6~ JULY MEETING: MONDAY, JULY 3 THE BLACK CITROEN 5t3 N. 36TH (IN FREMONT) 7:30PM The summer months bring small and relaxed meetings to Northwees CyberArtlsts, and given that the next meeting Is the day before Independence Day, we can expect that tendency to be amplified! So this Is your chance if you like small groups, discussion, and less "someone up-front talking" types of meetings. The July 3 meeting is a "PRESENT YOUR WORK" meeting, an Informal chance to present finished or in-progress works to other CyberArtists. If you want to participate, show up with your work! We will have a sound system with cassette, OAT, and CO players. If you will need more equipment, either come prepared to be self-sufficient, or contact Bret Battey ahead of time. (281--8639, bret@esklmo.com) THE miDI conTROllED LAwn SPRInHlER pt.2 Wcll,lhCbigSCs.1mcslrccl~ln~-IUh B B d nlllU tl meant th~t the fountain C~l~ld only ~ run ing of my water fountalll IS OR Y Ig Ir IS e . for 4-5 llullulCS before wa!tlllg 15 mlllulcs completed (I certainly hope). for m)' barrels to fill up again. Power was As the lllan St1id (who /uuljlisl been tarred By Mike Storie provided by lois of extension cords. DndjealhcrclJ ami riddclI out oflOl1'1l all a lhal no one can conccntrate. It did no good I rellied a truck on Monday the 19th and rail) "Ifit hadn't ha\'c bccn for the great to cx:plnin Ihal thai was not a problem in loaded the fountain Ihal evening. I was up hOIlor, I'd have jusl as soon walked:' Se.1U!C, and anyway. a fountain docs lend 10 lilaboull :30makingsureC"eI')1hingwQuld AC1l1.111y. in general it went pretty wcB, cool things off. work. At 6:30 thcn ncxt morning I dro\'e although I'm not sure how or what will Somc of thc other problcms: (through a driving rain) to Gas Works and evcntually be aired. It's just that after 0 Thcy wrotc a song and choreographed it we set up the fountain on the brick p.1lio at months of planning, the (by of thc major without cver Ilowing seen the fountain. the tip of the park. We ran the hoses and filming was the worst weather wc have had tested cverything and we were ready for the in months. 0 They did not realize that Einar Ask's 35 kids to show up at 10:30. MIDI controllers were not designed to It startcd out like a scene frOIll "The get wet JJridge.~ 0/Madison COl/lilY. '. Marc Brugnoni, the direclor and camera man, 0 They SCI an innexible date for the shoot walked il1\o my kitchen and asked if he without regard to the weather. could store his film in my refrigerator. He 0 They picked Gas Works Parkbascd on the was a nice guy, He had been filming for view of the skyline and ignored warn-Sesame Street since their vel)' first show ingsabout lackofpowerorwater(1 also and had the grandfatherly. good around reponed thai it was a toxic waste sile.) kids. personality Ihat is necessary. He 0 The choreography (kids holding hands insisted on going to the zoo and aquarium anddancingarouodthefountain)didn't and expressed sadness for the mental statc take into account what happens when of tile pacing animals. you shoot 50 gallons a minute of cold One problem. that should come as no waterintolheaironaehilly, windy day. surprise to our membership. is that the 0 The music at Sesame Street is hand people in New York rcally had no idea of wrillen Oll manuscript paper and the whatlhey were looking al. Their goal was sounds arc generated on a Moog Syntt find new "things." preferably outside of Ihesizer. Thc llIusic director docs not New York City. and usc thcm as tc..1ehing usc MIDI. This complicates the use of gimmicks for Iheir show segments. They a MIDI water founlain. didn't rc.11lycare whetllcr the fountain was o The filming was done on 16mm film. controlled by seven custom-crafted Marc'scamerawasdesigncdbcforethe MIDltools computers or by SC\'cn midgets war (the big war) and this particular working faucets in a hole in the grollnd. specimen was 30 years old. He docs 1I0t I spoiled some problems c..1rly on. Part use SMPTE but mther a clapboard 10 was due to the obvious fact Ihal New York synchronize the sound. Citl' is the center of the known universe. I o Onc camera was uscd. so C
;t of formally organizing NWCA. Thc formal org;lllil...1tion of NWCAP follows the structure of the Bumber Com-NWCAP-3 rJ The Northwest CyberArtist ISSN 1068-9850 Vol. 3/No.6 July 1995 10802 47th Avenue Wesl Mukilteo. WA 98275-5098 Voice: (206)355-6000 Fa.x: (206)347-7757 Published by volunteers. The Norlhwesl CyberArtislls free for lhose who ask 10 be added 10 the mailing list. The Northwest CyberArlist is published monlhly by Northwesl C)'berArtlsls. Flrsl class postage paid al Seallie. \VA Corporate Sponsorship Provided Oy: ~IOH1HWm 1I1l lONE WOLF RANE) Some Northwej,1 CyberArtjstJ ami their contact informatjon: Brei Bailey M Rcsellrcher brcl@eskimo.col11 John Bcczcr -On-Linc Czar bisquik@e$kimo.com Georgia Graham -Volunteer Coordinator ~ia~oI.com2U-9tlJ Aurianna Marici 206-1120-94j4 Bob Moscs bobmoscs@pan.com Mike Storie rnsloriC@I\\\"link.colll 314·8768 Stc'-c Turnidge CompuScrvc; 722jO.310j Inlcrnc1: s1c,·ct@ranc.";n.nct The Northwest CyberArtistcont;nue to be held every Tuesday at 7:00 pm;n Garrett Cobar's loft ar66 Bell Street, #101. All ;ll1erested ;nd;vhluals are encouraged 10 attend. Also, contact Garrett (448-8404) ;fyou haveJ1at computer art or computer an;mat;ons that you would be ;nterested ;n d;splay;ng at the Northwest CyberArts Interact;ve Arrwne at BumbershoOl. ~ Edword Ii. Golore, lemoi,e@