Arduino Art
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Erin Lewis is an emerging Canadian artist who works in creative electronics, wearable technology, and sculpture/installation. She has a BFA in Integrated Media and Wearable Technology from OCADU. Her work has been shown internationally and she teaches wearable technology at OCADU and Interaccess Media Arts Centre.
Arduino Art
- 1. Erin Lewis is an emerging Canadian ar,st working in crea,ve electronics, wearable technology, and sculpture/ installa,on. She is a graduate of OCADU with a BFA in Integrated Media and Wearable Technology. Her work has been shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Ontario Science Centre, Discovery Channel Canada, Discovery.com, in the Toronto Star newspaper and various physical compu,ng websites. She teaches Wearable Technology in the Department of Con,nuing Studies at OCADU and at Interaccess Media Arts Centre, and works as a researcher at OCADU’s ‘Social Body Lab’. She has a par,cular fondness for data feeds, vegetables, and kiOens.
- 2. A quick peek at Arduino!
- 3. What is an Arduino? Arduino is an open-source microcontroller board designed to make the process of using electronics in multidisciplinary projects more accessible. What’s with the funny name? It’s an Italian male name!
- 4. What the Heck is a Microcontroller? A microcontroller is small computer on a single integrated circuit containing a processor core, memory, and programmable input/output peripherals. Microcontrollers make it easy to digitally control devices and processes with greater ease and less space than straight analog functionality.
- 5. An Arduino For Every Job
- 6. An Arduino For Every Job There are many different kinds of Arduinos to meet the varied needs of artists, designers and hobbiests. There are big Arduinos (Arduino Mega), small Arduinos (Arduino Mini), slim Arduinos (Arduino Fio), Sewable Arduinos (Lilypad Arduino) and standard Arduinos (Arduino Uno, Leonardo).
- 11. Ordinary Rotary Phone, sculpture, 2011
- 12. Northern Lights, sculpture, 2011
- 14. Vessel, sculpture, 2012
- 17. Blind Dreamers, felt hanging, 2012
- 18. The Woodpecker’s Shoes, sculpture, 2012
- 20. Stock Market Lingerie, Wearables, 2011
- 21. Kegel Organ, Wearables, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9DfHl9T8U
- 22. Xbee Pillow Talk, 2010