Sep 06 2011
Lessons from the scrapyard: creative uses of found materials within a workshop setting: As I’m interested in Dada movement before and those found object as Art. It’s a very fascinating to me for this Scrapyard Challenge in the way that it’s a combination between DIY from Punk movement + Hacking + + ‘Low Art’ of …
Sep 06 2011
The garbage collection has been a little off these past two weeks because of the hurricane then labor day but luckily I found some pretty neat things! Not a lot of electronics but lots of furniture! Garbage Hunt Woodside Style
Sep 06 2011
Since i’m a big fan of riding my bicycle i decided to do the hunt on two wheels. Some of the junk i have i found it a long time ago (the CO2 capsules). Right next to my apartment is a sort of dumpster where i can easily find metal and or electronics almost everyday. …
Sep 05 2011
My first Scrapyard Challenge experience was last fall, when we did the MIDI workshop as part of our Interface Studio class. I relate to the text in its entirety, specially about being intimidated at first, being a novice and not having any physical computing background. I remember I went into the workshop not knowing what …
Sep 05 2011
After hurricane Irene, I moved to the new apartment in East Village around Ave B-C. This assignment gave me an opportunity to walk back home after school and also to look around my neighborhood. Normally every night I always see that people put black trash bags in front of their buildings but never looked closely …
Sep 05 2011
Thanks to this assignment I learned something about my town. North Arlington, NJ residents are not to discard any electronic equipment on the garbage, or the sidewalk. These artifacts must be disposed at 50 Disposal Road in North Arlington. You can take it there yourself, or call the Town Hall’s sanitation department to arrange a …
Sep 05 2011
Response to: Lessons from the scrapyard: creative uses of found materials within a workshop setting One of the most interesting things to me about scrapyard challenge is how the class is going to be taught. I did not realize how hard it is to tech/learn skills such as hacking and circuit bending. This is another …
Sep 03 2011
After I got $0 vacuum, I keep try to find other discarded materials! I found discarded television, toaster, stereo, and so forth! Actually it is not quite difficult to find discarded electronic materials than I thought! I think if the discarded material you want has wheel, that will benefits you to carry to school! …
Sep 03 2011
Artist Cory Arcangel has work in the Whitney Museum of American Art until September 11th. The work on display celebrates low-technology at its finest. The exhibition ends soon, so our class should really make an effort to see it before it comes down!
Sep 02 2011
I after taking note of the trash piles around my direct neighborhood, I realized my trash was incessantly picked over. Therefore, I devoted a night to riding around Williamsburg with Kate Watkins in search of the best discarded junk. Here, and in Greenpoint, there are many industrial buildings that have been transformed into studios, so …