Final Ephemerisle Planning Session: May 24th 8pm

Posted on May 11th, 2012 by outlawpoet • Filed under Events • No Comments

The Final Countdown! It’s a month from the event, and all plans are coming together(hopefully). There’s still time to jump in, start your own art project, plan a trip.

If a temporary island full of futurists, dreamers, and joy sounds like your thing, stop by our last planning session to see how. Join the discussion on the Facebook group or mailing list.

Crashspace members and friends are working on many projects, floating jellyfish, pirate themed vessels, microtalks, bringing sailboats, and much more.

Two projects you may be particularly interested in is The Sleeper Service, a platform construction project to give people without a boat a place to sleep and keep their stuff simply and cheaply, and a prototype barge, which will provide freight service and infrastructure(renewable electricity, tools, workspace on the water).

https://www.wepay.com/donations/the-sleeper-service

https://www.wepay.com/donations/ephemerisle-prototype-freight-vessels-and-power-service

Upcoming Pure Data Events

Posted on May 10th, 2012 by theron • Filed under Events • No Comments

Next week is pd-LAunch II – an annual week-long Pure Data confluence.  We have multiple events planned!

What is Pure Data (Pd)? It’s a visual programming language, intended primarily for audio, video, and graphic processing. It uses objects connected by patch cables to create functionality, and thus Pd programming is frequently referred to as “patching”.

Pure Data is a free open source software which runs on just about any computer (Windows, Mac, Linux, plus many others) and can be used by anyone, regardless of programming experience, to create crazy sounds, musical instruments, video playback, and even control physical computing devices.

Created by Miller Puckette, who teaches computer music at UCSD and is the open source cousin of Max/MSP.  You can download it at http://puredata.info/

 

Saturday, May 12 at 8 PM – Handmade Music – not *exactly* a Pure Data event, but there will be Pure Data performances.

We’ve got quite a lineup:

Open to the public, $5 recommended donation to CRASH Space

 

Sunday, May 13 from 12-5 PM – Patching Circle

Open and free to all (donations to support CRASHspace are encouraged) – come and bring your Pure Data, Max/MSP, or other noisy programming project to work on.

The pd-la Patching Circle is an informal gathering of anyone who is interested in patching languages (Pure Data, Max/MSP/Jitter, etc.). Beginners and experienced patchers welcome. Open to everyone – work on personal or professional projects, school work, or just patch quietly to yourself, in a room full of other people patching patches and helping other people patch.

 

Wednesday, May 16, 8-10 PM – Introduction To Pure Data

This is a free introduction to Pure Data for the absolute beginner.

And it’s FREE!

There are 15 seats – sign up in the store.

This class aims to get you over the “blank canvas” hump. Learn a basic set of objects to make an audio patch, and add some interface elements to make it controllable.

No experience or computer necessary. If you have a laptop, download Pd-extended from http://puredata.info/downloads/pd-extended - and install beforehand to patch along. We will be available to help install and troubleshoot before the class begins (starting at about 7 pm) if you want to arrive early.

In addition to the basics, you will receive some reference materials to help you continue learning. If you bring a 16 GB USB stick, we will have videos of Miller Puckette (creator of Pure Data), teaching a 20-class college level course on computer music based entirely on Pd. The videos are also available for download here.

Handmade Music

Posted on May 2nd, 2012 by theron • Filed under Events • 6 Comments

Handmade Music L.A. 3.0 Poster

Saturday, May 12th at 8 PM we’re doing another Handmade Music L.A.!

Handmade music is all about people making music with hand-made instruments (hardware or software).  We will have performances with monomes, and Pd patches, and chess boards.  And demonstrations of instruments people have made and that you can make yourself.

We’ll be getting started at 8 PM and running until late at CRASH Space, 10526 Venice Blvd., Culver City 90232.

Open to everyone, a $5 donation to CRASH Space is recommended.

If you’re interested in performing or demonstrating something musical that you’ve built (instruments, circuit bent toys, Pd/Max/MSP patches), e-mail theron.trowbridge@gmail.com with a description of what you do, pictures/videos, etc. and whether it’s more of a science fair project or a performance piece.

CRAFTernoon: Crash Your Gear

Posted on May 2nd, 2012 by matt • Filed under Events • No Comments

CRASHirtCRAFTernoon on May 12, 2012

On Saturday May 12th (2p-6p), the weekend before MakerFaire, you can come to CrashSpace to get custom CrashSpace gear. We’re talking hats, bags, shirts, pants, socks, and pretty much anything you are willing to bring to customize.

Did you catch that?

Bring something to share, customize, and DIY.

We hosted a CRASHirt CRAFTnoon in the past and it was CRASHirt CRAFTernoon CRAZYness !

We’ll provide:

 

CRAFTERNOON?!? What is it anyhow? Cecily said it best on the crash list

“It can be a nice time to hang out, make crafty stuff, and discuss
making more crafty stuff. Don’t be afraid of the “softer” side of
making. Craft projects usually don’t bite, they just poke, tangle,
glue your fingers together, cover you in glitter…”

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Chaperoned kids are welcome.  The cost is free.

CRASHSpace is entirely membership/donation funded and relies on your support to keep the doors open. Donations are welcomed, helpful, and necessary. thx!

 

 

 

Crashtography Group First Meeting!

Posted on April 29th, 2012 by KyleC • Filed under Events • No Comments

Howdy Folks.


Alot of us here at crashspace do things. From building robots to brewing Kombuchas we’ve got it covered. And the one thing that we all do to get out the word is taking pictures (and sending them to the intertubes). Everyone’s handled a camera (now that smartphones are ubiquitous) but did you know there’s basic techniques that can make your photos 100% better overnight ?(with no pre-soaking required)

So bring your camera and head on over to crash on Wednesday may 2nd at 8pm. We’re going to meetup to go over everyone’s skill level and see what people would like to do with photography. I’ll be teaching a basics class for all skill levels in the coming month, and we’ll preview that at the meeting.

Other topics include
- Tilt Shift Lenses and perhaps making your own
- Intervalometer photography
- rail/carriage systems for panning shots.
- Photo Editing software
- ect.

So if any of that sounds interesting, stop by the space on wednesday!

Holography Workshop

Posted on April 25th, 2012 by t11s • Filed under Events • No Comments

Picture of a red Matchbox racing car hologram3D is all the rage in Hollywood, so now here is your chance to make your own 3D hologram!  With new materials, it is easier than ever to make a hologram, and instructor Thomas Edwards will show you how.  Participants will make at least one hologram (possibly two if lucky), and will also assemble a hologram display holder complete with AC-powered laser to take home to show off your work.

On Thursday, May 10, starting at 8PM, we’ll quickly review holography theory, then we will get to making holograms! We’ll run two hologram making systems, and each exposure takes about 5 minutes.  With these new materials, development occurs during exposure, and requires no wet chemicals.

While some people are making holograms, others will be assembling hologram holders. Everyone will get two attempts to make a hologram to ensure everyone goes home with at least one working one. One attempt will be the red matchbox car (as seen if the GIF animation), and your second attempt can be something you bring from home, but it needs to be small (fit within a 2 inch cube) and preferably reflect red light well (not black, blue, green, but perhaps silver, white, red). The holograms themselves are 2×3 inches.

Thursday, May 10 2012
7:30 PM – Hologram holder laser cutting, come by if you wish to watch
8:00 PM – Please arrive by 8PM so we can get going on time

Sign up here – class limit is only 10 participants!

Kombucha Kamp is coming to Crashspace!

Posted on April 14th, 2012 by rkoukal • Filed under Events • No Comments

Kombucha Kamp is coming! Enjoy sipping on Hannah’s Homebrew Kombucha while learning about the history, health benefits and how-to’s in this fun and informative workshop. Master Brewer Hannah Crum shares the history of fermented foods as well as their health benefits with a specific focus on Kombucha, the fermented tea with a funny name. Part presentation, part demonstration with plenty of time for questions, this workshop will leave you armed with the knowledge and skills to make a lifetime supply of your own healthy, home-brewed Kombucha. Attendees will get to try samples and take home their own SCOBY to start brewing at home.

Saturday April 28th @ 1:00pm

A 50% discount has been extended to Crashspace members and friends. Enter CRASHKAMP at checkout. Buy Tix here

 

Easy exploration of reactive lighting, say hello to Luminance.

Posted on April 6th, 2012 by outlawpoet • Filed under News & Updates • No Comments

Just launched on Kickstarter, the Luminance project (by CRASHspace member Naim Busek) will be creating the core of a development platform to enable exploration of reactive lighting systems by anyone.

Built around an Arduino core, the Luminance platform can take an application like the “blink” example (the “hello world” of embedded development) and kick it up a notch to “blink when I move” or other even more exciting applications. The system will ship pre-programmed for use straight out of the box or it can be connected to your computer and you can easily make it do something different by dropping a different example sketch onto it. The best thing about the Luminance platform is that it will enable everyone to explore the cool things that can be done with motion or sound reactive lighting.

Designed from the ground up to withstand harsh conditions, the Arduino compatible main board, a sensor shield, an LED driver shield and battery are wrapped in a rugged aluminum enclosure creating a bullet proof hardware platform for use in exploring motion or sound reactive systems.

Since the project is being developed by a CRASHspace member, if funded, a number of the prototypes will end up around the space for use in projects. The Luminance hardware is already finding its’ way into projects around the space.

Matt’s motion reactive unicorn horn (built using the prototype hardware):

Ephemerisle Planning Session #2 Thursday April 26th 8pm

Posted on April 5th, 2012 by outlawpoet • Filed under Events • No Comments

Only two months until Ephemerisle! We’ll host one more session next month, and then Crashspace will be heading up to Mojave the weekend before for staging. Rideshares and other organizing is still ongoing.

Ephemerisle is a self-organizing gathering on the water. A temporary zone of boats, platforms, and floating art. It lasts for four days, filled with parties, futurist and special interest talks, and pickup collaboration between the very interesting mix of people who find themselves on the water.

For all those in the LA area going or interested in going to Ephemerisle, we’re hosting intro and planning sessions at Crashspace.

Come and get an explanation of what Ephemerisle is, or plot with those already planning to go. Expect discussion of platform design, finding a bunk, the groups to meet up with, and kickstarters for community services.

Thursday April 26th 8pm @Crashspace

Two College of Lockpicking Events incoming!

Posted on April 4th, 2012 by outlawpoet • Filed under Events • No Comments

This Saturday and next Wednesday there are workshops from the College of Lockpicking.

Come and learn the noble art of opening things that you don’t have the key for.  Locksport is a seminal part of hacker culture, and a great skill to have.

Remember, you need lockpicks to participate, so select an option that includes them if you aren’t bringing your own.

To attend the workshop on Saturday April 7th at 3pm, go here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3211354247/eorg

To attend the workshop on Wednesday April 11th at 7pm, go here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3211364277/eorg

College of Lockpicking is a hands-on workshop that includes approximately an hour of instructor-led lecture and an hour of participant-led workshop, including the history and development of pin-tumbler locks, a full breakdown of how a pin-tumbler lock works, introduction and tutorial with the pick tools, and a slew of videos on bump keys, destructive entry methods, decoders, Medeco picking, electronic locks, and more.

Everyone opens a lock at College of Lockpicking!

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