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Tiny Tiled Displays

Scott — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:15:00 +0000

I came across this brilliant use of LED matrices while researching how to control these little guys with an Arduino board. Jump to the middle of the video to see a whole new kind of interactive puzzle.

Dynamic Systems of Engagement

Scott — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:10:06 +0000

My thesis book is now available on Blurb! Check out the preview below, and order a copy, either for yourself or that interactive designer/digital artist friend of yours.

Dynamic Systems of Engagement by Scott Murray

When Everyone is Free (to Meet)

Scott — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:19:38 +0000

When is Good is one of my all-time favorite web tools, making it super easy to find a good time to schedule a group meeting. They published a fascinating paper last year, sharing the most interesting findings from the aggregate data of user’s schedules, including:

Event invitations are most likely to be accepted for a Tuesday at 3pm.
…on average only three or four people out of ten will be available at any given time.

For more, download the full paper.

Interactive Art in SF on May 1

Scott — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:59:40 +0000

My thesis projects, Practice and Cheeky, will both be featured this Saturday at Alchemy, the annual interactive art party. Hope you can make it!

Copyleft Vegetables

Scott — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:11:42 +0000

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Food Faces

Scott — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:19:54 +0000

Another Processing Workshop at Gray Area

Scott — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:08:43 +0000

I’ll be teaching another workshop on creative coding at the end of the month! Join us, and learn to use Processing to create your own interactive, digital art. Details at gaffta.org.

Interactive Art in the Mission

Scott — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:27:35 +0000

Practice, my MFA thesis project, will be set up for you to explore this Friday in the Mission District of San Francisco.

Practice is both a work of interactive video art and a design research project.

Unlike most other works of this medium, it does not reward bodily motion and exaggerated gestures, but encourages patience and self-reflection. In so doing, it explores the tension between emotional engagement and the uncomfortable ambiguity of not knowing what will happen next.

Friday, February 12

About 9:00 – 11:00pm

16th St. and Guerrero St., NE corner (Map)

In the event of rain, the piece will be installed the next night, Saturday, 2/13.

Box Auction

Scott — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:32:36 +0000

www.marriedtothesea.com

Underwater Clouds

Scott — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:13:23 +0000

While working on deep ocean graphics for a client, I inadvertently created something more cloud-like.