Invest Ottawa Installation – Post-Mortem

December 1st, 2013

We figured it would best to have all creators’ perspectives in this last post about this project, and so it will be split into three following sections (please click on the links to go to each respective section): Anthony’s final thoughts “The End” Henri’s building processes “”On the Right Path” Kevin and what it is […]

Things Often Don’t Go as Planned – Fortunately We Have Help

July 25th, 2013

The Luminartists, a partnership between Anthony Scavarelli and Henri Kuschkowitz, are currently in residency at the Invest Ottawa space. Over the course of there residency they will be posting chronicles of their project on the Artengine blog. Check back to see their progress! Technical Drawings in a Heap Now over two and half months into the Invest […]

Invest Ottawa Residency 2.5/3 – The Concept

July 18th, 2013

The Luminartists, a partnership between Anthony Scavarelli and Henri Kuschkowitz, are currently in residency at the Invest Ottawa space. Over the course of there residency they will be posting chronicles of their project on the Artengine blog. Check back to see their progress! In our first post we talked about our explorations into the Invest Ottawa space […]

Invest Ottawa Residency 1/3 – Design Research Methods

June 5th, 2013

The Luminartists, a partnership between Anthony Scavarelli and Henri Kuschkowitz, are currently in residency at the Invest Ottawa space. Over the course of there residency they will be posting chronicles of their project on the Artengine blog. Check back to see their progress! 1 of 3 months into this artist residency and there is plenty to […]

Laser Cut Project #2

May 2nd, 2012

Another laser cut project from the lab. This architectural model explores the idea of representing space both as a flat two dimensional “drawing” and a folded model.

Laser Cutting Project #1

May 2nd, 2012

Our Artistic Director has been away at school, and while the organization misses him we know he is bringing back new ideas and lots more experimentation. Over the course fo the last year he has taken a great interest in our laser cutter and has produced a number of projects for school on it. We […]

The Philosopher Cube – a post-mortem

January 21st, 2011

The Philosopher Cube is , conceptually, an alien cube that has landed beside Rideau Centre, a shopping mall in Ottawa, looking for answers to some typically philosophical questions in an attempt to better understand the human race. Using a combination of C++, OpenGL, and 3D projection mapping techniques an illusion of this strange cube floating in front of Rideau Centre at the corner of Nicholas and Daly avenue, and manipulating the wall behind it to form its questions, is created.

Donna Legault can see my heart beat

October 13th, 2010

Donna Legault has been working away in the lab in preparation for her role in the Prototype show during Electric Fields and had a fantastic discovery. Her work uses a PureData pathc to pitch shift sounds in the in-audible range and pumps those frequencies into stripped down speakers. The very very low frequencies make the […]

Andrew O’Malley prints his own circuit boards

May 16th, 2010

Our president and author of many of fantastic light project, Andrew O’Malley, has posted a very detailed blog entry about printing circuit boards through a DIY etching process. The process is the result of preparation with his partner in crime Deborah O’Malley for an interactive work, connecting Twitter to a light box, at local store […]

Anthony Scavarelli in a Frenzy

May 13th, 2010

Anthony Scavarelli installed a 3 screen interactive installation at a recent edition of Frenzy. His blog post details the process and programming he went through to get his OpenFrameworks project ready. Have a read to find out more.