I’ve promised to post this to a few people over the last few months, but somehow never got around to it. But here it is: My blogroll.

I use Google Reader to follow about 80 feeds, which seems managable except for during very busy periods. The blogs I read cover design, art and architecture, as well as some technical subjects. Not surprisingly, the focus is towards computational work, but I also follow some more general interest design and art blogs.

This list was generated by exporting my feed subscriptions as an OPML file, then writing a quick Processing hack to output it as HTML. For those who want the actual OPML file for easy importing, here it is: mariuswatz_bloglist_070213.opml.

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Illuminations 1.1 at Club Transmediale

Illuminations 1.1 is a new version of the Illuminations piece I created for the AV.06 festival in Newcastle. It has only been shown once, and so it seemed like a good starting point when Jan Rohlf from Club Transmediale asked me to do the graphics for the festival’s printed materials.

First I tweaked the system, changing the color scheme and modifying parameter presets. Then I used Processing’s PDF output to generate one hundred vector originals for free use by the festival designers (Tine Gundelach & Chrish Klose). Daniel Shiffman’s Moviemaker library was used to generate prerendered videos for use on monitors.

Finally the system was updated for realtime projection using a dual-screen setup (2048×768 resolution, OpenGL). The projection setup at Maria am Ostbahnhof is impressive, featuring 12 projectors covering the entire main hall. The piece was shown running for two nights, except when the performing acts had their own video.

See more documentation on Unlekker (including animation) and Flickr.