcamp 2018 >> http://wsp.plusea.at/pifcamp-2018/
Outcome “Making Sense Together” >> http://wsp.plusea.at/?p=335&preview=true
Flickr set >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157671889414358
Download PDF of zine >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JUQGoGI1wLxcl5Rl-txEI4sneHXTJPT8/view?usp=sharing
PIFpron >> http://wsp.plusea.at/pifpron/
Maker’s Mask of Anonymity >> http://wsp.plusea.at/makers-mask-of-anonymity/
Pincushion Bracelet Probe >> http://wsp.plusea.at/pincushion-bracelet-probe/

>> How To Get What You Want