Drive Project http://blog.driveproject.com/ en Copyright 2007 Tue, 01 May 2007 13:10:58 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Got a Gold Big news.
The project just was awarded a "GOLD WINNER" in the Horizon Interactive Awards 2007 in the Public Service Category.

HORIZON INTERACTIVE AWARDS

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2007/05/got_a_gold.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2007/05/got_a_gold.html New Orleans 2006 Tue, 01 May 2007 13:10:58 -0500 Support from the Ether Media Temple just re-established a new structure called grid-server. In the transition they encountered some hic-ups with things like Urchin Statistics. I have been un-able to track traffic. BUT NOW!!! they fixed it and it was nice to see some links to my project.
GRIDSKIPPER is a really cool site.
GLOWLAB is a cool site that has linked me. They put on an event call CONFLUX: the annual NYC festival for contemporary psychogeography where international artists, technologists, urban adventurers and the public put investigations of everyday city life into practice on the streets.
I have been getting hits from these folks: INTERNEOX South American TV show? Maybe Brazil? dunno. Thanks for the traffic.

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2007/01/support_from_the_ether.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2007/01/support_from_the_ether.html New Orleans 2006 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:56:17 -0500 RHIZOME dot ORG At the beginning of the year, I submitted my first drive project to the RHIZOME community for inclusion in their archive called Art Base.
I am very proud to announce that they have accepted the 2005 DRIVE PROJECT

See the Drive Project link at RHIZOME here:

ARTBASE

Thank you.

Rhizome is an online community of digital art people. This includes performances, installations, net art and the likes. It is a cool place to be. I was turned on to it years ago by my friend Curt Cloninger. Curt is an "unofficial" net art historian and "offical" net artist. You can see his projects at Playdamage and Deep Young Etherial

I have been friends with Curt for many years and I love the guy.

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/12/rhizome_dot_org.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/12/rhizome_dot_org.html Original Drive 2005 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:37:10 -0500 YouTube + Drive Project I finally got some images into video format...
and upload them to youtube.
YEAH!!!!

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/11/youtube_drive_project.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/11/youtube_drive_project.html New Orleans 2006 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:21:42 -0500 SXSW Web Awards 2007 It is that time of year again, time for your submissions to the SXSW (South by South West) Interactive web awards. This is a great conference with amazing representation from the interactive community. I was in attendance last year and my project was a finalist in the "Art" Category Drive Project :: 2005. I was honored to be a finalist. It seemed impossible to win against major agencies none the less encouraging to know I was up there with heavy hitters. FINALISTS 2006

This year you should submit your stuff. SXSW Web Awards Entry Form. It is only $25 and needs to be done by December 15, 2006. Get on with your bad self!

Also, another thing to add is that this years web awards ceremony will be hosted by ZeFrank. This is a good thing. Last years show was kind of a bummer. Lots of hype and little fireworks. Z should add the right amount of humor to the mix since he has a clue about the internet.

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/11/sxsw_web_awards.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/11/sxsw_web_awards.html Original Drive 2005 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:52:53 -0500 First Response The project has been up for 9 days now and there is a great flow of interest and response. The two organizations that I plan on sending proceeds from the sale of the posters and books both wrote beautiful messages of praise. It makes me feel really happy. They are Karen Kern and Steve Sweet. I emailed various arts organizations Arts Council of New Orelans before leaving stating my project objectives and asked if I could meet them. Karen quickly responded with invites to meet at a party of artist friends in the French Quarter. Then she introduced me to Steve Sweet of Historic New Orleans Collection. Steve invited me to see a current exhibition on a monday that they were closed. It was a personal tour of an amazing show of artifacts from Katrina "CITY OF HOPE". Very impressive presentation of work.

My conversaton with Steve Sweet covered media and the web. He wanted to create a Wiki for New Orleans but did not have the resourses to start one. He believed it was an important opportunity for the Re-Development of the city. I was able to contact a colleague of mine at RIT, Amit Ray who does research on WIKI's. He emailed Jimbo Wales at Wikipedia and asked if they can create a WikiCommunity for New Orleans. Within the hour, the answer was yes. Soon they will launch the web site. This alone made me feel really well.

I am curious where this project is going to go. It is important to remember, IT IS NOT OVER. It is only out of the news. My hope is that DRIVE PROJECT :: NEW ORLEANS helps its viewers understand this american city needs them.

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/10/first_repsonse.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/10/first_repsonse.html New Orleans 2006 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:51:23 -0500 The Silent Launch October 14th was my target date to go live with the new project.

The date was self prescribe, it was my mothers birthday. It was my way of saying "HEY, Look what I made". Something a bit different than the images I would draw for the refridgerator or returning home covered with mud after building "nothing". I hope she is proud of where I am after 35 years.

There are still a few minor things to resolve. One is a preloader for the images and the external files. Pretty important in order to enhance the experience and there will be a comment section.

SHOUT OUTS!!!!

KEN SLATER
I want to let you know that the majority of the programming was completed by a recent graduate of the RIT Graphic Design program, Ken Slater. Ken has given the project %1,000. I a very grateful for his committment to the project. Without him, ya'll would not be seeing this thing until January 2007. Also, Ken was hired last week by Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder, CO. It is a great position. I wish him the best of luck and hope he gets there before next friday.

ROBIN CASS
Robin is my girlfriend. She has taken great care of me in the duration of the project. She has helped me keep focus and dedication in seeing this thing through. Her effort has been in the capacity of engineer of the Roof top photo box conversion, nutritionist, travel planner, dog sitter, spiritual advisor...

NIKON PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
I pitched the project to them and asked if I could "borrow" equiptment. They recognized my committment and the possilbities of the the project. I am grateful for their support and consideration. I hope they are proud of my achievement.

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/10/the_silent_launch.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/10/the_silent_launch.html New Orleans 2006 Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:22:51 -0500 Drive Project Lulu Book I have been working on this book for sometime. All the images are from the 5 days I spent in New Orleans. There are spreads that represent a minute of my drive are round various neighborhoods. Each Neighborhood has 2 spreads, 12 images on left and a detail of one on the right.
There are 48 pages plus the cover. Full color. 7.5 x 7.5 inches.
I am really excited about the final product.

+++BUY DRIVE PROJECT BOOK HERE +++

The book is $18.00
Proceeds from the sales go to:
Arts council of New Orleans
and
Historic New Orleans Collection

I hope you get one.

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/10/drive_project_lulu_book.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/10/drive_project_lulu_book.html New Orleans 2006 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:37:20 -0500 DP NOLA Poster I have been caught up in school starting and blah blah blah. Though I have been extremely productive.
In the past weeks I have designed, programmed (with help from ken) and color corrected over 8,000 images. I am looking forward to launch date. October 14th.

The printed material is going extremely well. I have made a book to promote the project that can be purchased on LULU. It is super cool.
Then there is the poster that will go to press tomorrow:

and


The plan is to sell this two sided poster for $5.00. Proceeds from the sales will go to the Arts Council of New Orleans and Historic New Orleans Collection. Please buy many!!!

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/09/poster.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/09/poster.html New Orleans 2006 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:35:46 -0500 Overlay :: the drive in nola

I have converted my GPS tracks to a line drawing and overlapped it on a satellite image of the city. It kinda lines up. Just fussing. There are tons of possibilities with this vector line.
I'm the red!

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/08/overlay_the_drive_in_nola.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/08/overlay_the_drive_in_nola.html New Orleans 2006 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:22:40 -0500 NOLA :: Gentilly Neighborhood It was a brilliant morning. The sky was bright and clouds poofy. Lots of people out working in this part of town for a saturday morning. Here are a few images that give some context to the condition the entire area is looking like one year after Katrina.






Tomorrow, I go to the Ninth Ward.

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/08/nola_gentilly_neighborhood.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/08/nola_gentilly_neighborhood.html New Orleans 2006 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:39:55 -0500 New Orleans :: The eagle has landed After three days on the road, I finally made it to NOLA. I am extremely excited and at the same time freaked out. This place has some serious holes in it.
Last night I stayed with a friend, Lori Reed - Reed Design. I set off across the worlds longest bridge, heading south into the city. I started on River Road and worked my way east toward Magazine Street. I just a few blocks you can already see recovery in action. Heading into the city I targeted the French Quarter to locate my hotel. It looks fine. Some work being done but nothing crazy. They did not take on much if any water.
Then I jumped on Esplanade Street north into City Park where the New Orelans Museum of Art is located. Now, it took on some water. The park was over grown and empty. The museum was open and looked great. They have a show of photographs from Katrina. Very beautiful and disturbing. You can not possibly comprehend what happend here. The images are honest representations of a horrific experience.
With the charge of adrenaline, I set off towards the lake on the west side of the park. That is when It all began... the neighborhoods were damaged. The good thing was all the workers. The bad thing was it was only at one or two houses per street. I then made it around the top of the park and headed down the east side. Same thing, some workers but mostly abandoned homes.
Tomorrow I will get up early to photograph... which neighborhood??? Will figure that out tonight.
Here are three images from the 2000+:





]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/08/new_orleans_the_eagle_has_land.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/08/new_orleans_the_eagle_has_land.html New Orleans 2006 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:47:53 -0500 NIkon D2X and ME with a hole in the roof of my car. I was honored by Nikon the borrowing of 2 Nikon D2x for the trip to New Orleans.
What I have found is that you can connect "2" cameras to the computer but firing them in Sync... you can not. Unless you manually set the to fire using a timelapse mode in the camera.
I am not the expert here... but you would think you could hack this to make it work.
Now I am choosing to use only one camera for the trip.
It will be mounted in the Roof top carrier that I will cool through a connection between the "moon roof" and a whole in the bottom of the carrier. The connection between the space will be insulation foam (1.5 inchest thick x 2) with a hole cut into it that matches the one in the carrier. I'll send pics when done.
This whole will be used to run extension cords and a USB cable to the camera.
At night I can disconnect the cords and close the moon roof.
This is tonights project.

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/08/nikon_d2x_and_me_with_a_hole_i.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/08/nikon_d2x_and_me_with_a_hole_i.html Process Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:07:20 -0500 Road Trip :: Top 5 :: World Cafe :: August 4th It was a Joy to get an email from David Dye of WXPN's World Cafe.
They picked my top 5 songs about "road trip" to kick of my road trip to New Orleans.
David asked about my project and where I teach (RIT).
It is a nice plug for drive project!

Here they are:
|1| Willin - Steve Earle version from Sidetracks
|2| Next Best Western - Richard Shindell from Live Courier
|3| Ive Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash from Unchained
|4| Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams from Car Wheels...
|5| Drive My Car - The Donnas Version from This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles Rubber Soul


You can listen to the World Cafe on WXPN's at 2:00 p.m. (EST) or on WNCW at 7:00 p.m. (EST)
Friday, August 4th, 2006

Hope you enjoy the set!

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/07/road_trip_top_5.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/07/road_trip_top_5.html New Orleans 2006 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:02:18 -0500 New Orleans :: Drive Project :: Logo
I am finishing up the logo for this project.
The plan is to make physical prints using wood cut or glass plates.
It will be 4 colors: Lite Violet, White, Red, Gold/Yellow.
Paper will be chipboard.

It is inspired by tattoos and Hatch Show Prints (thanks, Jim)

]]> http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/07/new_orleans_drive_project_logo_1.html http://blog.driveproject.com/2006/07/new_orleans_drive_project_logo_1.html New Orleans 2006 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:15:19 -0500