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Just a quick update on the MnstriOSCTools plugin for Quartz Composer. Should not conflict anymore with any other plugin or application that uses the VVOSC framework. So should also fix any issues people were having with VDMX and the Animata Plugins. Download. Or check the Software page. Source Code on Github. Read More

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Here is the first step of a new project I’m working on. I often teach electronics to people who have no previous experience and there are always the same problems. How do you explain how electricity works so that it’s understandable, but also so that you don’t simplify it too much? How to get the [...] Read More

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I will be doing a QC workshop as a part of the Creative Coding for Live Visuals workshops during the AAVE/Pixelache Festival in April. See more information and the call for participation from the Pixelache website. VISUAL PROGRAMMING USING QUARTZ COMPOSER, SYPHON When: 12 – 13.04.2013 (Friday, Saturday) Time: 16:00-21:00, 10:00-15:00 Where: Aalto FabLab In [...] Read More

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Rupriikki Media Museum opened their new exhibition Jokapäiväinen mediamme (Our Daily Media) on October 4, 2012. For the past year, I’ve been working on three interactive installations for the exhibition. The approach for designing the installations was Media Archaeological or Interface Archaeological. We used old technologies and interfaces – such as the telegraph, analog photography, rotary dial telephones [...] Read More

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Another installation still running this week! Vieraat jutut was made with Pasi Rauhala as a project for the Art Goes Kapakka festival. It’s an interactive installation where we set up two old rotary phones in different tables of the restaurant. You pick up one phone and the other starts ringing, and then you just wait for [...] Read More

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Äänimuseo [Sound Museum] is an interactive sound installation that was created for the Koukkuniemi Home for the Elderly in spring 2011. It is a tool that allows the people living in Koukkuniemi to reminisce and share their memories with the help of auditory and haptic cues. All photographs on this page are by Antti Sompinmäki [...] Read More

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Race Code is running this week at the Lasipalatsi Square in Helsinki (projection on the wall next to the mbar terrace). It’s part of the Media Facades program at Helsingin Juhlaviikot. More information here: http://www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi/en/tapahtuma/media-facades-3/ The opening was yesterday at the Night of the Arts. Forgot my camera so no pics except a crappy iPhone shot [...] Read More

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I haven’t updated the site in a looong time. Not sure if anyone is reading this anymore… A lot of things have happened both professionally and personally and I’ll try to post something more as soon as possible. Most importantly, I wanted to post something about The Race Code. An installation I made together with [...] Read More

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I was messing around with Quartz Composer and Kinect yesterday. I started to make a drum machine, but something went horribly wrong and this came out. Evil Super Snakes are attacking the world (or perhaps a plane?) and you must try to destroy them. Read More

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Now you can get your daily Arduino and sensor fix from me, your friendly neighborhood pusher man! Månsteri Store is a place where you can get Arduino boards in its many varieties, sensors, basic electronic components, prototyping tools and much much more for your interactive art projects. Currently, I have distribution agreements with Arduino and [...] Read More