Archives: The Matter of Memory Wikis

  • Processing programming language.

    OpenProcessing is an online community platform devoted to sharing and discussing Processing sketches in a collaborative, open-source environment. The platform hosts classes and workshops that are delivered around the world that teach Processing.  OpenProcessing.org hosts these by allowing professors and students to collaborate on the web, and share with the world how they study Processing in…

  • Gramaphone, Film, Typewriter

    Gramaphone, Film, Typewriter by Friedrich Kittler is a  researched insight into how technologies enter the mainstream and the effect they have once there published by Stanford University Press in 1986. Hector Leiva recommends this book that will give you an insight into the history of multimodal media and you can see some excerpts if you follow the link.

  • Create your first iPhone App

    This how-to-guide leads you step by step so you can make your ideas a reality. It presents various ideas, techniques, tips, and resources that will help if you are planning on creating your first iPhone application (Smashing Magazine 2012).

  • Invisible Audio

    Invisible-5 is a self-guided critical audio tour along Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It uses the format of a museum audio tour to guide the listener along the highway – (Invisible-5, 2012). Hector Leiva recommended this project as one he would personally like to participate in – that’s a great recommendation of an…

  • Intro to Apps

    Lynda.com is a member-supported online learning platform with 40,000 video tutorials. This is a link to their Summer Youth Employment Program Training (SYEP) to develop some iPhone apps. For our 2010 (SYEP) and their year round training programs; are we are providing ‘smart phone’ software application development training. We recommend taking the full course from start to…

  • Mobio / Listening to the walls whisper

    In Listening to the walls whisper several mobile systems were distributed to the people to accompany their walk across the Plan D’Aou, a district in Marseille, France which they could press  on the walls making it possible to listen to the sound by vibrating the material of the wall. Mobio is also a sound device which reverses…

  • [murmur]

    [murmur] is a documentary oral history project that records stories and memories told about specific geographic locations. Stories, memories and anecdotes are collected and made accessible people’s personal histories and anecdotes about the places in their neighborhoods that are important to them. [murmur] was first established in Toronto’s Kensington Market in 2003 with many other [murmur]…

  • Locative Media essay

    The term ‘locative media’ was coined by Karlis Kalnins as a “test-category” for processes and products coming from the Locative Media Lab. You can read the following essay on line  Locative Media As Socialising And Spatializing Practice: Learning From Archaeology The essay provides links to other Locative Media projects and artists working in this way. Some…

  • Why is Locative Media socially relevant?

  • Janet Cardiff – Walks

    Janet Cardiff is a Canadian artist who often works with George Bures Miller to produce  Multi-media and sculptural Installations, Video and audio walks amongst other projects. Her work often relies on the full participation of the audience for it to be fully realised. Below is some text written by her to explain more about her walks and you…

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