Final Critique

 

 

 

Artist: Chi Ton

Title: Disturbance in the Water

Materials:

Betta fish (Frank)

Ardunio board

Piezo sensor

Water filter

Fish tank

Switch tail

Speaker

Mp3 player

Waterproof bag

How it works

The piezo sensor measures vibrations of the water, that is generated from the sound from the MP3 player that is hooked up to a speaker that is in a waterproof bag that is submerge in the water in the fish tank which is placed over the fish tank. Once the vibrations reach the assigned threshold, the water filter that has fish food inserted in the filter tray, will turn on to feed the fish.

What’s point?

I am working on developing a complexity relationship between the sound, vibrations that added to Frank’s environment and feeding him as the same time to create the reaction of what Frank decides to do. The end result is we see Frank either adapt to his surrounding or eat the food or just swim around angry.

 

Final update

Teaks and changes:
Since I no longer have pH meter hooked up to the filter and the wave shield, there is no point to programming to turn on when the filter turns on. The new Pizeo sensors need to be stimulated by virations in order to  trigger the water filter to turn and feed mt fish. I am using a mp3 music player to play music to creat water to vibrate.

Challenges:

1. Writing the sketch for the Ph meter to sent a message to the Arduino.
2. Get a response for the Ardunio
3. Writing the sketch for the wave shield to play a sound.
4. Writing a sketch for the Arduino link to the filter to talk the Ardunio with the pH level when given a command.
5. Getting the filter tray to filter the salt water.
6. Getting the salt crystals to still grow during the process of filtering.
7. The art piece is suppose to demonstrate a sense of complexity of maintaining the seawater level to produce grow of crystals with the disturbance of filtering fresh water.

Progress:

1. Assemble my wave shield
2. Purchase and receive materials to begin with colonizing salt crystals
3. Experiment growth speed of crystals
4. Experiment motion senors that adapt with water.
5. Write a sketch for my wave shield
6. Search for a pH meter to hack.
7. Begin hacking the pH meter.
8. Find a filter that will leave in sodium in the water.
9. Looked up the functionality of the pH meter in order to manipulate the voltage of the "probe". C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\pH Meter, pH Meters, Hand Held & Benchtop pH Meters.mht
10. Took the phH meter apart to inspect the parts the can be hack or altered.
11. Start a colony of salt crystals and let sit in the sun.
12. Wire the Switch tail to the ardunio board.
13. Research the ardunio sound wave library in Ada fruit.
14. Reached out to Carlos for help with finding a way to manipulate the pH meter,
15. Crystal growth failed.  improved.
16. Found an SD that can be formated to FAT in order to use for the wave shield.
17. Wired the switch tail to the ardunio with the piezo sensor.
18. Wired the Piezo to the ardunio.
19. Programmmed the piezo sensor in Ardunio.
20. Format the music files for the wave shield.
21. Test the water levels with the water filter.
22. Attempt to work on the sketch for the wave shield.
23. Lower thresehole of vibrations restrictions so that my fish would not experience too much distrbance.
24. Program  the arduino to turn in the water filter and hold for 3 secomds and shut off.
25. Wired the switch tail to ardunio and is functioning.

Update on Progress

Teak on the current project:

Due to the time restrains, hacking into the pH meter is taking a lot more time than I had antiscipated. Also the salt crystals are not growing as fast enough or forming within the time frame as well. There were some  crystals forming  but not enough to that would work for my project. So, I am going to swith out the pH meter for a piezo sensor and the salt crystals for my Betta fish. The piezo sensor measures vibrations of the water, the vibrations is generated from the sound fo the wave shield with a pair of headsets that is placed over the fish tank. Once the vibrations reach the assigned threshold, the water filter that has fish food added to the devive, will turn on to feed the fish.

Challenges:

1. Writing the sketch for the Ph meter to sent a message to the Arduino.
2. Get a response for the Ardunio
3. Writing the sketch for the wave shield to play a sound.
4. Writing a sketch for the Arduino link to the filter to talk the Ardunio with the pH level when given a command.
5. Getting the filter tray to filter the salt water.
6. Getting the salt crystals to still grow during the process of filtering.
7. The art piece is suppose to demonstrate a sense of complexity of maintaining the seawater level to produce grow of crystals with the disturbance of filtering fresh water.

Progress:

1. Assemble my wave shield
2. Purchase and receive materials to begin with colonizing salt crystals
3. Experiment growth speed of crystals
4. Experiment motion senors that adapt with water.
5. Write a sketch for my wave shield
6. Search for a pH meter to hack.
7. Begin hacking the pH meter.
8. Find a filter that will leave in sodium in the water.
9. Looked up the functionality of the pH meter in order to manipulate the voltage of the "probe". C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\pH Meter, pH Meters, Hand Held & Benchtop pH Meters.mht
10. Took the phH meter apart to inspect the parts the can be hack or altered.
11. Start a colony of salt crystals and let sit in the sun.
12. Wire the Switch tail to the ardunio board.
13. Research the ardunio sound wave library in Ada fruit.
14. Reached out to Carlos for help with finding a way to manipulate the pH meter,
15. Crystal growth failed.improved.
16. Found an SD that can be formated to FAT in order to use for the wave shield.
17. Wired the switch tail to the ardunio with the piezo sensor.
18. Wired the Piezo to the ardunio.
19. Programmmed the piezo sensor in Ardunio.
20. Format the music files for the wave shield.
21. Test the water levels with the water filter.
22. Attempt to work on the sketch fo rthe wave shield.

Project Progress Update

Challenges:

1. Writing the sketch for the Ph meter to sent a message to  the Arduino.
2. Get a response for the Ardunio
3. Writing the sketch for the wave shield to play a sound.
4. Writing a sketch for the Arduino link to the filter to talk the Ardunio with the pH level when given a command.
5. Getting the filter tray to filter the salt water.
6. Getting the salt crystals to still grow during the process of filtering.
7. The art piece is suppose to demonstrate  a sense of complexity of maintaining  the seawater level to produce grow of crystals with the disturbance of filtering fresh water.

Progress:

1. Assemble my wave shield
2. Purchase and receive materials to begin with colonizing salt crystals
3. Experiment growth speed of crystals
4. Experiment motion senors that adapt with water.
5. Write a sketch for my wave shield
6. Search for a pH meter to hack.
7. Begin hacking the pH meter.
8. Find a filter that will leave in sodium in the water.
9. Looked up the functionality of the pH meter in order to manipulate the voltage of the "probe". C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\pH Meter, pH Meters, Hand Held & Benchtop pH Meters.mht
10. Took the phH meter apart to inspect the parts the can be hack or altered.
11. Start a colony of salt crystals and let sit in the sun.
12. Wire the Switch tail to the ardunio board.
13. Research the ardunio sound wave library in Ada fruit.
14. Reached out to Carlos for help  with finding a way to manipulate the pH meter,
15. Crystal growth failed.
16. Found an SD that can be formated to FAT inorder to use for the wave shiald.

Project Progress Update

Challenges:

1. Writing the sketch for the Ph meter to sent a message to  the Arduino.
2. Get a response for the Ardunio
3. Writing the sketch for the wave shield to play a sound.
4. Writing a sketch for the Arduino link to the filter to talk the Ardunio with the pH level when given a command.
5. Getting the filter tray to filter the salt water.
6. Getting the salt crystals to still grow during the process of filtering.
7. The art piece is suppose to demonstrate  a sense of complexity of maintaining  the seawater level to produce grow of crystals with the disturbance of filtering fresh water.

Progress:

1. Assemble my wave shield
2. Purchase and receive materials to begin with colonizing salt crystals
3. Experiment growth speed of crystals
4. Experiment motion senors that adapt with water.
5. Write a sketch for my wave shield
6. Search for a pH meter to hack.
7. Begin hacking the pH meter.
8. Find a filter that will leave in sodium in the water.
9. Looked up the functionality of the pH meter in order to manipulate the voltage of the "probe". C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\pH Meter, pH Meters, Hand Held & Benchtop pH Meters.mht
10. Took the phH meter apart to inspect the parts the can be hack or altered.
11. Start a colony of salt crystals and let sit in the sun.
12. Wire the Switch tail to the ardunio board.
13. Research the ardunio sound wave library in Ada fruit.

Final project

Theory:
I am going to attempt to build a system that instead of filtering the water from the fish back to it pH level, it will maintain the seawater level through a series of processes.

First the filter plugged in to a tail switch that will be connected to the Arduino board , which is programmed to turn off when the pH level of the salt water is being filter to balance out.

Second, the wave shield from another Arduino with play a sound when the Ph meter is back to the correct level and the water filter pump to turn back on.

Third, the salt crystals at the bottom of the water will maintain the salt water levels.
(I am still doing some experiences on what type of crystals is appropriate for this art piece.)

 Challenges:

1. Writing the sketch for the Ph meter to sent a message to  the Arduino.
2. Get a response for the Ardunio
3. Writing the sketch for the wave shield to play a sound.
4. Writing a sketch for the Arduino link to the filter to talk the Ardunio with the pH level when given a command.
5. Getting the filter tray to filter the salt water.
6. Getting the salt crystals to still grow during the process of filtering.
7. The art piece is suppose to demonstrate  a sense of complexity of maintaining  the seawater level to produce grow of crystals with the disturbance of filtering fresh water.

Progress:

1. Assemble my wave shield
2. Purchase and receive materials to begin with colonizing salt crystals
3. Experiment growth speed of crystals
4. Experiment motion senors that adapt with water.
5. Write a sketch for my wave shield
6. Search for a pH meter to hack.
7. Begin hacking the pH meter.
8. Find a filter that will leave in sodium in the water.

*Mapping for this project is still a work in progress.*

Progress

I finally finish my wave shield.

Final Project Proposal

After weeding out the issues with my last project, I realaized that it would be easy if I simplify my project and keep it at low cost....to be continued.

wave shield
ardunio
motion sensor

Project Progress

 
Test #1:
The Sensor:
I figured that since I am attempting to monitor the growth of an object underwater, I would need to test my sensor to see if it wil detect motion underwater. I used my angry fighting  fish swimming wildly underwater to se if my motion sensor would pick the motion.
Result:
No response! BOO!!!!!!! This would mean I need to alter the sketch or motion senor to see if the any response
 
Test #2:
The Sensor:
I tried a different angle, reduce the rate of response to half the time and  isolate the fish tank in a area where there no disrubtion or extra movements that may alter my result.
Result:
Still no response. Grrr!!! The motion sensor does detect motion from people around the senosr and water movements but not the fish swimming. At this point I am clueless to why this is not working out the way I had hope so I am to going to reach out beyond school. I will post my issue on the Ardunio Forum and Michael Shlioh,(my robotics teacher from last semester). I will keep my blog posted with updates of my situtatin.


Currently :
My wave sheild arrived in the mail on Thursday. I am excited to soder the parts on to the board.
YAy!!!!

Project prototype

Ingredient's for salt crystals is ordered and waiting for delivery.
The wave shield is on its way as well.
Motion sensor is working well with ardunio.

Final Project:

Ingredients:
Need :
chrome alum
alum
sodium thiosulfate

Have:
Ardrino
motion sensor
sound speaer
LED light

How is will work:
I will program the ardunio to detect motion which would be  the growth of my crsytals. The motion sensor will then produce sound and the light box underneath the jar of growing salt crystals will go off.,blinking lights to indicate the process of growth in progress. This attempt is beyond my experience and knowledge how to program an arduino. We will have to see.

Crystal type:
Considering this one  at this link.....
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/crystals.htm#exotic

 

Readings (Due W, Week 6):


Abstract Machines”, Mitchell Whitelaw (hard copy reserve, available in the Library)

Comment:
I am a fan of Yves Klien. I actually saw this Octofungi at an art exhibit in DC 2009. It wasn't moving but the sight of it does spark curiosity to how does this art piece made it into Klien's artistic mind because everything else in his exhibit was and indigo blue which his claimed to be his color...Its just fascinating stuff.




“Hardware”, Mitchell Whitelaw (hard copy reserve, available in the Library)

Comment:
Science + Art = huh? The notion that you are experiment with science to produce an art response is beyond my understand. I understand creation is art in itself .. So, does this mean Dr.Frankenstein is an artist as well a mad Doctor and scientist? 

Exercise #3,
The Making of a Complex System.
Due M, Week 5:
 Organize into groups (2-3) and discuss the terms and ideas presented in the first three weeks. Try to understand what is needed to make complexity and emergence. As a group create 2-3 demonstrations of complex systems. Use yourselves as agents and/or think of creative ways to generate and document something that is a complex system. Post your process and approach as well as your experiment online on your blog.

Complex System: Complex Craft
I emailed all my friend and family to do an art experiement for me. I gave them 3 days and make sure they stop after 3 days.
Process:
Take the instructions and complete it then pass it on to the next person, Then take a picture and text it to Chi.
Directions:
1.If you are a democrate, fold the paper vertically. If you are a republican fold the paper horizontally.
2.If you have a twitter account write "waste of time" on the center of the paper with a pen. If you do not have an account too "much time."in center.
3.Fold the paper in half again if you see a chair in front of you.
4.Fold the right corner to the opposite side of the paper on both side of the paper, if you are wearing glasses. If not,  fold the left corner.
5.If none of this apply to you crumble the paper in a ball and throw it at the person that gave you the directions.
6.Take a picture and text to to the number........(XXX)-XXX-XXXX

Experiment Data:
Currently still collecting data, Will be posted end of day.

Reading for Week #5

Complexity as ractice: A relection on Craetive  Out come on a Sustained Engagement with Complexity

By Tom Davis

"The ability to create a  system that exhibits perpetual novelty is an alluring one. There is also an obvious relationship between the world of complex systems and that of artificial intelligence (AI),

particularly within the  field of artificial life (A-life), with  its focus on studying life through  its simulation as an emergent structure  of a system."

 

Comment:

The complex system of AI is breathes creation. Some artsists have the unique talent of seeing and crating things that is beyond the imagination of  another person. The ability to create comes from a series of porcesses that not even the artist know themselves.

 

Exercise #2, Due Wednesday, Week 3:

Look for some organic or quasi-organic material or living system that can be used as a substrate for the transmission of information and thus as some sort of cybernetic control system or organic “computer”. Research the material’s properties and brainstorm ways that it can be stimulated or perturbed so that it grows, moves or otherwise changes state. Experiment with the material and diagram a possible cybernetic system that could be built with it. Examples include: ferrofluid, copper sulfate, ants, bacteria, nematodes, slime mold, and more!

My system consists of rabbits, electricity , beaker of salt solvent solution, a thermometer , a fan, rabbit food, string for growing crystals, and weight sensitive device.

System Process:

The rabbit runs on the wheel that is connected to an power supply box which generated the power for the fan to turn on once the thermometer reach a certain high level of heat from the beaker. The solution should remain at very lower temperature  in order to grow. Once the crystal grows to the heavier weigh, the string give a signal to the weight sensor device to unlock the door that is in the rabbit cage and feed the rabbit to to gain more energy to run.

 

  

 

 

 

 

Finding meaning in this art system:

 

My rabbits are farming salt crystals. Its not about the rabbit or the system. Its focuses on the bacteria that is traps in the growth of the salt crystals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 3
Reading Homework:

Kybernetes

Emerald Arttcle:Don't give up! Media art as an endless conventional process

Graziele Lautenschaeger,Anja Pratsschke  

"We assume that the cybernetic way of seeing can guide our art production towards more

propositions along the above lines. Significant examples of artistic embodiments of

cybernetic ideas may be found in Pask’s and Ascott’s works. According to Pask (1971),

the production of aesthetically powerful environments requires the following qualities:

 

 

1)   the environment needs to offer enough variety to promote the “potentially

controllable novelty” by the subject;

 

 

2)    it must contain forms that the subject may interpret, or learn to play at various

 

                                                                           abstraction levels:

 

3)  it needs to provide clues or instructions implicitly declared to guide the learning

and abstractive processes; and

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4)  it can additionally respond to the subject, involving it in a conversation and

adapting its characteristics to the dominant mode of discourse (Pask, 1971, p. 76)."

 

 

 



 I believe that when there is a strict guideline, it tends to constrict the art process. It creates a challenge to meet the standard and sometime the art maybe lost in the refinement of guidelines.  


 

 

Week 2 :
 
Reading Homework:

Systems aesthetics + cyborg art: the legacy of Jack Burnham.

Penny, Simon
Sculpture (Washington, D.C.); January/February 1999, Vol. 18 Issue 1,
p36-41, 6p
Illustration ; Color
Article

 

"Whereas video remained primarily an image medium, albeit technologized, cyber art is concerned with simulated behavior and the building of virtual machines as artworks. "Code" is the ephemeral structuring system of the work. Code is an enigmatic and paradoxical phenomenon: a text that is simultaneously a (virtual) machine is a long step from the pragmatic materiality of sculpture."

 

Code could hold more meaning that just the tool that machine use to operate. The code does hold a fundamental meaning of the series of numbers , letters and symbols.Some contemporary artist  have used as art pieces as the main focus of the art. Random numbers and letters. In other words, codes and data makes great art.

 

http://www.williamverdult.com/home/2009/9/18/recap-art-museum-as-research-lab-yazzys-at-wwwwilliamverdult.html

Week 1
Hello Welcome to my inferno hell that is my blog...
I absolutely hate blogging. It has nothing to do with  how  much maintaince it takes or the  random strangers that it attacts. It makes me feel like a mindles drone. I believe in expressing my art verbally and with people... Since it is required for me to blog for this class, I will do my best. You are welcome to read my post and hopefully it might spark something for you.  :)

What is a system?
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My definition is a group of similar elements or properties that share the same commonality that work together to create a unity of purpose.

Name 5 systems?
1) your brain
2) honey bees and their hives
3) the Internet space and domain
4) Solar system
5) computer sytem

Mapping :

Part 2:


Cybernetics:




What are Cybernetics and Systems Science?

Cybernetics is the obsession of connecting the human experience with the mechanic of technology of the computer. When we add systems  science  to Cybernetics , we then have the complexity of  language and space. Digital art lives within another world that is not apart of the non cyber world and follows a specific structure .

This notion of the fastination with the machine , also lead artist to fuse machine and a living being, which is as know as Cyborg  in art. 

My future are projects would be a visual display that include the interaction between human and machine through the use of movements to inorder to control sound. I have no clue how that will work but I am working on mapping it.