*UPDATE Awesomeness revealed: True API Support. The Microsoft Kinect Controller seems to be the HOT hackable item in the interactive art world. Just like the Wii Remote, the Kinect has been hacked by interactive artists to control robots, scan environments, create sound instruments and much,much more. The Kinect is a robust sensor which features an “RGB camera, depth sensor and multi-array microphone running...

rAndom International is a creative studio out of London with a mission to develop a new artistic vocabulary. Founded in 2002 by Stuart Wood, Flo Ortkrass and Hannes Koch the studios work fringes on art, design, science and architecture. The studio creates installations that re-interpret the nature of digital-based work and emphasizes on the interaction between human presence and the inanimate object, bringing...

As I get more and more involved in interactive installations, I seem to come across things that inspire me and invigorates my passion to perform. Trafik a French creative studio combines the arts of design and coding very beautifully. The Sonic Cube, a large illuminated canvas box shown recently at the contemporary art center, La Ferme du Buisson in Paris, is an interactive application that reacts to sound....

It’s a new year and its time to start developing new projects. In 2010 I have decided to pursue interactive art as a full time creative outlet. I have started sketching out ideas and have resourced materials to accomplish my goals. I have also joined a collaborative group (OK MEDIA LABS) that has vowed to create Arduino based interactive installations. Our group is composed of some talented creative/technologists...

My good friend Josette Melchor or Jet as I call her has just posted a great interview on her organization GAFFTA. Gray Area Foundation for the Arts is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to building social consciousness through digital culture. Guided by the principles of openness, collaboration, and resource sharing, our programs promote creativity at the intersection of art, design, sound, and technology....

Here’s a link to Fred Leighton’s project that uses both hardware and flash to create stunning visuals. Fred’s project basically takes MIDI notes and velocity values from a MIDI instrument track directly to MAX/MSP where the values are sent to Flash via the Flashserver. The values are then mapped to movieclips that adjust RGB settings in flash. I’m thinking about porting this over to AS...

Aaron Koblin is an an artist specializing in data visualization. His work takes social and infrastructural data and uses it to examine cultural trends and emergent patterns. Aaron’s work has been shown at international festivals including Ars Electronica, SIGGRAPH, OFFF, the Japan Media Arts Festival, TED. and his work is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Aaaron’s...

A really cool touch screen by Silke Hilsing using Arduino and Processing. Impress is the deliverance of the touch screen from its technical stiffness, coldness and rigidity. It breaks the distance in the relationship of human and technology, because it is not any longer the user which is subjected to technology, but in this case the display itself has to cave in to the human. Impress is a chance of approach...

This guy inspires me and gives me nightmares at the same time. Casey is one of the founders of the processing language which is an open source programming language and environment for creating images, animation, and interaction. Reas has exhibited his work internationally and published Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists, a comprehensive introduction to programming within the...