Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 25 minutes ago
Rob Ray is an artist and Associate Professor of Design at California State University, San Bernardino, where he is currently researching the intersections of site-specific mixed-reality technologies and experimental documentary storytelling. He is also a DJ at KDZU, a fictional real radio station possibly based in Goldfield, Nevada. Rob was previously a lead designer for ProtoSpace, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s mixed-reality collaboration platform. Rob has also worked as a technical experience designer building mobile interfaces for Electronic Arts and Industrial Toys. From 1999 to 2008, Rob was the founding curator of the DEADTECH, a proto-hackerspace and electronic arts center in Chicago, IL.
Rob's Links:
post.lurk.org/@shimmeringtrashpile
youtube.com/@shimmeringtrashpile
shimmeringtrashpile.com
kdzu.org
robray.net
TOOLS:
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Chessex dice set: https://store.chessex.com:11552/IW_Products.m4p.pvx?;products_no_tree?company=chx
8:45 - Thrift stores: thethriftshopper.com
16:47 - Koala sampling app: koalasampler.com
22:34 - Open Library: openlibrary.org
29:10 - Antennaobscura: kdzu.org
For show notes and transcript visit: kk.org/cooltools/rob-ray-artist
To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
Rob Ray is an artist and Associate Professor of Design at California State University, San Bernardino, where he is currently researching the intersections of site-specific mixed-reality technologies and experimental documentary storytelling. He is also a DJ at KDZU, a fictional real radio station possibly based in Goldfield, Nevada. Rob was previously a lead designer for ProtoSpace, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s mixed-reality collaboration platform. Rob has also worked as a technical experience designer building mobile interfaces for Electronic Arts and Industrial Toys. From 1999 to 2008, Rob was the founding curator of the DEADTECH, a proto-hackerspace and electronic arts center in Chicago, IL.
Rob's Links:
post.lurk.org/@shimmeringtrashpile
youtube.com/@shimmeringtrashpile
shimmeringtrashpile.com
kdzu.org
robray.net
TOOLS:
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Chessex dice set: https://store.chessex.com:11552/IW_Products.m4p.pvx?;products_no_tree?company=chx
8:45 - Thrift stores: thethriftshopper.com
16:47 - Koala sampling app: koalasampler.com
22:34 - Open Library: openlibrary.org
29:10 - Antennaobscura: kdzu.org
For show notes and transcript visit: kk.org/cooltools/rob-ray-artist
To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
