Negativity is like a drop of black ink falling into a glass of clear water. You feel it falling. You hear the subtle microsplash. You can see it forming a cloud. You become aware of the cloud, and try to…
(Re)Collection of Togetherness – stage 4 was shown as part of the Jakarta Biennial in 2009. The preparation was done in parallel to Lure and the Bus Gallery version of Terra Incognita, et cetera. I couldn’t go out of Australia…
In the morning of new year’s day I pondered, horizontally and from my bed, on how I liked my bedroom window. How it has given me joy, and made me wake up happy. Then I thought I should do a…
“Powerswitch,” reminds me of the Singaporean children’s part in The Adventures of Flo and Kat (2003-2005) project. I have been pondering on it for a while. My hesitation of course had something to do with procrastination and chickening out. Somewhere…
Boil some water. Put three dried shitake mushrooms in. Measure a plateful of shell pasta – I’m using Lumache 50. Put in pasta when water boils. In the meanwhile, take dried roasted ebi and dried wakame out of the cupboard….
Last Monday I checked out O’Sullivan and Igoe’s Physical Computing from the library and started reading it earlier today. It’s putting my scattered mind into place. Now I know that toy 1 has digital I/O (input/output) and serial events, toy…
Before I bought any of my toys, during one of my WiFi trips to Macca’s I considered contributing to the giga-franchise as I have used a considerable amount of its free internet connection. I bought what they called the “Happy…
I do record flowers, because they are ephemeral. Nous ne notons pas les fleurs is a multiple-channel video developed from an installation and interactive performance with video…
When I arrived at Savers Brunswick last Sunday, I was quite disappointed to see that the infrared toy that I have been eyeing and thinking about was not there anymore. Have I been thinking too much? Should I have just…
I still don’t have a soldering iron yet. Thinking of buying a soldering station, but the price makes me think again. I kept thinking I might be able to get something cheaper in Indonesia. I am thinking and thinking. And…