From BlueMelon
From the 19th to 21th of April 2007 a BlueSense workshop was organised for the "Stedelijke Academie Oostende". In cooperation with Pieter Coussement an introduction was given in Max/MSP and BlueSense to interested artists.
For more info on our workshops go to this page. If you are interested in a workshop at your location please contact us. In this workshop we used a large number of BlueSense modules together with all sorts of used electronics.
Foto impression
The first evening started slowly with a 'theoretical' explanation of the usage of Max/MSP for one group and.....
...an explanation of the basics of electronics for a second group.
Windows (Cygwin) console for testing 'hardware' related problems.
How to wire all these modules??
Controlling a RGB colour LED.
Our inventory.
The greatest invention of the 20th century: tape.
Setting up a light sensor.
Controlling several fans.
A caterpillar tire system controlled with a tilt joystick.
Some participants didn't need any explanation,
CD-ROM drives
CD-ROM drives retrofitted. The idea was to control the opening and closing of the drives from Max/MSP.
Laserprinter
Controlling the movement of a laser printer.
Sculpture
A sculpture which thunders when movement is detected!
The light sensor has been placed ontop of a set of binoculars.