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Two Works by J.S. Everington: CELLULAR RESONANCE and OBSCURA
Home: Oregon
Enjoy this presentation of 2 of the early (1920-30) works of obscure ORE. City inventor J.S. Everington. Cellular Resonance investigates the earliest stages of electrochemical life. Obscura observes and reports on the invisible energy of the Aether. Sponsored in part by the Portland Natural History Museum. Cellular Resonance features a two-sided cabinet, with each side displaying a 10" x 50" LED Matrix Panel array powered by a Teensyduino 4.0 with SmartMatrix Shield, running a heavily modified "game of life" code. The code follows the rules set by the game, and with "cellular life" blooming, growing and dying back until it reaches either a time limit or a place where no more change is possible, at which point it cycles anew. Obscura is also two sided, but requires two "subjects" to place their heads inside an opening on each end to view the display. Inside Obscura is a Teensyduino 4.1 with SmartMatrix Shield running a heavily modified version of the Animartix generative art code base
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Artist Andy Batt, with his co-artists Bob Thompson & Jesse Brandeburg, brings two creations originally made for the Portland Winter Light Festival. Both are rooted in steadfastly vintage "analog" style appropriate their 1930s backstories. Both pieces are powered by Teensyduinos, LEDs and visual alterations to maintain the analog illusion. The heart of each piece is the use of generative code to create an everchanging pattern — each moment is a new creation spurred on by lines of code and by the observers.
