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Stereoscope Documentation Video
19.08.2009 · EN
We somehow failed to officially publish the documentation video for our recent Stereoscope project. Mea culpa. But here it is:
The video is also available for direct download in iPod/iPhone and HD 720p versions at our Project Videos section.
Blinkenlights goes Twitter
06.04.2009 · EN
We are now also present in the Twitterverse: twitter.com/blinkenlights.
Blinkenlights @ Küchenradio
12.11.2008 · EN
I had the opportunity to tell our story at this week's edition of Küchenradio, a german podcast.
Stereoscope wins Nuit Blanche People's Choice Award
24.10.2008 · EN
Project Blinkenlights has won the People's Choice Award of the Nuit Blanche 2008 in Toronto. As the name implies, the price was awarded by the people who voted for their favorite project on the sponsor's project page instead of a jury.
The Blinkenlights is very happy about this award as it proves we have been able to reach out to the public and let them enjoy our installation in a very unique way. A big thank you to everybody who voted for us.
Blinkenlights Tech Talk in Toronto this tuesday
14.10.2008 · EN
While we are busy dismantling Stereoscope we'll still find the time for another small event: we are going to do an informal presentation of the technology developed for and used by our light installation this tuesday at 8pm at the hacklab.to.
We are going to explain how everything worked and kind of technology we had to invent to make this al happen. We would be happen if you join. The hacklab.to is located in Kensington Market at 170a Baldwin Street (above Graffiti pub).
Blinkenlights Symphony: the music
13.10.2008 · EN
You can now download the music of the Blinkenlights Symphony by the german artists Kraftfuttermischwerk that they composed especially for Project Blinkenlights. The music is available under a Creative Commons license and can be copied and used freely (excluding commercial use).
UPDATE: the link pointed to the wrong file initially. This has been fixed now. Please try again. Sorry for the confusion.
Thank you, Toronto
13.10.2008 · EN
Blinkenlights Stereoscope is over now. Thank you Toronto for giving us the opportunity to present our work here. It has been a great experience and we think Toronto is a town that is more than worth the effort. We have had a good time here and the response of the people has been great.
We are now busy dismantling the installation which will done end of the week. We'll head home then and we appreciate the good time we had.
Stereoscope Photo Gallery on flickr
12.10.2008 · EN
In addition to a of photos and videos of Stereoscope you can find on the web right now (preferrably using the recommended tags), we have also set up a collection of our own photography for you to browse.
If you have photos of Blinkenlights up on flickr as well, you join the Blinkenlights flickr group and post your photos there.
The final night
11.10.2008 · EN
Tonight is going to be the last night of Stereoscope in Toronto. So enjoy our animations and games for the last time before we start dismantling the installation on Sunday.
We hope you all enjoyed our piece in the recent week and we would love to hear from: drop a comment here or write us an e-mail about how you experienced Stereoscope. Any kind of feedback is welcome.
Stereoscope Simulator for iPhone updated
09.10.2008 · EN
When you check for application updates on your iPhone you might notice that there is a small update for the Stereoscope Simulator for the iPhone available now. Not much has changed though. The application can now display announcements on startup and matches the the functionality of the Mac application.
Stereoscope Games phone numbers for your phone
09.10.2008 · EN
We have put the telephone numbers for the Stereoscope Games in a vCard 3.0 file for easy importing into your phone. Might come in handy.
Download: Stereoscope Games phone numbers as a vcard file (52 KB)
You should be able to either load this file into your contact application on your computer and sync it to your phone or directly load it on your phone depending on how your system works.
Camera is working again
08.10.2008 · EN
Our streaming camera is working again and hopefully will continue to do so until Sunday when Stereoscope is being shut down.
A look back at Nuit Blanche 2008
08.10.2008 · EN
Videobloggers at Dear Toronto provide a look back on what was going on at the streets of Toronto last saturday at Nuit Blanche 2008. Of course Stereoscope is one of the project mentioned.
While Nuit Blanche 2008 is history, Stereoscope keeps on running until the end of this week.
Camera temporarily down
08.10.2008 · EN
Due to an issue with our uplink the live camera is down and might not go up until tomorrow. Stereoscope is still running and will continue to do so until next Saturday.
Nuit Blanche Toronto 2008
06.10.2008 · EN
So Nuit Blanche is over and it was an amazing evening. Nathan Philips Square was populated by thousands of people watching the beginning of Stereoscope which also served as the official opening of the Nuit Blanche itself. Here are some first impressions:
Later on, Falk Gärtner presented the Blinkenlights Symphony - a real time video mixing experiment in synchronization with music composed for this event by the fearless musicians of Kraftfuttermischwerk of Berlin, Germany. The symphony was well received by the audience and Stereoscope worked flawlessly the entire night. We couldn't be happier with the results.
More animations for Stereoscope are trickling in and we add more and more stuff to the playlist while also experimenting with a couple of real time generators backstage. We still have a week to go and all contributions are welcome.
Mac Simulator updated
04.10.2008 · EN
If you have installed the simulator before it should auto-update. Just launch the program and wait for the update dialog. You can also force the update check using the application menu if it doesn't come up automatically for any reason.
Countdown
04.10.2008 · EN
So today is the big day. We are going to switch our proxies to the live signal so that you can use the Stereoscope Simulator to watch it going it real time. There will also be an update to the Macintosh simulator soon showing the same 3D model as the iPhone version does.
Next we will release the telephone numbers you can use to play the list of games we offer. It is going to be a long list as we have developed quite a few in the recent days.
While you are waiting for Stereoscope to start, you can watch a timelapse movie that we made during our testing phase yesterday:
Stereoscope Live Video Stream
04.10.2008 · EN
Please note: since the project is over now, the stream is also gone.
We had set up a video stream for Blinkenlights Stereoscope.
We tried to provide higher quality but streaming technology these days still seems to be in its infancy. It's all too complicated and not powerful enough to be setup easily.
We are using the ustream.tv service right now which apparently does not have too much bandwidth for Europe but it should be fine for North America at least. Leave a comment on how it works for you.
Participating in our Blinkenstream Distribution Network
04.10.2008 · EN
From tomorrow on, the Stereoscope Simulator receives a real time data stream that is an exact copy of what we are actually showing on the building. This stream will start on October 4th, 2008 at 1900h EST.
In order to be able to deal with the demand, we have set up a network of cascading blinkenproxies that relay the data to each other in a hierarchical manner. But we do not have enough server capacity to handle larger loads and we don't know how many people will actually tune in. It could be some, it could be many. So we are asking people running a server somewhere to help us out and participate in our Blinkenstream Distribution Network.
We have readied a simple blinkenproxy program (written in Ruby) that should be easy to deploy. All you need to do is to download the script, make sure it runs (and keeps running) on your server and tell us where it runs so that we can add your server's address to our list of public servers the simulator can connect to.
Download: blinkenproxy.rb on GitHub
Thanks in advance for your help.
Tagging Stereoscope
04.10.2008 · EN
We know that quite a few people put up photos and videos on sites likes flickr and YouTube and the like which is fine. We would like you to tag all the material with both the tag "blinkenlights" and "stereoscope" if you do so that we (and everybody else) can easily track new material automatically. Thanks!
Writing Games for Stereoscope
04.10.2008 · EN
We have now finalized the new Gaming API for Stereoscope, which means that if you have a good idea for a game that could be played on the facade of Toronto City Hall using a mobile phone, there is a real chance to get this done. We know this is short notice, but it's worth a try.
So Jonathan has published the preliminary documentation and the code for the Blinkengame API you need on his website. We will roll this in our website later on, but let's be quick:
Read: Blinkengame API for Java
Stereoscope as a VJ screen
03.10.2008 · EN
Last night VJ Falk Gärtner - who is going to present the Blinkenlights Symphony at Nathan Philips Square live at 10pm - was doing his first test run linked to live to the system via WLAN. And the results were stunning. It's quite an advantage to be able to control contrast and brightness while sitting in front of the building watching it in real time.
Have a look for yourself:
Got it? It's going to be amazing.
Movie Submission interface up and running
03.10.2008 · EN
We have finally opened up our submission interface for movies for Stereoscope. Please follow the guidelines to be able to upload your content. Thanks in advance for your contribution. It is highly appreciated.
Updated Creation Tools
03.10.2008 · EN
We updated the Stereoscope Creation Tools a bit to include a variety of smaller bug fixes that might come in handy.
Bre Pettis on Stereoscope
03.10.2008 · EN
Bre Pettis has published the second part of his story about Project Blinkenlights, this focusing on Stereoscope.
Tips for creating content for Stereoscope
02.10.2008 · EN
Designing content for Stereoscope has its challenges. As our matrix consists of two towers facing each other, has a pretty low resolution and small range of brightness there are some things to consider when creating content for it.
Here are some tips from us:
- High contrast is always a good idea - as high as possible that is. If you think the contrast looks too high on your computer screen its probably not even enough. Greyscale photos are barely visible as is. 1bit animations are the best visible obviously. Videos work less good then shape animations. Big shape animations work better then small shapes. Do not put in too much detail.
- Work with the two towers individually - if you have bright animations consider putting them only on one tower - or alternate between the towers. Its actually nice to play with the reflection that way. If you have a white screen on the west tower the east tower will be extremely washed out.
- If the animations are too fast swish-swoshing across the screens then you are only seeing the afterglow of the lamps - it can be a nice effect but remember that this will hinder the visibility of what is actually shown. Keep it slow. Think about the sheer size of the building: people need time to track movements.
- The outer parts of the towers are also not visible from many positions - that's especially important if you want readable text. Take a look at our 3D simulator to test the looks of your stuff from various viewing positions and angles.
Calibrating Stereoscope
02.10.2008 · EN
One of the better features of our latest installation Stereoscope is that we are able to fine tune the calibration of the system. Dominik wrote a small application for the iPhone that serves as a remote control for selecting exact dimmer timings for every single greyscale value (Stereoscope uses 16 different brightnesses to produce its magic).
The results so far are pretty nice:
Welcome to Project Blinkenlights
01.10.2008 · EN
Welcome to Project Blinkenlights. This is our brand new home page. It's the place to get in-depth background information on our upcoming activities and recent projects alike.
Latest project: Stereoscope
Our latest project – running from October 4th to 12th 2008 in Toronto – was Stereoscope. Check our extensive information on how you still can participate and enjoy the installation in real time all over the world.
Stereoscope is the next step in interactive art in architecture and will take place in the context of the Nuit Blanche Toronto. We are all very excited about this third iteration of the Blinkenlights saga and invited everybody to team up and create a wonderful platform for everybody once again.
Former projects
Project Blinkenlighs came to life in 2001 with the original Blinkenlights installation at Haus des Lehrers, Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany. The name of this light installation gave the title to the project itself and serves as a brand for all our future activities. In 2002 Project Blinkenlights moved to Paris to put up the Arcade light installation at Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Both projects are well documented and you can find video documentation on both in our video page.
Stay up to date
From now on we are going to report on our activities in our Blog. Subscribe to our Feed in order to keep in touch with everything happening in our little blinking universe.
You might also want to follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/blinkenlights
Image to BML converter
01.10.2008 · EN
Dan Fraser posted an image converter that creates BML files that can be used for Stereoscope. This means you can convert any animation to our format by using one image per frame as an intermediary format essentially interfacing to every possible animation generator.
Ready to run
01.10.2008 · EN
Tonight we finished the basic setup for Stereoscope: all the floors are working, we finished the calibration and squeezed a couple of remaining bugs in the way we coordinate the dimmers. We are very happy with the results. We are now going after a couple of remaining minor issues to make sure everything looks great.
This means we can focus on the content now. There is still a lot going behind the scenes and we hope we can still push out a couple of extra tools. We are also readying the submission system so that you can send your content to us.
We are also making progress with the streaming setup. We are confident to be able to provide live streaming of the event. Thanks to everybody who offered us streaming server capacity. We will get back to you soon.
Streaming server needed
30.09.2008 · EN
There is a real chance we can provide you with a working video feed of Stereoscope as we have a camera in place but unfortunately we lack server capacity to re-broadcast it to the world.
So if you can help out we'd like to hear from you. We are explicitly looking for a Darwin Streaming Server installation that has enough bandwidth to sustain quite a few viewers (no, we have no clue how many it would be but we think it would be a lot).
The story of Project Blinkenlights
30.09.2008 · EN
Bre just recently launched a fantastic new TV show called History Hacker (I can only recommend watching the show's pilot episode to get an idea). We recorded a podcast on his work at the 24C3 in Berlin. Bre describes his view of the hacker culture and his motivation to do what he does. Check it out.
Bre has now written a long article about Project Blinkenlights which comes in two parts of which the first has been now posted to his blog: Blinkenlights: The Beginning. I am really looking forward to part two and will tell you when it's available.
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Setup CrewFirst Light
29.09.2008 · EN
Blinkenlights Stereoscope is powered by a new wireless dimmer technology that has been been developed by the team in the recent months explicitly for this installation in Toronto, Canada. We will post more on about our technology soon which will also be made available under a free license.
Blinkenlights Library for Processing
29.09.2008 · EN
The Blinkenlights Library for Processing includes all the code you need and detailed instructions how to set up your development environment to create Stereoscope-compatible graphics. Processing is available for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows alike and is our first true cross-platform development environment.
This is not the end. We have more to come and will provide you with even more exiting options to participate in Stereoscope. Next up is a development environment for telephone controlled games. Watch this space and spread the word.
Stereoscope Creation Tools released
28.09.2008 · EN
We are also planning to release an enhanced framework for animations and games (!) for the cross-platform Processing and Java programming languages soon. Stay tuned!
Stereoscope Simulator for iPhone now available
28.09.2008 · EN
You can now finally download the Stereoscope Simulator for iPhone from the iTunes App Store. Hooray!. Please note that you will still receive a test stream for now. We let you know when the real stream goes live (while the application itself will notice automatically). Download the application here.
Ready to debug
28.09.2008 · EN
Currently this means a lot of running around and testing and mostly work at night. It's a pretty exhausting job and the amount of work seems to be endless. If you live in Toronto you can already take a peek while run our tests on the facade. But keep in mind it doesn't look very nice until we have squashed all the remaining bugs.
The Virtual Matrix
27.09.2008 · EN
We have now updated the website to better explain on how to address the Stereoscope screen space. Thinking about the problem with a facade effectively torn into four separate areas we came up with the idea of a Virtual Matrix that includes all four screens and aligns them within a much larger matrix. Read more about this on our page on how to create content for Stereoscope.
Expect more updates on this topic soon. We are preparing releases of more tools that you can use to target Stereoscope and we hope you will join us in this endeavor.
It Blinks
26.09.2008 · EN
We had the first two nights where an aware observer could spot some blinking pixels on the east tower.
Stereoscope Paint
25.09.2008 · EN
Stereoscope Paint is limited to the two top screens of the building (because the lower parts are partly obscured by the building itself). And you can only target one of two screens at a time. Once you have finished an animation you can save it as a file and submit it. We will post the submission form later on as it is not yet finished.
Stereoscope Simulator for Mac OS X v0.95 released
24.09.2008 · EN
Right now the Main Toronto Feed is of course not yet running while we are still preparing the installation. But it will be available later on and it will become the default stream when you launch the application then.
We know this is currently a strong Mac-focus regarding our tools but this is not the end of the story. We will soon provide more cross-platform stuff to keep you all busy contributing to Stereoscope. Stay tuned.
The Blinkenlights Symphony
19.09.2008 · EN
Dubbed the Blinkenlights Symphony, we are going to present an audiovisual experience using the Stereoscope facade as a huge realtime video display in sync with music especially composed for the event. The presentation starts at 22:00h (10PM) Toronto local time and will last about half an hour.
The visuals will be produced live by VJ Falk Gärtner using the VDMX video mixing software suite which has been enhanced to speak the Blinkenlights protocol directly. You can read more about the technical background in Falk's blog.
Website redesign and ongoing coverage
12.09.2008 · EN
While there is still work to do in terms of providing all the content you'd like to see here, we have made a big step forward completing the intended design for this website. It should be now much easier to navigate and find information about specific projects, especially about Stereoscope.
Next phase will be to fill in the blanks and do the final roundup as we get ready to leave Germany for Canada beginning of next week. From then on, we will provide detailed information about our daily progress on Stereoscope with behind-the-scenes updates, pictures and other news regarding the project.
Documentation Videos available
06.09.2008 · EN
In the process of getting this new site ready for primetime (I know there are still a lot of dangling links and tons of missing information) I have added a new page consolidating all our documentation videos. In order to make this updating process more transparent, I am going to blog about any significant progress.
Introducing Stereoscope
02.09.2008 · EN
We have been quite pretty silent on our upcoming activities while we were busy drafting a plan and starting production for our third and up til now largest interactive light installation about to take place this October in Toronto, Canada: Stereoscope.
Stereoscope is our next step in interactive media art facilitating buildings to reclaim public space for the masses in an urban context. Targeting the Toronto City Hall in downtown Toronto we are about to build a Blinkenlights-style installation that dwarfs the former project in scale and complexity.
Adressing 960 windows in total and using newly developed innovative wireless light control technology, Project Blinkenlights is about to transform Toronto's city center around Nathan Philips Square into a luminescent maelstrom inviting people to play and interact in new ways.
Bear with us while we are preparing the extensive pre-event documentation covering all aspects of our activity. As usual, we did not have much time in developing the project and its technology. So a lot if details are still in the works and we will disclose certain aspects of Stereoscope once we know how exactly they will come to life and will be presented to you.
Welcome to Project Blinkenlights
01.09.2008 · EN
Welcome to Project Blinkenlights. This is our brand new home page. It's the place to get in-depth background information on our upcoming activities and recent projects alike.
Latest project: Stereoscope
Our latest project – running from October 4th to 12th 2008 in Toronto – was Stereoscope. Check our extensive information on how you still can participate and enjoy the installation in real time all over the world.
Stereoscope is the next step in interactive art in architecture and will take place in the context of the Nuit Blanche Toronto. We are all very excited about this third iteration of the Blinkenlights saga and invited everybody to team up and create a wonderful platform for everybody once again.
Former projects
Project Blinkenlighs came to life in 2001 with the original Blinkenlights installation at Haus des Lehrers, Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany. The name of this light installation gave the title to the project itself and serves as a brand for all our future activities. In 2002 Project Blinkenlights moved to Paris to put up the Arcade light installation at Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Both projects are well documented and you can find video documentation on both in our video page.
Stay up to date
From now on we are going to report on our activities in our Blog. Subscribe to our Feed in order to keep in touch with everything happening in our little blinking universe.
You might also want to follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/blinkenlights
Welcome to Project Blinkenlights
01.09.2008 · EN
Welcome to Project Blinkenlights. This is our brand new home page. It's the place to get in-depth background information on our upcoming activities and recent projects alike.
Latest project: Stereoscope
Our latest project – running from October 4th to 12th 2008 in Toronto – was Stereoscope. Check our extensive information on how you still can participate and enjoy the installation in real time all over the world.
Stereoscope is the next step in interactive art in architecture and will take place in the context of the Nuit Blanche Toronto. We are all very excited about this third iteration of the Blinkenlights saga and invited everybody to team up and create a wonderful platform for everybody once again.
Former projects
Project Blinkenlighs came to life in 2001 with the original Blinkenlights installation at Haus des Lehrers, Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany. The name of this light installation gave the title to the project itself and serves as a brand for all our future activities. In 2002 Project Blinkenlights moved to Paris to put up the Arcade light installation at Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Both projects are well documented and you can find video documentation on both in our video page.
Stay up to date
From now on we are going to report on our activities in our Blog. Subscribe to our Feed in order to keep in touch with everything happening in our little blinking universe.
You might also want to follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/blinkenlights
Welcome to Project Blinkenlights
01.09.2008 · EN
Welcome to Project Blinkenlights. This is our brand new home page. It's the place to get in-depth background information on our upcoming activities and recent projects alike.
Latest project: Stereoscope
Our latest project – running from October 4th to 12th 2008 in Toronto – was Stereoscope. Check our extensive information on how you still can participate and enjoy the installation in real time all over the world.
Stereoscope is the next step in interactive art in architecture and will take place in the context of the Nuit Blanche Toronto. We are all very excited about this third iteration of the Blinkenlights saga and invited everybody to team up and create a wonderful platform for everybody once again.
Former projects
Project Blinkenlighs came to life in 2001 with the original Blinkenlights installation at Haus des Lehrers, Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany. The name of this light installation gave the title to the project itself and serves as a brand for all our future activities. In 2002 Project Blinkenlights moved to Paris to put up the Arcade light installation at Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Both projects are well documented and you can find video documentation on both in our video page.
Stay up to date
From now on we are going to report on our activities in our Blog. Subscribe to our Feed in order to keep in touch with everything happening in our little blinking universe.
You might also want to follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/blinkenlights
Welcome to Project Blinkenlights
14.08.2008 · EN
So here we are. This is the new home of Project Blinkenlights. It doesn't have everything that you used to find on the original pages, but we will be getting there.
Main focus is to create a space that is able to deal with the amount and complexity of information we intend to post about both recent and upcoming projects. Just rest assured the project is still alive and kicking and is about to announce some tasty stuff soon.
Projects
Since 2001, we have realized a variety of projects, most notably our breakthrough original installations Blinkenlights and Arcade.
Update vom 02.01.2004
02.01.2004
Blinkenlights Reloaded hat alle Hürden genommen und läuft seit einer Woche fehlerfrei und es sind schon über 200 Filme eingeschickt worden (davon gut die Hälfte Loveletters). Lasst den Strom nicht abreissen! Zwar läuft das grosse Blinkenlights nur noch bis zum 4. Januar 2004, doch werden wir die gleiche Funktionalität später auf der Miniaturversion auf dem Bauschild vor dem Haus des Lehreres laufen lassen. Und - wer weiß - vielleicht kehren wir ja auch bald wieder zurück.
Wer jetzt noch Spass haben will, kann sich in unseren QuickTime Live-Video-Stream einklinken. Der Stream steht unter der Adresse rtsp://dss.berlin.ccc.de/blinkenlights.sdp bereit (wenn der Klick nicht funktioniert, öffnet die Adresse direkt mit dem QuickTime Player).
Update vom 23.12.2003
23.12.2003
Blinkenlights Reloaded kämpft immer noch mit technischen Problemen der unerwarteten Natur. Deswegen gibt es auch noch keine Loveletters. Wer an einer zeitnahen Berichterstattung über die Fortschritte Interesse hat kann Tims Weblog The Lunatic Fringe konsultieren.
Update vom 22.12.2003
22.12.2003
Blinkenlights Reloaded wurde heute angeschaltet und das Pong-Spiel ist jetzt aktiviert. Leider kämpfen wir hier noch mit ein paar Details, so dass wir Eure Einsendungen noch nicht bearbeiten können. Wir bitten um Geduld. Ihr hört noch von uns.
Update vom 07.12.2003
07.12.2003
Die Matrix kehrt zurück!
Vom 22.12.2003 bis zum 04.01.2004 wird es ein kurzes Revival unserer Installation aus Berlin geben: Blinkenlights Reloaded. Über die Weihnachtsfeiertage bespielen wir das noch in Sanierung befindliche Haus des Lehrers erneut und nach bekanntem Rezept. Eine neue Version von BlinkenPaint erlaubt das Erstellen von Animationen und die Pong und die Loveletters können wieder über das Telefon abgerufen werden.
Alle Information zur Neuauflage finden sich auf der Blinkenlights Reloaded Seite.
Update vom 04.12.2003
04.12.2003
Jetzt nimmt die Sache langsam Fahrt auf. Aber bevor wir die große Katze aus dem Sack lassen gibt es zunächst eine Neuigkeit, die eigentlich keine mehr ist.
Schon vor einem Jahr haben wir für die Baustelle des Haus des Lehrers (das Gebäude wird derzeit einer Generalüberholung unterzogen) eine Miniaturversion von Blinkenlights gebaut. Diese wurde in das Bauschild vor der Baustelle integriert. Die Miniversion ist voll funktionstüchtig (man kann sogar Pong mit dem Telefon darauf spielen) und beherrscht darüberhinaus etwas, was die Originalinstallation noch nicht konnte: Graustufen. Die Leuchtmittel der Installation sind LEDs, so dass dies nicht sehr schwer fiel.
Das mit den Graustufen sieht ganz schick aus und damit man dafür auch schicke Filme machen kann, wurde BlinkenPaint komplett überarbeitet und um die Fähigkeiten von ArcadePaint erweitert. BlinkenPaint Version 3 kann also sowohl die alten BLM als auch die neuen BML Dateien lesen. Das Programm wurde darüberhinaus auch noch deutlich verbessert und kann hat z.B. einen dynamischen Schieber erhalten mit dem man in Windeseile durch den Film sausen kann. Es gibt jetzt auch endlich eine Version für Mac OS X.
Das Bauschild in Aktion zeigt ein kleiner Film der in MPEG-4 (1,8 MB) und in AVI (3,5 MB) Formaten vorliegt.
Update vom 03.12.2003
03.12.2003
Nicht viel neues gab es in der letzten Zeit von Projekt Blinkenlights. Dazu kamen noch Probleme mit ein paar unserer Server und die Blinkenlights Web Site war daher ein paar Tage nicht erreichbar. Diese Probleme wurden mittlerweile behoben. Jetzt könnt ihr bald mit interessanten Neuigkeiten rechnen. Überraschung!
Update vom 18.07.2003
18.07.2003
Die Mitglieder von Projekt Blinkenlights werden selbstverständlich auch auf dem kommenden Chaos Communication Camp 2003 vom 7.-10.8.2003 vertreten sein. Zentrum des Geschehens ist das sogenannte Art & Beauty Village auf dem Camp. Einige Entwickler werden aber wohl vor allem im GimpTent zu finden sein. Neben der Crew werden sich auch zahlreiche der Blinkenlights Nachbauprojekte (siehe Links) auf dem Camp in der BlinkenArea einfinden, die im gleichen Village im Hauptzelt zu finden sein wird.
Update vom 10.06.2003
10.06.2003
Ein weiterer Vortrag über Blinkenlights ist angesetzt. Am Freitag, den 20.6.2003 in Turin (Italien) im Rahmen von Hackmeeting 2003, der diesjährigen Inkarnation des jährlichen Hackertreffens.
Update vom 19.05.2003
19.05.2003
Ein Vortrag über Blinkenlights findet statt am Donnerstag, den 22.5.2003 in Zürich (Schweiz) im Helmhaus im Rahmen der Fachtagung "Narrationen in der Medienkunst" für Dozierende und Studierende an Schweizer Kunsthochschulen.
Dem folgen zwei weitere Präsentationen in Helsinki (Finnland) als Teil des Software Art Festival README 2.3 am Freitag, dem 30.5. und Samstag, dem 31.5.2003 über Blinkenlights und den Chaos Computer Club.
Update vom 09.04.2003
09.04.2003
blinkenlights.de ist in der Kategorie NetArt für die 7. Webby-Awards nominiert. Wenn Ihr der Meinung seid, daß wir in dieser Kategorie gewinnen sollten, könnt Ihr Eure Stimme abgeben.
Update vom 06.03.2003
06.03.2003
Nach langer Sendepause können wir die Fertigstellung des Dokumentations-Videos des Projektes Arcade bekanntgeben. Es dauert gut 14 Minuten und ist einer MPEG-1 und zwei MPEG-4 Versionen verfügbar.
Update vom 06.12.2002
06.12.2002
19C3: Blinkenlights wird auf dem 19. Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin im "Labor" mit einer eigenen Projektecke zu finden sein. Dort gesellen sich dann auch weitere Projekte, die sich dem Miniaturnachbau und der weiteren Softwarenentwicklung von Blinkenlights gewidmet haben. Unsere Links-Seite enthält jetzt auch eine aktuelle Übersicht über diese Projekte. Weiterhin gibt es einen Vortrag zu Arcade und dem aktuellen Stand des Projektes auf dem Congress.
Update vom 28.10.2002
28.10.2002
Im Chaos Computer Club Cologne gibt es im Rahmen der OpenChaos Veranstaltungsreihe am Donnerstag, den 31.10.2002 einen Vortrag von den Machern des BlinkenMINI Projektes.
Update vom 25.09.2002
25.09.2002
ARCADE startet heute! Es gibt zahlreiche Neuigkeiten auf den Projektwebseiten. U.a. gibt es ein Live-Streaming und viele neue Spiele (Tetris, Pong, Breakout, Pacman). Ausserdem gibt es eine Übersicht über die neuen Programmiertools, die das Erstellen von Spielen für die Installation erlauben.
Zum Abschlusstag am 5.10.2002 gibt es vor dem Haus eine Party. Wir werden dort die Installation live mit DJs und VJs koppeln und auf dem Haus eine grosse Audio-Pegelanzeige einspielen.
Update vom 21.09.2002
21.09.2002
BlinkenMINI ist ein neues Projekt, daß Blinkenlights in LEDs nachbaut. Das Projekt hat auch einige angepasste Dateiformate und Werkzeuge zu bieten.
Update vom 24.08.2002
24.08.2002
Wir würden uns freuen, wenn Ihr auch dieses Mal wieder zur Gestaltung unserer Animationen beitragen würdet. Das Programm ArcadePaint ist die Weiterentwicklung des BlinkenPaint-Programms und wurde ganz wesentlich erweitert. Wie gewohnt ist es für den Einsatz unter Windows und Mac OS geeignet.
Update vom 22.08.2002
22.08.2002
Update vom 01.07.2002
01.07.2002
Update vom 17.06.2002
17.06.2002
NEUER TERMIN! Am 18.7.2002 um 16 Uhr gibt es im Rahmen der Ringvorlesungen "Vorträge zur Gegenwart der Stadt von Morgen" an der TU-Berlin eine weitere Präsentation von Blinkenlights. Außerdem sind wir am 30.7.2002 um 21 Uhr beim 6. Garage 2002 Kulturfestival in Stralsund mit einer Präsentation vertreten. Beide Webseiten geben die Termine teilweise noch etwas unakkurat wieder.
Update vom 03.05.2002
03.05.2002
Ein Präsentation des Blinkenlights-Projektes findet am 17. Mai 2002 in Amsterdam im Paradiso im Rahmen des 6th International Browserday statt.
Update vom 29.04.2002
29.04.2002
Update vom 26.04.2002
26.04.2002
Der Blinkenlights Simulator und der Blinkenlights iPaq Player erhielten ein Update, um einer entsprechenden Änderung in DirectFB gerecht zu werden. Die neuen Versionen finden sich auf der Blinkentools Seite.
Update vom 17.04.2002
17.04.2002
Am Donnerstag, den 18.4.2002 zeigen wir ab 22 Uhr in der Lounge der c-base in der Rungestrasse 20 in Berlin unser neues Dokumentationsvideo, das es dann auch bald hier zum Download geben wird.
Update vom 15.04.2002
15.04.2002
Außerdem gibt es noch den iPaq Blinkenlights Player, der Blinkenlights Movies auf einem iPaq unter Linux abspielen kann. Zu guter letzt hat auch blgimp noch einen Versionssprung auf 2.1 gemacht.
Update vom 12.04.2002
12.04.2002
Wilber, das Maskottchen des Bildbearbeitungsprogramms The GIMP, ist im Splash Screen der aktuellen Entwicklerversion des Programms auf das Haus des Lehrers umgezogen.
Update vom 08.04.2002
08.04.2002
Update vom 07.04.2002
07.04.2002
Für die Freunde von Parallelwelten sei auf den Node über Blinkenlights in dem exzellenten System Everything2 verwiesen. Ein guter Platz zum Stöbern und Assoziieren. Dort gibt es auch Interessantes über Pong.
Update vom 28.03.2002
28.03.2002
Blinkenlights Roundup. Die Bye Bye Blinkenlights Seite enthält jetzt ein kleines Party Review und Links zu den beteiligten Künstlern soweit vorhanden. Im Pressezimmer gibt es jetzt auch Kopien vom jüngsten Artikel in der Aprilausgabe von Wired Magazine und überhaupt ist dort schon fast alles vollständig. Die Blinkentools enthalten jetzt einen Verweis auf die flashlights home page, wo sich auch der Source Code der Software findet.
Update vom 23.03.2002
23.03.2002
Die letzten Minuten von Blinkenlights sind jetzt endlich digitalisiert und als Video abrufbar:
Bitte zurücktreten und only watchen astonished the sparkenlights.
Update vom 10.03.2002
10.03.2002
Der Photograph J.D. Perkins hat den letzten Tag von Blinkenlights festgehalten und hat eine Auswahl seiner Photographien unter http://www.ripserve.com/perkins/blinkenlights/ ins Netz gestellt.
Update vom 24.02.2002
24.02.2002
Nach exakt 23 Wochen und 5 Tagen wurde Blinkenlights am Morgen des 24.2.2002 abgeschaltet. Wir bedanken uns bei allen, die zum Erfolg des Projekts beitragen haben und den vielen Besuchern unserer Bye Bye Blinkenlights Party. Für uns war es eine tolle, aufregende Zeit und freuen uns, so viel Resonanz gefunden zu haben.
Für die Zukunft haben wir schon ein paar Ideen, wollen jetzt aber erst einmal eine kleine Pause einlegen. Wenn Ihr Interesse habt, über unsere zukünftigen Aktivitäten informiert zu werden, so schreibt eine Mail an blinkenlights-update-subscribe@lists.ccc.de.
Die Blinkencrew
Update vom 12.02.2002
12.02.2002
Update vom 09.02.2002
09.02.2002
Der Blinkenlights Art&Beauty Contest ist nunmehr abgeschlossen. Je ein iPaq Computer geht an die beiden Gewinner: Robert Gehrmann für den Blinkenlights Movie The Fly erhält den Jury Award, Thilo "Cyrion" Graf ist der Gewinner des transmediale Publikumspreises für Le Chat Noir.
Update vom 07.02.2002
07.02.2002
Ihr könnt mit abstimmen über die Vergabe des transmediale Publikumspreises für den besten Blinkenlights Movie! Auf unseren Blinkenlights Voting Seiten könnt ihr für jeden Film aus der Galerie Eure Meinung abgeben [NICHT MEHR VERFÜGBAR]. Über eine rege Beteiligung würden wir uns freuen..
Update vom 05.02.2002
05.02.2002
Update vom 04.02.2002
04.02.2002
Am Donnerstag, den 7.2.2002 um 16 Uhr werden wir im Rahmen des Panels "Public Space Invaders" einen Vortrag über Blinkenlights halten. Am Samstag, den 9.2.2002 findet dann noch ein Screening der besten 100 Blinkenlights Movies statt. Eintritt zu diesem Veranstaltungen kostet jeweils €6 (€5 ermäßigt).
Update vom 02.02.2002
02.02.2002
Unsere Galerie wurde umfangreich erweitert. Gut 60 neue Filme sind dazukommen. Weitere werden folgen bis die ganze Vorauswahl für den Abschluss des Blinkenlights Art&Beauty Contest zusammengestellt ist.
Update vom 31.01.2002
31.01.2002
Die Blinkentools haben ein Update auf Version 1.1 erfahren. Mit der Option --hdl-huge lassen sich jetzt noch größere Vorschaufilme erzeugen (auch mit unserem Web-Interface) und gif2blm kann jetzt auch (modifizierte) Previewfilme wieder in richtigen Blinkenlights Movies zurückverwandeln.
Update vom 27.01.2002
27.01.2002
In den Blinkentools findet sich jetzt auch ein Java Package namens SomeJavaForBlinkenlights zum Erstellen von Blinkenlights Movies.
Update vom 22.01.2002
22.01.2002
Mit blinkenscroller ist ein neues Werkzeug zu den Blinkentools hinzugekommen.
Update vom 21.01.2002
21.01.2002
Einige der bislang nur im QuickTime-Format vorliegenden TV-Berichte über Blinkenlights liegen jetzt auch im MPEG-1 Format vor.
Update vom 14.01.2002
14.01.2002
Vom Countdown zum Jahresende (die letzten 1000 Sekunden wurden heruntergezählt) haben wir jetzt auch noch einen kleinen Mitschnitt im AVI/3IVX Format zu bieten.
Update vom 08.01.2002
08.01.2002
Der Blinkenlights Art&Beauty Contest wurde verlängert. Er findet jetzt seinen Abschluß auf der transmediale.02, dem internationalen Media Art Festival in Berlin. Dort wird es einen Vortrag zu Blinkenlights geben und nebem der Preisverliehung für unseren Contest schreibt die transmediale noch einen Publikumspreis aus.