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In this edition of Test_Lab we open the AR toolbox and thoroughly look at the various technologies that can be found inside. With live demonstrations of AR technologies and artworks.
Stringing code while eating boerenkool. You got to appreciate it.
This is the last day and part of the last night of the Camp. Seems like that around 2.30 the battery gave out. You got to give it to the participants, because as you can see they were still going...
It is the morning of the 6th day and there are about 10 hackers from 3 different projects still moving through the project space. They pulled all nighters and have shown us the true-hacker spririt.
A two-player 8-bit game made out of a hacked knitting machine connected to an ikCam. The winner's avatar is printed out using the knitting machine. This ingenious construction was a combined effort...
Bite down on this installation and listen to all your web 2.0 sins. You'll be the only one who can hear them, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to better your life.
ikBijt, ikStaar, Wow! and more. These are the ikInstallations featuring in the Arcade exhibition.
IkStaar brings old-fashioned staring contests into the 21st century. Two people sit down opposite each other. Two PlayStatoin Eyes register which participant blinks first. A video is made of the...
We are counting down and our hackers are gearing up for a final sprint.
The last few weeks I have been busy compiling documentation of the anyMeta API. It has its own section on this site here .
The boys and girls present at our camp are the natural descendants of the early hackers living in the 1950s and 1960s. Why you ask? Let me quickly explain.
See who can look the longest at the other without blinking. Winning means eternal glory, losing everlasting humiliation.
A blowing context that influences the color of a never ending sock. An educational game filled with politics, psychology and philosophical theory.
The knitting machine is busy knitting the custom designed sprites created through the ikCam terminal. But the team is not done yet.
Cigarettes or telephones what will be the medium that is going to be used for WOW. The team is still struggling to decide if they will change their initial concept.
You think you can outblow me? Do you? These sentences will from now on be standard in the Mediamatic vocabulary.
After 6 posts that were not project centered it might be wise to see how our participants are doing. In this post I will briefly inform you how the day is going and if they encountered any major...
or beanies. or something fallus-like. that you can wear. in slow-motion.
We woke up to see a UFO flying through the Mediamatic Bank. When the initial fear subsided we took a closer look.
This exquisitely named project is based on the tapisserie de bayeux. This large rectangular carpet told the history of the Battle of Hastings that raged during the 11th century.
The new more liberal minded government is chopping the cultural budget by 200 million euros. Labeling the Arts as a leftist hobby they confuse and enrage people working in the cultural sector. On the...