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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Giant Amoebas Ooze Through Texas
This is both fascinating and terrifying news: an organism that can break down into self-sufficient parts only to re-constitute itself as a massive Blob-like mega-entity. A prime candidate, evolution-wise, to usurp us genetically-varied individualists: Scientists say the discovery is much … Continue reading
Translating Media
TRANSLATING MEDIA is a Graduate Student Conference co-hosted by the Department of Critical Studies and the Media Arts and Practice PhD (iMAP) Program at the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California. The event is co-sponsored by the USC … Continue reading
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David Lynch on iPhone
…’nuff said.
Deadmau5 iPhone app
I think the albums-as-applications concept will probably go a lot further than just a simple track-mixing app like this one by electronica artist Deadmau5, but this is definitely a step in the right direction. Deadmau5’s iPhone app ($3 on iTunes) … Continue reading
Book Autopsies
Brian Dettmer creates these fascinating sculptures by carving into books and revealing the illustrations within. A collection of photographs of Brian’s works can be viewed at Centripetal Notion. H/T Cynthia P.
Pachube
I’ve been researching network-connected buildings and data services for my location-based storytelling project. Along the way, I discovered Pachube, a web service that enables the tagging, linking and sharing of sensor data from real-world objects and environments: The key aim … Continue reading