Michael Ang

I started a page detailing some of the projects I’ve worked on since starting ITP. Also I’m really starting to dig DokuWiki.

LEMUR will unveil its latest creation, the Tubular XyloBot, at the Grand Opening Party of 3-Legged Dog’s new Art & Technology Center in downtown Manhattan. The Tubular XyloBot will be featured in an interactive installation in the main corridor of the Center and tailored to this unique space. Please come down and play the bot!

Friday, Sept. 22
5pm until Late
FREE!
3LD Art and Technology Center
80 Greenwich St.
(b/w Rector and Edgar)

http://www.3leggeddog.org/opening_party.html
212.645.0374

Live Performances, multimedia installations, and music presented by:
Aldo Perez
Collapsible Giraffe
DJ Burchan
Electronic Music Foundation
Harvestworks
League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots
Troika Ranch
Radio Hole
MIXtv
3 Legged Dog
…and much more!

The descriptions and schedule for fall classes at the LEMURplex are now available. I’m teaching Electronics for Poets which is an introduction to electronics and circuit design.

Long Format Classes (three sessions)

Mondays, September 25, October 2 & October 16, 6:30-9:30 pm
INTRO TO JITTER
Cycling ‘74 Jitter

Tuesdays, September 26, October 3 & October 10, 6:30-9:30 pm
INTRO TO MAX
A Multifaceted, Multimedia Approach

Wednesdays, September 27, October 4 & October 11, 6:30-9:30 pm
ELECTRONICS FOR POETS
Basic Circuitry for Arts & Multimedia

Thursdays, September 28, October 5 & October 12, 6:30-9:30 pm
DSP FOR DUMMIES
Audio Processing in MSP

Sunday’s opening of the LEMURplex was a success! There were a lot of kids who came for the afternoon open house and a good crowd for the evening performances. Joshua Fried did a performance of his Radio Wonderland, Rocio and Mike Reger did a combined dance/video/music performance and there were robot/musical interactions from Roberto and Mauricio.

All in all there was a lot of interest in the space, mostly for classes (starting soonish). Once things are in full swing the momentum will surely build.

I was busy most of the evening mopping up after the HydroBot, but managed to take two somewhat worthy pictures.

Also… check out LEMUR’s new installation opening at the Schenectady Museum!

Robots Rock!
Schenectady Museum
Schenectady, NY
June 24th through September 15th

LEMUR’s new installation, Robots Rock! opens on June 24th at the Schenectady Museum. More information coming soon, here and on the Schenectady Museum web site.

LEMUR UNVEILS CUTTING EDGE ROBOTICS AND MUSIC LAB, TEACHING CENTER AND GALLERY

Brooklyn’s first art and technology complex, integrating a teaching
center, performance space, gallery and robotics studio.

The League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots (LEMUR) will unveil its
new headquarters, LEMURplex, a cutting-edge high tech lab for music
and robotics, where artistic expression and technology will join
together.

In two events on Sunday, June 11, 2006, LEMURplex will open its doors
in Brooklyn, N.Y. We will host a Family Open House from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m., and an evening reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The media and
the public are welcome to tour the facility, see LEMUR’s musical
robots in action and learn about classes and other offerings at the
facility.

The 3,000-square-foot complex will feature the latest in
revolutionary technology for electronic art and music. LEMUR’s new
integrated shop will incorporate fabrication, software and
electronics facilities in one location. Once open, LEMURplex will be
uniquely equipped to become a leading international center for art,
technology and robotics.

The new space will be a major learning center for adults and children
interested in the convergence of art and technology. Beginning in
July, LEMURplex will hold classes on a variety of hi-tech subjects,
including robotics (both for children and adults), interactive music
and video software, electronics and computing for artists and much
more. Some of New York’s finest art and technology instructors will
be teaching the classes, and they’ll be on hand for the open house
and reception.

Beginning in the fall, LEMURplex will also host new musical
performances and electronic art gallery shows. The site will be
unique to New York in combining a gallery, performance space and
teaching space in one location.

LEMURplex is located at 461 3rd Ave, between 9th and 10th Streets,
between the four vibrant neighborhoods of Park Slope, Carroll
Gardens, Gowanus and Red Hook.

More information on LEMURplex will be available soon at http://lemurplex.org.

What: LEMURplex Unveiled
When: June 11, 2006
Family Open House from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: 461 3rd Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Also, check out the flyer.

Hydrobot Mark I is a robot that makes music using water. Mark I sprays water pressurized by a pump onto metal resonator plates that are attached to a contact microphone. Laser-cut acrylic disks mounted to waterproofed motors spin and interrupt the flow of water to create rhythm. The sound of the contact microphone is amplified and broadcast to the audience.

Hydrobot Mark I made his debut performance at the ITP TOOL show at Tonic Saturday night. Everything worked great though in the final sound check I turned the water pressure down just a tad too much so the effect was a little more subtle than I had wanted. Mark II will have greater (and dynamically controllable) dynamics!

Video exists, but hasn’t been captured yet, so here are the pictures from final construction at ITP and setup at Tonic. The show was great, with many fantastic performances and installations.

Pictures from Hydrobot Mark I debut peformance at Tonic NYC

Hyrobot Mark I makes his big debut! Saturday April 29 at Tonic! Hydrobot Mark I will perform “Hydrobot Learns to Surf” with visuals by Ilteris Kaplan.

TOOL: An evening of novel performance technologies

Performances from the graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU grace the upstairs stage at Tonic with interactive installations down in subTonic. Projects from classes such as “New Interfaces for Musical Expression” and “Live Image Processing for Performance” put the “live” back into electronic music performance. Presented by ITP instructors Jamie Allen, Gideon D’Arcangelo and Luke Dubois. Installations in subTonic from 7pm. Stage show upstairs begins at 8pm.

Saturday, April 29

TONIC
107 Norfolk Street
New York, NY 10002
$12, free with NYU ID
212-358-7501
http://www.tonicnyc.com
Tonic is located at 107 Norfolk Street between Delancey and Rivington Streets in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

Performers include:
Jeff Gray
Todd Makinen
Mike Ang
Nick Sears
Langdon Crawford
Ryan Holsopple
Josh Knowles
Michael Harari
Britta Riley
Chris Kucinski

For further information on the show, contact jamie at nyu dot edu or gideon at nyu dot edu.
For more information on the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU: http://itp.nyu.edu.

Working in the lab. Here’s a quick and dirty drill guide for the Airpax LB82773-M1 stepper motor.

Airpax LB82773-M1 drill guide (.ai)
Airpax LB82773-M1 drill guide (.png)

LEMUR is building a new studio/art space on Third Ave in Brooklyn. The place is gigantic, with space for a machine shop, offices, gallery and teaching. There is a tremendous amount of work to do to get it into shape, but it’s exciting times indeed. Watch for much more LEMUR activity throughout the summer! The pictures show the raw beginnings — in the near future they will be a quaint reminder of how far we’ve come

Pictures of LEMUR studio in construction

Ah, April, when a young ITPer’s thoughts turn to… oh! crap! so! much! to! do!

Pictures from Hydrobot interrupter disk testing

Last night I tested the Hydrobot interrupter disks attached to stepper motors. The KP4M4 stepper was way to weak, but the ones I got from Jameco should work well. They can go pretty fast, but I will have to start them slow to avoid missing steps. The “spider” shaft couplers (rubber cross between two metal pieces) I got from Jameco are nice but using them means I need some way to trap the interrupter disk shaft axially since the coupler doesn’t provide any axial attachment.