Interactive New Media Art (Zeugen - by Morgan Rauscher) Morgan 2010-05-22 | Zeugen is an interactive and immersive new media creative electronics artwork that uses 32 human cast robotic faces and a face tracking system to explore the concepts of seeing and being seen.
Tech-Talk @ Conference on Sustainable Veterinary Practice Morgan 2016-11-24 | This was a really unique honor for me. I was lead consultant for the Young Woman's Veterinary Association on a project that brought Jane Goodall to Montreal. When setting up the conference we made observations about the whole industry that lead to a discussion about sharing some simple points that can help the current Veterinarian Industry. I volunteered to give the talk and the director of the association generously agreed allow me to give it.
★ Shooting In Suits ★ A great team building exercise Morgan 2016-11-12 | So I was down south working on a contract there and got invited to a range to fire off so pea shooters as a team building exercise. I actually think it worked out great. I love things that require focus and shooting is certainly one of them. Anyways, hope you liked the video.
★ Archery ★ with collapsible bow Morgan 2016-11-12 | I highly recommend getting into archery. Especially with a traditional bow. You learn focus, patience and it is an amazingly contemplative exercise. So to all my business consulting colleagues out there, add a collapsible bow to your kit :)
Canadian Camping Trip Morgan 2016-11-12 | I don't get enough time in the wild, but I love to get out there when I can. Canada has such a wonderful tradition of camping and I highly recommend getting out there solo once and a while. It is always a bit of a test to the body and mind and it connects us to the land and gives us an appreciation for our world.
A Conversation with Jane Goodall Morgan 2016-11-12 | .Jane Goodall talks about instincts, sustainability and her exciting experiences. I have always been fascinated with people who test the boundaries of human experience and try to reflect about what they have seen so that others can benefit from their journey - even if it is vicariously.
A Motorcycle Trip Across Canada Morgan 2016-11-06 | I am not sure why we Canadian's make a point of traveling across the entire of our country from time to time. It is long, painful and requires serious commitment and perseverance. But to see all of Canada form British Columbia and the mountains to Quebec and everything in between is really worth the effort. It is so fantastically large and so beautiful. For anyone who is curious, I was on a Yamaha FZ1.
Interview with Mitch Altman Morgan 2016-01-17 | For more information visit http://www.morganrauscher.com
CRAZY HOME MADE MIND CONTROL MACHINE Morgan 2015-10-05 | These glasses are the latest version of the mind machine that include stroboscopic vibration sensations. You can actually control your brain with this device and it sends you into hallucinations!
WACKY ILLUSION - Experiment with florescent + stripes Morgan 2015-10-05 | This is really something interesting. The shirt actually broke up the right before my eyes simply because of the frequency of the oscillating light on the black and white stripes.
NEW TECHNOLOGY - Tele-haptic Proto-sculpting Morgan 2015-09-07 | This latest iteration of Art-Bot, constructed with the help of the Hexagram Institute, consists of three robotic arms all mounted on a table top. All three arms move in tandem and receive and transmit haptic and tactile force feedback and sound vibrotactility. One of the arms is sculpting and interacting with materials such as wood, ice or foam and the other two arms are held by two participants that can communicate to each other the movements and sensations of the materials being worked on. The sculpting robot transmits and communicates touch from all three arms to both participants. Touch is transmitted to and between the materials and the participants in a silent conversation of interactive tactile transference.More at: www.morganrauscher.com
Teaching Touch Morgan 2015-06-10 | The 6th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts, Athens, Greece (2015). Morgan Rauscher presents: Tactile Transference: A New Interactive Sculptural Application for Haptic Feedback Robotics
Infrasonic (sub-audible) resonant sub-woofer & boom bass cannon Morgan 2015-04-15 | For more details visit:http://morganrauscher.com/morganrauscher/?p=2831
AMAZING STUDENT PROJECTS Computational Arts Morgan 2015-01-07 | For more information please visit: http://www.morganrauscher.com
Reflexion Morgan 2014-10-08 | For more information visit: http://morganrauscher.com/morganrauscher/portfolio/reflexion
Art-Bot (Part 9 of 9): Haptic Tactile Sculpting Robotic Feedback Controller Morgan 2014-01-16 | For more information please visit: http://www.morganrauscher.com
Art-Bot (Part 8 of 9): Arduino Robotics Actuator Motor Controller Morgan 2014-01-15 | For more information please visit: http://www.morganrauscher.com
Art-Bot (Part 7 of 9): Universal Joint for Chainsaw Robot Morgan 2014-01-15 | For more information please visit: http://www.morganrauscher.com
Art-Bot (Part 6 of 9): Impact Force Touch Sensor Hack for Robot Morgan 2014-01-15 | For more information please visit: http://www.morganrauscher.com
Art-Bot (Part 5 of 9): Making a Robotic Arm with Chainsaw & Sawzall Axe Morgan 2014-01-15 | For more information please visit: http://www.morganrauscher.com
Art-Bot (Part 4 of 9): Polycarbonate Robot Impact Container Morgan 2014-01-15 | For more information please visit: http://www.morganrauscher.com
Art-Bot (Part 3 of 9): Kids Bike Destruction for Robotic Arm Parts Morgan 2014-01-15 | For more information please visit: http://www.morganrauscher.com
Art-Bot (Part 2 of 9): Arcade Game Robotic Arm Controller Morgan 2014-01-15 | For more information please visit: http://www.morganrauscher.com
Art-Bot (Part 1 of 9): Robotic Arm Made From Recycled Bicycle Parts Morgan 2014-01-15 | Find out more at: http://morganrauscher.com/morganrauscher/portfolio/art-bot-meccanismo/
MUST SEE: Amazing Interactive Art Morgan 2013-12-06 | A Creative Electronics Class by: Morgan Rauscher featuring: "Chicken Candy Keeper" (Juan Pablo Casis), "A Magic Box" (Justyna Ausareny), "Guitar V-J System" (Matthew Grey-Noble & Elliott Saray), "The Poofy Ball" (Jasmine Akkermans), "Colored Lights and Shapes Toy" (Adriano Lecaldare), "The Light Jacket" (François Hurtubise), "Light Ball" (Erica Perreault), "Project Cataris" (Ralph Nakhle), "Staircase Instrument" (Samuel Cousin), "Animated Light Shade" (Abimbola Vivian Ayodele), "Aqueous Grapheme" (Jason Harvey), "Body Joint Lights" (Andy (En Chieh) Chou), "Kalightoscope" (Ana Tavera Mendoza), "Micro controller and Giant controller" (MaxD) "Jellyfish" (Jayde Norstrom).
Experimenting with electromagnetic forces of the human body Morgan 2013-01-03 | Our human body has the amazing ability to conduct and control electricity through complex and dynamically changing electrically charged neurological networks. Amazingly, we are somehow able to 'will' our neurology into performing the actions of the body while simultaneously receiving and transcoding information through our sensory apparatus. We understand the nature of electricity to a significant degree and there have also been advances in bio-neurology and psychology. However, the human conscious condition remains somewhat of a mystery because we have not identified the precise mechanism(s) whereby we transform our will into electrical signals. We trigger actions by our 'pre-brain' conscious 'self' or 'mind', and we somehow make our metaphysical intention a physical reality. I propose that sometime in the future, we will be building interactive electronic artworks that use the electric field our 'pre-brain' conscious mind, just as we would paint in a painting. However, this proposition can only be accomplished by developing new ways of understanding and interacting with the human body's electrical field. Therefore, this study will build a foundation for, and conduct a series of experiments using electric fields and the human body. I have attempted to conduct experiments that investigate basic interactions between the human body and electrical fields. In addition, each experiment is designed to simultaneously provide immediate practical interactive electronic art applications.
The 'LoveSeat' (interactive electronic art by: Morgan Rauscher) Morgan 2012-04-25 | User Instructions:1) Sit in the LoveSeat alone or with a significant other2) If you 'like', 'agree', are happy or comfortable, nice nice, good good -- then press green (it will inflate the chair)3) If you 'dislike', 'disagree', are sad, uncomfortable, bad bad, hurt -- then press the red button (it will deflate the chair)4) When you first sit down the only option is the red button (because the chair cannot be inflated anymore or it would explode). Your relationship and the chair are in the optimal state and so therefore, can only get worse. 5) When the chair loses enough air, the green button will light up (then you can push the green button to re-inflate the seat)6) If you press red and your significant other presses green the chair will stop and wait for you to agree or for one of you to give up7) If you do nothing the chair will wait for you to press something or it will do nothing8) When you leave the chair it will return to normal Why?A loving relationship is a journey of discovery, joy, pain and growth. The LoveSeat is a physical augmentation and mental mediation tool for the facilitation of interactions (conversations) between lovers (such as a significant other, spouse, siblings, best friends, or parents and children), between potential lovers (as in a coffee shop first date) or between a person and themselves (during moments of interpersonal conflict). The LoveSeat reacts physically expressing the sentiments of each person to one another in a non-invasive yet viscerally experienced reality that is shared by both participants. This 'Relationship Chair' can be comfortable, mildly uncomfortable or so uncomfortable that it cannot be used. The goal of this love game is to make sure that no matter what happens, the chair stays usable - and so it is incumbent on the user(s) to make an effort to go through whatever experience they are having maintaining the place that they reside. If this is not possible, then they must simply walk away.
Noam Chomsky (part 4 of 4) Morgan 2011-12-17 | Noam Chomsky interviewed by Morgan Rauscher and painted by Kate Fisher: Surveillance, resistance, sensitive, infiltrators, free society, wiki leaks, hackers
Noam Chomsky (part 3 of 4) Morgan 2011-12-17 | Noam Chomsky interviewed by Morgan Rauscher and painted by Kate Fisher: Saudi Arabia, wealth, middle east, rebellion, western change, Wisconsin, labor leader, legislative battles, hierarchical authoritarian structures, south America, civil rights movement, freedom, progress, freedom, democracy, April 6th movement, the future of the middle east, oil rich, dictators, protests, economy, technology, mediation, social media
Noam Chomsky (part 2 of 4) Morgan 2011-12-17 | Noam Chomsky interviewed by Morgan Rauscher and painted by Kate Fisher: Tahrir square, Egypt, revolution, modern media, western hacktivism and activism, face book, internal self-governance, Adam Smith, human instinct, helping others, family, development, breakup of the family unit, individualism, atomized society, consumerism, public relations, marketing, control, panopticon, Foucault, totalitarian ideals, superficial fashionable consumption, concentrated power, creativity, independence, too much freedom, slaves, totalitarian system, Saudi Arabia, wealth, middle east
Noam Chomsky (part 1 of 4) Morgan 2011-12-17 | Noam Chomsky interviewed by Morgan Rauscher and painted by Kate Fisher: Foucault, Dutch Anarchists, red wig, pranks, Issues of right wrong and power, critique of the media, the corporate system, the internet, wiki leaks, military, national science foundation, social media, good and bad, indoctrination, misleading people, sleeplessness and teen age girls, bombing pilot, northern Louse, cell phone towers.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SEE? Morgan 2011-12-15 | (from Technarte website) Technarte is an international conference on art and technology that has been taking place in Bilbao from 2006. After six editions, Technarte has become one of the most important events of its kind in Europe.The main aim of Technarte is to present technological developments that enhance a broader expression of modern art, and to provide a forum for debate and reflection on the convergence between technology and art.In Technarte, the interaction between Technological Innovation and Contemporary Art applies to reality; the state-of-the-art technological innovations allow artists to explore endless possibilities; and the technological society uses the creativity of the artists as an inspiration to new technological projects.
Interactive Persistance of Vision and Sound (I POVS) - artwork by Morgan Rauscher Morgan 2011-12-10 | Please note that due to the nature of filming, the frame rate could not really capture the way the device looks in real life. This was an immersive media media artwork that I was commissioned by the VIVO Media Arts Center in Vancouver to build this summer. It is a proof of concept that demonstrates the power of immersive media displays. The VIVO Media Arts Center has an open call for artists to use I-POVS for educational and experimental purposes. Feel free to contact them for more details. website: vivomediaarts.com Phone: 604-872-8337/ext.1 education@vivomediaarts.com
Life Lights Interactive Art by Morgan Rauscher & Miles Thorogood Morgan 2010-12-13 | Life Lights is an interactive artwork that is permanently installed at the River Market in New West Minister B.C. I teamed up with interactive artists Miles Thorogood to conceptualize and build Life Lights and our exciting partnership yielded some fantastic results. The work has hundreds of color changing lights and a specialized sound environment that allow participants to play with the work like a musically illuminated sculpture. Life Lights was commissioned by Mark Shieh of the River Market and fits nicely into the fun and exciting River Market cultural program.
IR motion tracking light system in a pitch black motion capture studio (test) Morgan 2010-11-30 | This is just a fun test that I was doing in the awesome motion capture studio at Emily Carr. I built this expandable IR emission system for pitch black video motion tracking. Find out more about my work at: http://www.morganrauscher.com
LED Shoes for 'Adults' Morgan 2010-10-12 | These LED shoes were made with super bright white LED strips. You can find out how to make similar shoes for yourself by following the link at the end of the video. Thanks for watching.
Getting Started with ServoMatrix (a MondoMatrix expansion board) Morgan 2010-07-06 | Description: ServoMatrix is a MondoMatrix expansion board that can control up to 64 servo motors. Each servo can have positions between 0 and just over 200. One of the most powerful features of ServoMatrix is that you can have up to 8 different kinds of servos controlled by a single board. The reason is that each row of eight servos has an independent power port. All of the power servo ports can be connected to one power source or each row of eight servos can have independent power sources. This allows for independent control of a variety of servos all from one controller. If you were building a robot for example, this would be beneficial as some small servos would use less power and some larger servos would need more power etc. The ServoMatrix board also has its own power source protecting the board from power related events that can damage the controllers.
Getting Started with LEDMatrix (a MondoMatrix expansion board) Morgan 2010-07-05 | Description: The LEDMatrix is a MondoMatrix expansion board that can control up to 64 tri-color RGB (4pin) LEDs. The board can also be used to control 192 individual LEDs. Each LED can be controlled to have a degree of luminance between 0 and 255. This means that you can have one tri-color RGB LED (per 'port') that has color values between 0 and 255 for each of the three colors. Using color codes, you can then make a huge variety of colors using RGB color values. You can also have three individual LED's on each 'port' that can have a luminance value in the range of 0 (all the way off) to 255 (all the way on). The LED matrix has a separate power port for the board itself and the LEDs. This means that you can use a wide range of LEDs (ranges in voltage). It also protects the board from power related events that can harm the controllers.
Arduino compatible MondoMatrix wireless demo Morgan 2010-06-15 | Randy Glenn, Co-founder of Displayduino gives a demo for the up and coming MondoMatrix wireless interface.
Getting started with Displayduino (Arduino compatible platform) Morgan 2010-06-13 | MondoMatrix is an exciting and easy to use open hardware platform for creative electronics enthusiasts of all kinds. The MondoMatrix platform is a modular system meaning that you can grow your project to make them bigger. The system is controlled by a main controller, the Displayduino controller featured in this video. The Displayduino Controller is much like the popular Arduino controller accept that the Displayduino controller can connect to MondoMatrix expansion boards and is able to control thousands of LED lights, servo motors, sounds and other electrical devices of all kinds. Find out more at: www.MondoMatrix.com
Introducing Mondomatrix (Arduino compatible expandable platform) Morgan 2010-06-06 | MondoMatrix is an exciting and easy to use open hardware platform for creative electronics enthusiasts of all kinds. The MondoMatrix platform is a modular system meaning that you can grow your project to make them bigger. The system is controlled by a main controller, the Displayduino controller featured in this video. The Displayduino Controller is much like the popular Arduino controller accept that the Displayduino controller can connect to MondoMatrix expansion boards and is able to control thousands of LED lights, servo motors, sounds and other electrical devices of all kinds. Find out more at: www.MondoMatrix.com
Morgan Rauscher on live BT Morgan 2010-05-22 | Zuegen is a good example of both the theoretical sensibilities I bring to my work and the technical skills I utilize. With Zeugen I am combine wood, acrylic, polymer and metal milling practices with machine vision software and creative electronics hardware in a single prototyping process. To build Zeugen I also used body casting, painting and mold making fine art practices. I also used mechatronics robotics practices. I used a wide variety of skills that I have learned throughout the years and combined them to make 32 motion-tracking human cast faces that have moving eyes for watching and tracking patrons' movements in the gallery space.
Augmented reality brain wave and mind altering sound & light machine Morgan 2010-02-01 | For more information please visit www.MorganRauscher.com
Augmented sound and light machine mind glasses by Morgan Rauscher Morgan 2009-11-26 | Morgan Rauscher is an interactive and immersive media artist specializing in creative electronic artwork. For more information visit www.morganrauscher.com
Face recognition and motion tracking interactive robotic art by Morgan Rauscher Morgan 2009-11-26 | Morgan Rauscher is an interactive new media artist working with 'sensations' and human computer immersive media interfaces. Zeugen is a robotic (cybernetic) artwork controlling 32 motion-tracking human cast faces that have moving eyes for watching and tracking patrons' movements in the gallery space.
Morgan Rauscher @ McMaster University 2009 Morgan 2009-11-23 | Morgan Rauscher is an interactive new media artist building new human computer interfacing with immersive and biofeedback creative electronic art. This talk a part of a the McMaster University Artist Lecture Series in the fall of 2009. For more information visit www.morganrauscher.com
❝Zeugen V1❝ - SHORT Morgan 2009-07-08 | "Zeugen" is a robotic (cybernetic) artwork controlling 32 motion tracking human cast faces that have moving eyes for watching and tracking patrons movements in the gallery space.
Morgan Rauscher @ Emily Carr University 2009 Morgan 2009-05-26 | Morgan Rauscher is an interactive media artist building new human computer interfacing with immersive and biofeedback creative electronic art. This talk was given as a part of a symposium held by the graduate research class of Emily Carr University in the spring of 2009. The course was led by Joy James and Glen Lowry of ECU.
