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Werkplaats Blackbox
The HKU Blackbox is a darkened workshop for creative technology and performative media. You'll find a wide variety of facilities, knowledge and tools to quickly move from creative concept to feasible experiment. Use sensors, data, light, sound and projection a...
Werkplaats Lab Pastoe
Lab Pastoe is a material experimentation space at HKU location Pastoe Fabriek. We offer techniques such as laser cutting, knitting, sewing, electronics, 3D printing and 3D scanning, silkscreening, riso printing, traditional printmaking and the fabrication of b...
Programma Creatieve Technologie
Technologie helpt kunst vernieuwen. Door technologische ontwikkelingen worden nieuwe vormen van kunstcreatie en -beleving mogelijk. Kijk maar naar virtual reality, motion capture, robots of 3D-printers. De ontwikkelingen gaan razendsnel. HKU wil graag voorop l...
Werkplaats Makerspace
Hier vind je informatie over het voorbereiden van je bestanden voor de lasersnijder.
Fashion & New Technologies
Verzameling van research, platforms, links, articles, digital brands/designers/artists, tutorials
Werkplaats Biolab
In Biolab kun je terecht om te leren samenwerken met de natuur, zoals planten en insecten of micro-organismen zoals schimmels, bacteriën, gisten en algen. De labmedewerkers denken graag met je mee over projecten die gaan over biologie, ecologie of het onderzo...
Microcontrollers
Tutorials, How-to's and projects with microcontrollers
Making biomaterials
In this book you will find recipes for making bioplastics using various biopolymers. It is highly recommended to start with the 'Beginners Guide to Cooking Bioplastics' which will give you the most important information to get you going, plus to easy recipes t...
Projection Dome
The 360 Dome workspace facility is designed for experimenting with immersive projection and audio. The Projection Dome is only operational during Blackbox IBB opening hours and is used for classes, seminars, and standalone student projects.
Controlling Lights
How to control lights using the free software QLC+, Resolume or other software and hardware devices
Audio hardware & software
This book contains general information about hard- and software.
Artificial Intelligence
Kunstmatige intelligentie (KI) is een interdisciplinair onderwerp dat de afgelopen jaren sterk is gegroeid en waarvan de impact op de creatieve industrie significant is. KI wordt in toenemende mate ingezet om de manier waarop we creëren, produceren en consumer...
BioArt
De huidige problematiek rondom de ecologische crisis komt voor een belangrijk deel uit het gebrek aan luisteren naar de ander / het andere. Niet alles en iedereen die stakeholder is wordt gezien en gehoord in de heersende paradigma’s. Het “van ego naar eco” mo...
Adobe Tutorials for Fashion
Pattern Design in Illustrator
Working with Isadora
Isadora is a visual programming environment which is mainly used for prototyping interactive set-ups used for theatre, performance, visuals and interactive installations.
3D depth camera's
In this book you can find different sources and tutorials concerning the use of 3D depth camera's like Kinect (360, v1 and v2), Azure, Intel RealSense and iPad Pro with lidar combined with creative software. These devices include infrared depth sensing came...
Arduino things!
This book is a short introduction to working with Arduino microcontrollers and various sensors. The subject on this is very broad, but this book is hopefully a short introduction to get you exited to work with electronics.
Lasersnijden
Om met de lasersnijder te werken bereid je een bestand voor in .dxf indeling. Hier vind je een aantal tips die je op weg kunnen helpen. Algemeen: - Zorg dat je alle onderdelen in je bestand degroepeert! - Sla je bestand op als .dxf
Digital Fashion
Processing
In this book you will find information about the Processing language and environment.
Raspberry Pi Pico
Tutorials and how-to's for the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller (not the Raspberry Pi 2/3/4 or Zero!)
Resolume
Projects and tutorials that have to do with using the software programme Resolume. This can be Projection Mapping, Controlling lights via DMX and more!
Bare Conductive
Manuals and howtos for the Bare Conductive touch board
Education for Fashion Tech – Design and Technology for Future Fashion Creatives
Digital Lighting control (from computer)
Various way to control digital lights from your computer over DMX
OSC Open Sound Control
OSC is a communication protocol (like MIDI). "Open Sound Control is just about the worse possible name for a protocol since I'd thought for a long time that this protocol could only be used to control sounds. Nothing is further from the truth. OSC should be ...
Demo's & Carousels
This book contains a repository of different set-ups used for educative demo's and carousels. It give's workshop educators and participants the opportunity rebuilt or study the code, software and hardware of a set up.
OBS and Dome
Example for sending media over NDI using OBS
Biodata
visualiseren Voor de hands-on lessen binnen de BioArt sessies zijn drie opstellingen ontworpen welke dienen als kennismaking en vertrekpunt om te werken met visualisaties icm creatieve software.
Prepare your source files
Manuals
Tekst omzetten naar vectoren
Om tekst leesbaar te maken voor de lasernijder moet je het eerst omzetten naar vectoren. Maak in Illustrator eerst de tekst op zoals je wilt dat deze er uit ziet bij het lasersnijden. Denk aan lettertype, -grootte, -afstand etc. HEB JE DE SPELLING GECONT...
Exporteren naar .dxf
Als je bestand is opgemaakt kan je het exporteren naar .dxf. Let er van te voren op dat: - Je tekening bestaat uit zwarte lijnen van dikte 1, zonder vulling - Je alle groepen eerst degroepeert
Lijntekening overtrekken
Het is mogelijk om een lijntekening van bijvoorbeeld .png bestand over te trekken en om te zetten in een vector. Het verschilt per afbeelding hoe goed het resultaat wordt. Laad je afbeelding in in je tekenomgeving. Daarna:
Afbeelding vlakgraveren
Om een afbeelding te kunnen vlakgraveren zet je het om in zwarte en witte pixels. De zwarte pixels worden met de laser gegraveerd, de witte pixels niet. Om je bestand voor te bereiden gebruik je een programma wat pixels kan bewerken. Sla je bewerkte afbeelding...
Groepen degroeperen
Zorg ervoor dat er geen groepen in je tekening zitten. Deze kunnen niet worden geïmporteerd in het programma van de lasersnijder! Heb je toch groepen in je ontwerp:
Knowledge subjects
In this chapter you will find pages diving deeper in a number of different subjects you will come across when learning and working with Isadora.
Hardware
Software
DMX lights and Resolume using Artnet
We're going to look at options on how to control LED fixtures, Dimmers and possibly also LED pixel panels from Resolume using the Showtec NET-2/3 DMX ethernet Node
Kinect on Mac
Kinect 360 & Kinect One works on Mac with Isadora Allow a warmup time of 30-60 minutes for stable results.
Kinect on PC
Kinect works on PC in various types of software. Install drivers first! Make sure to select the right driver & only install one driver at a time to avoid problems. Allow a warmup time of 30-60 minutes for stable results.
QLC+
QLC+ is a feee software package for controlling DMX-512 systems from PC or MAC. You can connect it to your system via a number of different interfaces: USB-to-DMX adapters, DMX-to-Ethernet adapters, WiFi, Ethernet, and more. It's useful as a diagnostic tool wh...
Touchdesigner
Controlling digital lights from Touchdesigner with a DMX controller
Resolume Arena
Resolume Arena can output the color or brightness of your pixels to LED strips or other light fixtures via DMX.
DMX Controllers
To send DMX from your computer to the fixtures you need a hardware controller or converter
Other related stuff to dive into
Emu
EMU (free) is an easy-to-use audio to DMX software package that enables you to pre-program your entire light show in advance
1. Beginners guide to cooking bioplastics
On this page you will find the most important information plus two easy recipes to get you going. Lab Pastoe also offers an in-depth course on making biomaterials, on two consecutive Wednesday evenings from 18:30 - 21:30. Please see the reservation tool for ...
Introduction
The HKU Projection Dome The 360 Dome workspace facility is designed for experimenting with immersive projection and audio. The Projection Dome is only operational during Blackbox IBB opening hours and is used for classes, seminars, and standalone student proj...
What is a Projection Dome?
Why would we design in a Dome instead of a normal projection? The spherical shape of the Dome creates an immersive experience for the visitor. Projection Domes have a powerful impact on the senses and can transport you into a whole different world.
Installing OBS
Download OBS from the official website If you're using OBS from your own laptop/pc, make sure to install the NDI Drivers. If your working on the Blackbox Dome Media computer, you don't need to install anything. OBS_Reference_Manual.pdf
Adjusting the Canvas Size
Go to the top menu OBS -> Preferences -> Video Change the Base (Canvas) Resolution to 4000x4000 px Change the Output (Scaled )Resolution to 4000x4000 px Leave the FPS to 60
QLC+ Startup Guide
Use this startup guide when working with a pre-programmed version of QLC (template), like installed in the Blackboxes. The added fixtures and virtual console will be different in every Blackbox, depending on the facilities.
Types of Audio Cables
There's a difference between analog and digital audio cables: Analog Cables are using electricity to transmit information Digital Cables use strings of data (1's and 0's) to transmit information In the Blackbox, you will find both of these types of cabl...
Boeken
Atlas of AI - Kate Crawford A history of the data on which machine-learning systems are trained through a number of dehumanizing extractive practices, of which most of us are unaware. In Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial I...
Voorbeelden Biodata visualiseren
Voorbeelden: Marco Barotti - Moss (2021) https://www.marcobarotti.com/moss Jonne Verheij & Lidewei Reitsma - Interwoven (2021) https://www.jonneverheij.com/Interwoven Soundlapse project (ongoing) https://soundlapse.net Marco Barotti - Clams (2019) ht...
Opstelling A - Data visualisatie van statische data in Processing
Wat: Opstelling A - Data visualisatie van statische data in Processing Opstelling A gebruikt een Processing sketch en een dataset die is verzameld met enviro+ sensor bordjes en Raspberry pi 's die met een aantal op het bord aanwezige sensoren de luchtkwalite...
Pattern Design in Illustrator
Opstelling B - Visualisatie van Statische data in Cables.gl
Wat: Data visualisatie in Cables (Cables.gl ) met CSV-bestanden. Cables is een (gratissss) web gebaseerde visuele programmeeromgeving. Het is daardoor niet afhankelijk van Mac OS, Linux en Windows, en draait dus praktische op elke computer en kan ook worden g...
Opstelling C - Visualisatie van realtime data in Isadora
Wat: Een opstelling waarbij realtime data wordt gevisualiseerd met behulp van Isadora. De data in deze opstelling wordt gemeten met behulp van een hartritme meter + Arduino en sensoren in je smartphone m.b.v. de ZigSim app (IOS & Android). . Hoe:...
Installation instruction Isadora 3 USB Key Version with USB key license
To be able to save your work in Isadora, the HKU lending and the Blackboxes have USB keys. Below is an instruction: Download the “Isadora 3 USB key Version” for Windows or MacOS at 1. https://troikatronix.com/get-it/ under the Downloads heading. 2. Under ...
Kinect + Processing > Mac (M1 Monterry & Ventura)
Kinect processing MAC M1, works on Monterry & VenturaFirst install Rosetta:https://osxdaily.com/2020/12/04/how-install-rosetta-2-apple-silicon-mac/ Get the libraries for processing:https://github.com/shiffman/OpenKinect-for-Processing https://shiffman.net/p5/...
Bronnen
Webpagina's naar open datasets met CSV-bestanden: https://waqi.info/ https://ourworldindata.org/biodiversity https://www.oilmap.xyz/ https://samenmeten.rivm.nl/dataportaal/ https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/data https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databro...
Arduino Introduction
What is Arduino? Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino boards are able to read inputs - light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a Twitter message - and turn it into an output - activating a mo...
Motion Tracking with Sensors for Microcontrollers
Research by Blackbox into various sensors that can used with microcontrollers to track persons, objects, colours or other motions. What kind of differents sensors are there to use and what are the pro’s and con’s of each sensor? Sensors of Interest: Sensing ...
Controlling LEDstrips with Arduino
LED Strips and Arduino With the Adafruit Neopixel library, it is very easy to work with controlling different types of LED's using Arduino. Adafruit has a very extensive "Adafruit NeoPixel Überguide" available online, where you can follow a step-by-step guide...
Arduino - Grove Sensor Kit
Another approach is to buy a Grove Sensorboard online or rent one at the Blackbox/Uitleen IBB and Pastoe, and do some freeform experiments. The Grove Sensor kit contains another board with is ideal for those who have just started using Arduino to explore the v...