Hive 2.0 Documentation
Here is documentation of our interactive sound sculpture, Hive 2.0, which was exhibited at New Adventures In Sound Art recently!
Hive 2.0 is the second iteration of our interactive sound sculpture. The piece comprises of fifty speakers distributed over seven channels of audio. Using an Arduino Uno and Max 6 / Max For Live, six of the audio channels are interactive via ultrasonic sensors that detect the user’s proximity to the sculpture and manipulate audio playback.
Nuts and Volts: Fok Bot
Nuts and Volts: Fok Bot
Thursday, December 18, 2014
10:00 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.
Bassline Music Bar
865 Bloor Street West, Toronto
Join us for this month’s Nuts and Volts, a wonderful array of electronic music, video, and other nonsense! We’re doing a super short set of some Hopkins Duffield video music and Hopkins Duffield remixes of some of Duffield’s old work!
Featuring:
Baalam x S/ck F/sh
Rubber Muffin
nwodtleM
i&i w/ dAeve Fellows
Hopkins Duffield
Graham Kartna
details and links to follow
$5/pwyc
market buzz & Hopkins Duffield’s Hive (2.0)
We sat down with Teresa Casas to talk about our piece Hive 2.0 which is currently on exhibition at New Adventures in Sound Art located in Artscape Wychwood Barns at 605 Christie Street. Teresa creates participatory pop-up exhibits at the Barns that engage and involve the local community in what’s happening. Read on to check out Teresa’s latest project, ‘Market Buzz,’ as well as our interview with her!
The market revolves around conversation. Across vendors’ tables, in the lanes and at the café, the chatter builds through the morning. Are there still tomatoes? Is it possible to pickle squash? Has the kale been hit by frost? Local matters are absorbed with of local food. The latest news, gossip and commentary is picked over and exchanged, strengthening the web of relations that is community.
For market buzz this morning, overheard fragments of conversation were transcribed on panels displayed on the courtyard’s chain-link gate.
market buzz complements Hive (2.0) an interactive sound installation at NAISA, in room 252 of Artscape Wychwood Barns adjoining the market. In Hive 2.0 the two-artist collective of Hopkins Duffield pull-apart and re-mix metal, digital and electronic material and components to produce experiences that cross the boundaries of art, gaming, and collaborative performance.
Kyle Duffield and Daniele Hopkins met me for lunch this week to chat…
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Nuit Blanche Follow Up
Nuit Blanche was a crazy, crazy night! Managing two interactive projects was nutty but we did it albeit with a few minor delays. We have TONS of documentation of both projects, including our process and technical diagrams coming up soon, so stay tuned!
As a recap, we have The Laser Equipped Annihilation Protocol (The L.E.A.P Engine) running at Site 3 CoLaboratory. You know people love it when they come back throughout the night for seconds and thirds 😉 . Also only about 15% of the audience were able to “beat it” (mwahahaha)!
We simultaneously had Hive 2.0 at New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA). Unfortunately, at some point, someone from the public accidentally damaged it, knocking out the interactivity, and we were unable to fix it as we had to operate The L.E.A.P Engine. Although the piece still functioned as a sound sculpture, if you saw the piece later in the evening (After about 12:30 p.m.) or if the piece was not interactive, this is why. We hope you get a chance to see it when it’s fully up and running again. As a reminder, Hive 2.0 is on display at NAISA, which is located in Artscape Wychwood Barns at 605 Christie Street, #252 until November 1, 2014.
As part of the coolness 😎 we were featured on Geektropolis, an awesome Toronto based news source for all things “Geek” related!
We would like to thank the following for help during these two exhibitions as their love and support were the only reasons these projects came together:
Site 3 CoLaboratory, New Adventures in Sound Art , Geektropolis, Labspace Studio, Darren Copeland, Christopher Thomas (Technical Consultant), Dann Hines, Active Surplus, Seth Hardy, Kate Murphy, Marc Reeve-Newson, Alex Leitch, Jason McDonald, Michael Awad, Terry Anastasiadis, John Duffield, Christine Duffield, Mike Duffield, Barbara Hopkins, John Scarpino and all of our fans, visitors, and friends who make all of our hard work worthwhile.
Laser Equipped Annihilation Protocol at Toronto Nuit Blanche 2014
THE L.E.A.P. ENGINE AT TORONTO NUIT BLANCHE 2014
At Site 3 CoLaboratory for Nuit Blanche with a bunch of other cool stuff!
October 4, 2014, 7:00 pm to 7:00 am
At Site 3: Galaxy Heist The L.E.A.P. Engine, Five Magic Cubes, and Photon Gallery
Hopkins Duffield – Toronto, Canada
Kris Coward – Toronto, Canada
Site 3 coLaboratory – Toronto, Canada
Site 3 CoLaboratory is at 718 Ossington Avenue (Between Ossington Avenue and Concord Avenue, in the alley immediately south of Bloor Street West. Look for the flower mural off Ossington Avenue.)
Hive at New Adventures In Sound Art
HIVE AT NEW ADVENTURES IN SOUND ART
New Adventures In Sound Art| NAISA Space in Artscape Wychwood Barns
601 Christie St #252, Toronto
Culture Days:
Saturday, September 27, 2014 | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Sunday, September 28, 2014 | 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Nuit Blanche 2014:
Saturday, October 4, 2014 | 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
Nuit Blanche Website
**Interactive sculpture also on display October 4, 2014 to November 1, 2014
(Open Fridays 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm – Saturdays 10:00 am to 3:00 pm – Sundays 10:00 am to 3:00 pm)
Hive will be exhibited at NAISA from September 27th to November 1st, 2014. Aside from NAISA’s hours of operation, Hive will be on view for Toronto Culture Days, as well as Nuit Blanche 2014! We’ve done some changes to the piece for version 2.0, so come check it out!
Looking Back: Laser Equipped Annihilation Protocol at Hamilton Supercrawl!
Hamilton Supercrawl is done! What a crazy weekend! Lot’s of people, lots of energy, lots of fun, lots of new friends!
At 3:00 AM on the Friday before opening, we had some sudden issues with our electronics that prevented our lasers from shooting on and off (and about 3 hours of our Arduino not responding at all?!?!). We thought we were done at that point, but were able to turn the project around and implement static trip wires for this iteration of The L.E.A.P. Engine. Despite this, the project was still a huge success with an almost always packed gallery and tons of people coming back many times throughout the weekend to play our game. We’re working our very hardest to get these issues sorted out for our next showing of the piece at Site 3 CoLaboratory for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2014!
This project has had lots of love and support poured into it. We would like to thank the following people whose help made this exhibition possible:
The Factory Media Centre, Site 3 CoLaboratory, The Ontario Arts Council, Interaccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Christopher Thomas (Technical Consultant), Tyler Tekatch (Curator), Dan Hines, Active Surplus, Seth Hardy, Kate Murphy, Mark Reeve-Newson, Alex Leitch, Jason McDonald, Michael Awad, Terry Anastasiadis, John Duffield, Christine Duffield, Mike Duffield, Barabara Hopkins, John Scarpino, and all the friends who have showed us love and support and understanding as we worked at this project.
Stay tuned, we have some awesome documentation of the project coming up, including documentation of our long and challenging process while creating The L.E.A.P. Engine! In the mean time, here are some photos taken by Annette Gerard.
We acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC), an agency of the Government of Ontario, which last year funded 1,737 individual artists and 1,095 organizations in 223 communities across Ontario for a total of $52.1 million.
The L.E.A.P. Engine at the Hamilton Supercrawl 2014
Our laser installation game, The Laser Equipped Annihilation Protocol (or The L.E.A.P. Engine) is almost complete! With help and encouragement from Site 3 CoLaboratory, and Christopher John Thomas kindly providing technical consultation, we’re ready to go! The project is going to be running for the first time for the Hamilton Supercrawl this coming weekend at The Factory Media Centre! Furthermore, we’re running a Master Class on Supercrawl Saturday where we will bring a group of people right into the installation to talk about the process of creating and constructing The L.E.A.P. Engine.
FREE ADMISSION – ON DISPLAY THROUGH SUPERCRAWL WEEKEND:
Fri, Sept 12 | 7-11PM
Sat, Sept 13 | 5-10PM
Sun, Sept 14 | 12-5PM
The Factory Media Centre | 228 James Street North, Hamilton
905-577-9191 | www.factorymedia.ca | info@factorymedia.ca
— MASTER CLASS – THE L.E.A.P. ENGINE —
The Factory Media Centre | 228 James Street North, Hamilton
905-577-9191 | www.factorymedia.ca | info@factorymedia.ca
Even great artists face design challenges. The technical process of this is based in engineering and the artists faced many, many problems that needed to be perfected. In this unique setting, you will learn, and have the opportunity to ask, about their process and what it took to get this installation from concept to completion.
We acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC), an agency of the Government of Ontario, which last year funded 1,737 individual artists and 1,095 organizations in 223 communities across Ontario for a total of $52.1 million.
Laser Game Update
We changed the concept of our Site 3 CoLaboratory artist residency laser game, Galaxy Heist, to The Laser Equipped Annihilation Protocol (or The L.E.A.P. Engine) because it’s long and badass. Thank you for your understanding.
Love,
Hopkins & Duffield
(Next displaying for the Hamilton Supercrawl at The Factory Media Centre, 228 James Street North)
September 12-14, 2014
Daniele Hopkins and Kyle Duffield 