User:Vlorenzo

2016-02-01T18:41:02Z

Vlorenzo: /* Who */

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=Who=
I'm a darty monkey who loves machines, science fiction and nature. Student of Master in Media Design and Interaction at HEAD, I took part in several media design & art related projects and I initiated [http://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/Darty_Monkeys '''Darty Monkeys'''], a section who seeks to promote art_sci projects in Hackuarium, such as: a living machine or bio(pr)inkt to bring back to life CMYK, Living instruments, the first darty project since its foundations (Darty Monkeys) or Beerdecoded with their awesome genomics and data visualization of beer DNA biodiversity.
 
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-lorenzo-toquero-79b13414?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile_pic LinkedIn]

=What=
 
I mix bio with tronics and media. 
 
I wonder what living organisms do talk, feel and react and how technology can bring it visible or perceptible. 
 

=How=
 
Try&error, insane curiosity and openness.

2016-02-01T14:28:28Z

Vlorenzo: Who

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=Who=
I'm a darty monkey who tooks part in several art related projects in Hackuarium such as: a living machine or bio(pr)inkt to bring back to life CMYK, Darty Monkeys or Living instruments, the first darty project since its foundations (Darty Monkeys).
 
=What=
 
Also mix bio & tronics with McLuhan and his media picture. 
 
I am sitting in a room different from the one you are in now. 
 
I wonder what bacteria and plants do talk about. 
 
I wonder what bacteria and plants do think about. 
 
=How=
Try&error, insane curiosity and openness.

2016-01-28T12:07:04Z

Vlorenzo:

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2016-01-28T12:06:06Z

Vlorenzo:

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2016-01-28T12:05:44Z

Vlorenzo:

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2016-01-28T12:01:45Z

Living Instruments

2016-01-28T11:38:12Z

Vlorenzo: /* Construction weeks 11-25.01.2016 */

'''Living Instruments''' is the tentative title for a collaborative project between London-based musician '''Serge Vuille''' (under the umbrella of his project [http://www.wespoke.ch/ WeSpoke]), '''[[Hackuarium:About|Hackuarium]]''' and the DIYbio community at large.

The final deliverable is a '''concert''' that will take place on February 10th 2016, at the music and performance art venue [http://www.le-bourg.ch Le Bourg], in Lausanne, Switzerland. More information about the event can be found [http://www.wespoke.ch/les-concerts/le-bourg-2-hackuarium/ here]. 

The concert will be followed by a '''workshop''' at the [http://liftconference.com/lift16 Lift] conference on innovation and digital technologies in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 12th 2016. More information about the workshop can be found [https://liftconference.com/lift16/workshops/living-organisms-musical-instruments-unprecedented-performance here]. 

= What =

EN - This collaboration aims at three goals:
 
*To built a set of living instruments that use biological information or organisms as sources of signal. 
*To compose a musical piece (creation) using these instrument and turning their output signal into sound 
*Place this project in the context of the current state of DIY, science and music 

FR - Cette collaboration a trois buts:
 
* Construire des instruments vivants (intégrant le vivant comme source de signal) 
* Création d'une œuvre musicale (composition) en utilisant ces instruments 
* Placer la démarche collaborative dans le contexte DIY, scientifique, et musical 
 

= Who is involved?=

* [mailto:serge.v@percu.ch Serge Vuille]
* [[User:Vlorenzo|Vanesa Lorenzo]]
* [[User:Luchenry|Luc Henry]]
* Etienne Ndiaye
* Oliver Keller
* We Spoke musicians
* You?

 

= When =

EN - The concert is planned on February 10th 2016, at Le Bourg, Lausanne. 
FR - Le concert est prévu le 10 février 2016, au Bourg, Lausanne. 
 

= What's Next=

We are a small team working on the prototype we built during 'A long week-end dedicated to biomusical innovation' on 2015.09.19-21.

The project will be running until early February 2016 so there will be plenty of time to help.

More to come! We will update you on the next residence and events dedicated to bringing living instruments to life!

 

= Log =

The details of the preparation are recorded live [https://hackuarium.hackpad.com/Living-instruments-ypKOLnhbBm9 here] 

A budget and shopping list for this project will be shared later on. 

== Construction weeks 11-25.01.2016 ==

=== When? ===
Every day 11-16th and 18th-25th January 9am - 5pm (or midnight.. depending on the day) 

=== Who was there? ===
* Serge Vuille
* [[User:Vlorenzo|Vanesa Lorenzo]]
* [[User:Luchenry|Luc Henry]]
* Alain Vuille
* Gilda Vonlanthen
* Olivier Keller

=== Building the modules ===

'''Wiring:''' 

The whole system was wired using twisted-pair cables from Ethernet cables.

To avoid confusion, the 4 types of components were wired using a colour code (see picture below).

[[File:Wiring.jpg|thumb|none|alt=A| Colour code used for wiring.]]

'''Fermentation cultures:''' 

We used pure brewing yeast cultures growing in YPD medium and feeding on glucose to produce CO2 gas: 
* Starting from 2mL dense culture (from overnight growth from plate) in 250 mL fresh medium.
* The next day, the dense culture were complemented with 50 mL of 40% glucose solution (not sterile) -> 8% final glucose concentration.
* The cultures started producing CO2 after 30 min (2 mL CO2 per minute)
* The cultures could be used after 90 minutes (5 mL CO2 per minute)

'''Bubble sensors:''' 

Bubble sensors we built using a white LED and a photodiode. The setup was inserted in a wooden clothespin.

[[File:LI Bubble proto.jpg|thumb|none|alt=A| Prototype of the bubble sensor before wiring.]]

[[File:LI Clip Scheme.jpg|thumb|none|alt=A| Scheme of light sensor clip wiring for testing.]]

An option for the calibration of the sensors was explored based on a [https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Calibration tutorial] proposed by Arduino.

'''Microphones:''' 

Microphone/Headphone Amplifier Stereo DIY kit (MK136, Velleman) were purchased from [http://www.distrelec.ch/en/microphone-headphone-amplifier-kit-stereo-diy-kit-velleman-mk136/p/18500167 Distrelec] and build according to instructions.

'''Paramecia tracking device:''' 

SeePack microscope camera (see picture below) was mounted on our Carl Zeiss Axiolab E re microscope.

The [https://bentrask.com/easycap/ EasyCapViewer 0.6.2] software was used as a player to record live images.

[[File:SeePack.jpg|thumb|none|alt=A| Microscope camera.]]

"Mossphone:" 
Hunting the moss, building the platform and wiring it to Arduino.
Program in IDE Arduino.

== Prototyping Week-end 19-21.09.2015 ==

=== When? ===
Saturday 19th September 11am - 7pm 
Sunday 20th September 10am - 8pm 
Monday 21st September 10am - 6pm 

=== Who was there? ===
* [mailto:serge.v@percu.ch Serge Vuille]
* [[User:Vlorenzo|Vanesa Lorenzo]]
* [[User:Luchenry|Luc Henry]]
* Michael Pereira

=== Brainstorming Session ===
We spent those three days brainstorming at UniverCité, trying to design 'instruments' that we could play, based on fermenting yeast cultures.

The 'instruments' we envisage would be driven by living organisms that produce work we can turn into sound. The most obvious example is fermentation (microorganisms eating glucose and rejecting alcohol and CO2) producing a gas that one can use to make bubbles, sounds, etc.

These instruments can fall into 3 categories:

LIVE - AUTONOMOUS AND COMPUTER INTERACTION
No need for a human being to work in order to produce a sound from the living organisms activity.
* Gas producing fermentation broth (Bacteria and yeast) and gas-machine interactions
* Insects (moths, fruit flies) movement recognition software

LIVE - HUMAN INTERACTION
A human subject will read a score written by living organisms and play an 'instrument' according to this score
* Keyboard and microscopic score -> observe microorganisms in water from local pond -> organisms move in microscope field on "score" slide

RECORDED - COMPUTER INTERACTION
A recorded signal from an organism is used as a score and played either directly by a computer or by a human subject.
* Using for example genomic data (from the organisms used in other 'instruments') to generate sound. This could be simple (ATGC into tunes) or complex (use of amino acids triplex).

=== Building the first prototype ===

Together with Serge Vuille, our musician in residence, we designed and built a series of living instrument prototypes. 

(Thanks [http://biodesign.cc biodesign.cc] for the soldering iron!)

'''Overview of the prototype:''' 

Before we go into too much details, you can check the [https://vimeo.com/139934799 video]!

Now a bit more details. Below you find a picture of the setting, the recipe to produce CO2 from yeast fermentation and a scheme of the bubble detector device. 

'''Tubing set-up:''' 

A. is the 250mL yeast culture producing the CO2. 
B. is the electronic circuit that allows our Arduino UNO board to make a variable sound when gas bubbles are going through the glass tube filled with ink-coloured water. 
C. is simply a photodiode that will sense white light (from white LEDs) when the bubbles pass by. 

[[File:Living Instrument v1-0 Scheme.jpg|thumb|none|alt=A| This is what the whole setup looks like.]]

'''Fermentation cultures:''' 

We used two different types of cultures to produce CO2 gas: 

As a test, we used random culture from rotting fruits juice.
* Blackberries were squashed into a juice and diluted with 1/5 water (40 mL into 160 mL) and the mixture stirred at room temperature. There was an immediate production of CO2 gas.
 
[[File:Living_Instruments_blackberry_test.png|thumb|none|alt=A |This was the first prototype of bubbler using fermenting blackberries.]]
 

To get something more reproducible, we used pure brewing yeast cultures feeding on glucose.
* The composition of the overnight medium was as follow: 2.5g YE, 5g Peptone, 5g glucose in 250mL dd water ->sterilised in autoclave
* Starting from 2mL dense culture (from overnight growth) in 200 mL fresh medium, the optical density after 5 hours was 0.81 (closed vial) and 0.74 (open vial). The next morning it was 2.75 in open vial at 31°C and 2.89 in closed vial at 25°C.
* We added 50 mL of 40% glucose solution (not sterile) -> 8% final glucose concentration.
* The cultures started producing CO2 after 10 minutes.
 
[[File:Living_Instruments_yeast_test.png|thumb|none|alt=A |This was the second prototype using yeast culture to produce CO2 gas in a balloon. Before. After.]]
 
'''Arduino bubble detector:''' 

The blueprint is simple: if a bubble passes through the tube and crosses the path between the photodiode and the white LEDs, it makes a sound (green and black speaker). The pitch depends on the light intensity. 

The code is coming up on Github. 

[[File:Living_Instruments_detector_circuit.png|thumb|none|alt=A |This is the circuit in real.]]
[[File:Living_Instruments_detector_circuit_paper.png|thumb|none|alt=A |This is the circuit on paper.]]
 

=== Inspiration ===

[http://dannyperreault.net/?page_id=59 16 Tadpoles]
reactive sound installation
steel, glass, video camera, laptop, water, speakers, tadpoles
120 cm X 37,5 cm X 41 cm

Bubble logger [https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/131 Sparkfun tutorial]

Bubble + pressure logger [http://www.housedillon.com/?p=1388 tutorial]

Bubble counter [http://lars.roland.bz/bubble-counter-for-beer-brewing/ tutorial] with the corresponding [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT7ffcUMcEg video]

== Kick off Fri 24.07.2015 ==
* Constat de Serge : Musique classique et contemporaine : déconnectée d'une réalité et d'un public de plus en plus large.
* Collaboration proposée : résidence au Bourg, 2e mercredi du mois, de janvier à mai 2016. Concert prévu le 10 février 2016. Création d'une nouvelle œuvre.
* Reprendre le format d'un concept que Serge programme déjà au Café OTO à Londres : https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kammer-Klang/702751833151411
* Projet pilote pour attirer nouveau public, établir ça sur 4 concerts par année au Bourg http://www.le-bourg.ch/
* We Spoke jouerait des pièces de répertoire ou donnerait la scène à d'autres ; travail avec d'autres institutions pour de la nouveauté
* Modèle de concert qui soit un labo, beaucoup d'interactions
* Pièces écrites aujourd'hui avec des sensors cf. Alexander Schubert
* Besoin : passer en vue la question de l'interface. La science peut-elle générer du signal qui peut produire/être transformée en son.
* Comment insérer bio/électronique en tant qu'output de qualité utilisable
* Data ? Vivant ?
* Peut être une présentation de l'ordre de 10 à 45 minutes pour la pièce finale
* '''Next steps : petite recherche de projets similaires. cf. Vanesa, affiche CHUV'''
* Inspiration? : http://liagiraud.com/experiences/immersion/
* Résidence Serge : 19-20/9, étendre au 23 pour présenter lors d'un [[Open Hackuarium]]?
[[File:Inspiration_Vanesa_1.JPG|300px|thumb|left|Didactica Arts and Science on Stage MJF2015]]
[[File:Inspiration_Vanesa_2.JPG|300px|thumb|left|Swiss artists-in-lab]]

[[Category:Projects]]
[[Category:Work In Progress]]

Unmapping

2016-01-25T16:00:13Z

Vlorenzo:

=WHAT=
Inspired by the conversations of the first D+arty Monkeys [[Darty_Monkeys#Virtual_roundtable_09.2F10.01.16 Global Virtual Hangouts]] on 9 January 2016, we found a common thread. Unmapping. 
While mapping immediately conjures associations (matrix operations, physical maps, cartography, GPS tracking, ...) we would like to turn mapping around to ask what it can be. 

 
These are the beginnings of brainstorms. More soon...
 

=WHO=
* Vanessa
* Sachiko - my interest is to deconstruct the ideas of [http://biodesign.cc/2014/05/05/mapping-in-yogyakarta/ mapping] around the BIODESIGN for the REAL WORLD project
 

=HOW=
This is a process to define what unmapping as a process could be 
Some directional questions in our minds: 
* how could mapping be if we removed the anthropocentric perspective?
* what if north is not north?
* what is a map if it comes from rememberance?
 

=Related Resources=

24 hrs. The Unconference PARENTHESIS - An Unconference organized by SARN :: Swiss Artistic Research Network [https://vimeo.com/122789999]

"It is not down in any map; true places never are". Herman Melville, Moby Dick, 1888.

White clothing becomes grey after a few hours [http://www.nature.com/news/environmental-science-pollution-patrol-1.16654]

Converging ecologies [http://fieldnotes.hybridmatters.net/]

World Day of Water: In 2016, the theme is "Water and Jobs," [http://www.unwater.org/campaigns/world-water-day/en/]

Waterwheel is an interactive, collaborative platform for sharing media, knowledge, ideas, performances and presentations about or inspired by water. [http://water-wheel.net/]

Earthquake visualization [http://www.lukejerram.com/tohoku-japanese-earthquake/]

Unmapping

2016-01-22T13:13:16Z

Vlorenzo: /* Related Resources */

=WHAT=
Inspired by the conversations of the first D+arty Monkeys [[Darty_Monkeys#Virtual_roundtable_09.2F10.01.16 Global Virtual Hangouts]] on 9 January 2016, we found a common thread. Unmapping. 
While mapping immediately conjures associations (matrix operations, physical maps, cartography, GPS tracking, ...) we would like to turn mapping around to ask what it can be. 

 
These are the beginnings of brainstorms. More soon...
 

=WHO=
* Vanessa
* Sachiko - my interest is to deconstruct the ideas of [http://biodesign.cc/2014/05/05/mapping-in-yogyakarta/ mapping] around the BIODESIGN for the REAL WORLD project
 

=HOW=
This is a process to define what unmapping as a process could be 
Some directional questions in our minds: 
* how could mapping be if we removed the anthropocentric perspective?
* what if north is not north?
* what is a map if it comes from rememberance?
 

=Related Resources=

"It is not down in any map; true places never are". Herman Melville, Moby Dick, 1888.

White clothing becomes grey after a few hours [http://www.nature.com/news/environmental-science-pollution-patrol-1.16654]

Converging ecologies [http://fieldnotes.hybridmatters.net/]

World Day of Water: In 2016, the theme is "Water and Jobs," [http://www.unwater.org/campaigns/world-water-day/en/]

Waterwheel is an interactive, collaborative platform for sharing media, knowledge, ideas, performances and presentations about or inspired by water. [http://water-wheel.net/]

Earthquake visualization [http://www.lukejerram.com/tohoku-japanese-earthquake/]

Unmapping

2016-01-22T13:12:41Z

Vlorenzo: /* Related Resources */

=WHAT=
Inspired by the conversations of the first D+arty Monkeys [[Darty_Monkeys#Virtual_roundtable_09.2F10.01.16 Global Virtual Hangouts]] on 9 January 2016, we found a common thread. Unmapping. 
While mapping immediately conjures associations (matrix operations, physical maps, cartography, GPS tracking, ...) we would like to turn mapping around to ask what it can be. 

 
These are the beginnings of brainstorms. More soon...
 

=WHO=
* Vanessa
* Sachiko - my interest is to deconstruct the ideas of [http://biodesign.cc/2014/05/05/mapping-in-yogyakarta/ mapping] around the BIODESIGN for the REAL WORLD project
 

=HOW=
This is a process to define what unmapping as a process could be 
Some directional questions in our minds: 
* how could mapping be if we removed the anthropocentric perspective?
* what if north is not north?
* what is a map if it comes from rememberance?
 

=Related Resources=

"It is not down in any map; true places never are". Herman Melville, Moby Dick, 1888.

White clothing becomes grey after a few hours [http://www.nature.com/news/environmental-science-pollution-patrol-1.16654]

Converging ecologies [http://fieldnotes.hybridmatters.net/]

World Day of Water: In 2016, the theme is "Water and Jobs," [http://www.unwater.org/campaigns/world-water-day/en/]

Waterwheel is an interactive, collaborative platform for sharing media, knowledge, ideas, performances and presentations about or inspired by water. [http://water-wheel.net/]

Earthquake visualization [http://www.lukejerram.com/tohoku-japanese-earthquake/]

THE SENSE OF THE CITY, AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO URBANISM [http://www3.cca.qc.ca/pages/Niveau3.asp?page=sensecity&lang=eng]

Unmapping

2016-01-22T13:07:23Z

Vlorenzo: /* Related Resources */

=WHAT=
Inspired by the conversations of the first D+arty Monkeys [[Darty_Monkeys#Virtual_roundtable_09.2F10.01.16 Global Virtual Hangouts]] on 9 January 2016, we found a common thread. Unmapping. 
While mapping immediately conjures associations (matrix operations, physical maps, cartography, GPS tracking, ...) we would like to turn mapping around to ask what it can be. 

 
These are the beginnings of brainstorms. More soon...
 

=WHO=
* Vanessa
* Sachiko - my interest is to deconstruct the ideas of [http://biodesign.cc/2014/05/05/mapping-in-yogyakarta/ mapping] around the BIODESIGN for the REAL WORLD project
 

=HOW=
This is a process to define what unmapping as a process could be 
Some directional questions in our minds: 
* how could mapping be if we removed the anthropocentric perspective?
* what if north is not north?
* what is a map if it comes from rememberance?
 

=Related Resources=

"It is not down in any map; true places never are". Herman Melville, Moby Dick, 1888.

White clothing becomes grey after a few hours [http://www.nature.com/news/environmental-science-pollution-patrol-1.16654]

Converging ecologies [http://fieldnotes.hybridmatters.net/]

World Day of Water: In 2016, the theme is "Water and Jobs," [http://www.unwater.org/campaigns/world-water-day/en/]

Waterwheel is an interactive, collaborative platform for sharing media, knowledge, ideas, performances and presentations about or inspired by water. [http://water-wheel.net/]

Earthquake visualization [http://www.lukejerram.com/tohoku-japanese-earthquake/]