A CRACK
IN THE
HOURGLASS
at Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s studio, Antimodular
Research. I am the executive producer of POP
Montreal International Music Festival with a
background in visual and media arts. In short, we
are a family of creative innovators, and were well
equipped to face the pandemic.
EMBROIDERY ENGINE
Our third-floor urban Montreal apartment
became a laboratory, a studio, a space for
dreaming, experimenting, and weathering the
storm together. We found that coming up with
DIY creative projects that responded to the global
crisis gave us a sense of control over the situation
and we wanted to contribute to efforts being
made within our community. When there was a
mask shortage, our daughters Thea and Odessa
(11 and 10 at the time) began sewing masks for
friends in the community and trying to come up
with ways to personalize them (Figure
A
).
At the same time Stephan was following
an initiative led by Golan Levin from The
Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), to create
PEmbroider, an open source Processing library
for computerized embroidery machines (github.
com/CreativeInquiry/PEmbroider). There was
a call for beta testers, and Stephan jumped at
the occasion, convincing the rest of us that the
best way to personalize our masks was to make
custom-made embroidery designs.
We purchased a low-end Janome MC230E
15
make.co
JENNIFER DORNER is
executive producer of POP Montreal
International Music Festival and a
board member of the Canada Council
for the Arts. She enjoys working on
creative projects with her two children
that engage with the local community.
STEPHAN SCHULZ immigrated
in 2007 from Berlin to Montreal,
where he has since worked as the
head of research and development at
the media art studio of artist Rafael
Lozano-Hemmer.stephanschulz.ca
Antimodular Research; Jennifer Dorner
MATERIALS
» Hourglass sand
» Glass vessel
» AxiDraw SE/A3 plotter
shop.evilmadscientist.com
» Teensy 3.2 microcontroller pjrc.com
» Anti-static polyurethane tubing, ID ¼", OD
3/8" McMaster-Carr 5790K24, mcmaster.com
» Custom 3D-printed nozzle
» Black cardboard, 32"×40"x1.25mm thick
Peterboro Black Core mat board
» Linear actuator, 2"/50mm stroke, DC 12V
AliExpress 1915825523
» Motor driver board, VNH5019 Pololu 1451,
pololu.com
» USB cameras: Kurokesu C1 Micro M12 (1)
and C920 (1) kurokesu.com
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