Category Archives: Projects

Urban mobility 0

Sunday @ 1pm
Outside Liverpool Street Station (Bishopsgate exit – top of the escalators)
I am aware that any of my generous friends who are taking part in this little jaunt are unaware of the reasoning behind it. During this realisation I have become aware that I am wrestling with the very same problem. In light of [...]

More video from the event 0

Some wonderful editing from Nico and some great voxpopping from (supposedly shy in front of the public) Brittany.
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Video from the Coin Laundry Orchestra 2

Coin Laundry Orchestra from Gareth Foote on Vimeo.
I have plenty to say about my experience at the Coin Laundry on Sunday. Overall it went well and was a great experience however there is plenty of room for constructive self criticism.
I will not be getting into the details of this reflection in this post but [...]

Today’s the day 1

After reflection I feel I need to apologise for the pretentious name of our event. It was a snap decision and I resent the fact that I have forced this upon my group.
Sorry guys.
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…3 days to go. 1

In my last post I hinted to the beginning of what I thought was impending disaster.
The original planned setup for connecting physical switches to Ableton Live was based around key mapping. Live quite nicely allows you to map a track/channel to any key (the letter ‘a’ in this case) and this key then acts [...]

Coin Laundry as database 2

During our morning seminar with Graham we discussed the concept of databases as a contemporary abstract concept which enables a new cultural perspective in which answers are not as important as asking the correct questions.
Because of the non-linearity and abundance of data sets as structures and systems of information, we are able to investigate [...]

Coin Laundry update – add a dash of infrared 0

Originally we were going to be switching channels of music on and off using manual switches under custom made footpads – fiddly!! After a workshop (An Introduction to Arduino) we have decided to change the switches to infrared sensors. When the infrared beam is broken this will send a signal to switch the music [...]

Crisis talks…..new ideas! 2

Our group went for crisis talks yesterday in order to finalise and specify one of the many ambling and unfocused ideas we have had over the last month or so.
Our problem it seems is that we have a lot of man-power (our group consists of 5) which means a lot of ideas and not [...]

Coin Laundry Ecology 1

The first practical methods project I am undertaking on MA Interactive Media involves observing and recording the Media Ecology of a coin laundry / launderette with the aim of intervening or interfering with this ecology using art methodologies and / or a data jam.
A data jam is an event composed of people passing, digesting and [...]