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News Sept 2009 |
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Owl Project and Ed Carter's 'FLOW' wins London 2012 Cultural Olympiad
commission.
Arts Council England and London 2012 announced
that artists' collective Owl Project, and north
east based producer and musician Ed Carter have
been selected as the north east winner of a £500,000
commission for Artists taking the lead, one of
the major projects for the London 2012 Cultural
Olympiad. More...

FLOW is an environmentally sustainable floating water-wheel and interactive
artspace on the River Tyne. A floating millhouse alongside the water-wheel
will contain a range of sensors, combining traditional and new technologies
to monitor key environmental details, including water temperature and speed,
salinity, and pollution. FLOW is in effect a musical instrument, powered by
the tidal river and manipulated by the audience.
http://www.artiststakingthelead.org.uk/northeast
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Finally we finish Philip Jeck's iLog !
Philip played with us during the recent Night of the Owl. As he played on his birthday we decided to make him this variation on the iLog rustle. It has a line input rather than a mic input and an external trigger switch so it can be played in sync with a turntable.
Philip said that he preferred wooden buttons
to plastic, so we also developed some new
wooden buttons based around tactile switches.
We are so pleased with the results that
they may become a new standard in all iLogs
and m-Logs. Have a watch of its final test.
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Owl
Project feature in December issue of Wire
magazine!
Antony & The
Johnsons: Alan Licht uncovers the singer’s
interest in paradise and Japanese Butoh dance,
and his former dreams of creating a progressive
cabaret in New York. Plus Florian Hecker, Radio
Ballads, West African psychedelia, The Band
Of Holy Joy's Invisible Jukebox, Graveyards,
Noodles, Bettina Köster, Goodiepal, Jonny
Trunk and Owl Project..
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iLogs
feature in 'Digital by Design'
In "Digital by Design", Troika presents the most exciting smart objects
and their designers who push the boundaries of interactive technology
and intelligent design, creating new
realms
of experience, customization and beauty
for
consumers
increasingly looking for products that are much more than mere tools
.Hardback 304 pages,
Thames & Hudson Ltd ISBN: 9780500514382
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 It’s
the small log with one very big idea: noise.
Now the world’s most popular wood based noise
generator / player lets you enjoy, glitch electronica,
noise,
and even the sound of light. The larger,even
more wooden display means amazing grain quality.
In
five eye-catching wood types, iLog rustle is
stunning all around.
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FAQs |
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Are they real?
Yes.
Sometimes during a performance I can smell burning
plastic, what is this and is there something to worry about?
As long as it’s coming from the Log1k its
probably ok, if it is coming from the speakers, simply
turn down the volume, if there are flames unplug the Log1k immediately!
Not only will this damage the speakers, it may effect
the performance of the Log1k. Also the wooden components
are sensitive to flames

The original Log1k
If the smell comes from the insides of the Log1k this
will be the 1.5 v batteries used for the beat switches,
the effect produce by short circuiting the battery
is a huge boom on the PA, however - the battery also
heats up and eventually melts the casing, the result
being molten plastic and fumes. Try and keep performances
to less than 30 minutes and remove batteries from the
device afterwards.

My Log1k has
scuffed woodwork on the
outside, how can I remedy
this?
We recommend a pine coloured filler for large scuffs,
followed by an application of fine sand paper, finish
with teak oil and polish.
I plugged my Log1k in and no sound
came out, what is wrong?
Yes this happens quite often, I'm afraid. There might
be a bad solder in there, or a loose connection. Lift
up the lid and check through. If you are in the middle
of a performance you might have to improvise with an
iLog for a while.
The
contact switches seem to have little effect
when I use them how can I get more effect from
these?
Try wetting your fingers for greater electrical conductivity,
this can increase the effects by up to 90 percent.
Dry fingers will not work!

My Log1k falls over when I lift
up the lid, it doesn't seem to stand up
at all!
Don't worry, this is a fault of the early designs;
you will find inside the case a strap to fix to the
front of the table with a clamp, this will stop it
rolling over. On the later models there is a bar which
bolts through the back of the lid. Sometimes I prop
it up with a screw driver. This has a habit of falling
over mid performance if you start to move to the beat
too much.

When I boot up the Log1k the screen
appears to remain blank - is there a problem?
No this is normal. It should have a uniform glow throughout;
be sure this is kept clean and free from dust to ensure
optimum performance.
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Shows
and performance 2008/9 |
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m-Log presentation at ISEA
>> 27th August 2009
See ISEA site for info..
m-Log and iLog performance
>> 28th August.
Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) Belfast, Friday evening
Owl Project win BOMA prize.
>> 23rd July, Exhibition 24th July - 20th September 2009
URBIS, Manchester. http://www.urbis.org.uk
m-Log workshop
>> 25th,25th,26th Sep
at Space Studios, London www.spacestudios.org.uk
with presentation from Leaf Cutter John! Contact us for
details.
See the latest mlogs and documentation of the workshop..
FON. Barrow-in-Furness
>> 23rd / 24th October 2009
The Canteen Media and Arts Centre will present F.O.N
a
new international festival
of contemporary music and sound art.
www.fonfestival.org
Les Urbaines, Lausanne, Switzerland.
>> December 4, 5 and 6, 2009.
A festival of emerging arts, focused on innovative, multi-disciplinary
and
cutting edge propositions by contemporary artists.
www.urbaines.ch
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