TEAR / LOOM
dança corpo e desenho
1. PROJECT SUMMARY
Coredump is a web-controlled machine project, actualized on December 30th 2000 by Garnet Hertz in Saskatoon, Canada.
[Project: October 1997 - December 2000]
2. PROJECT TIMELINE
3. REFERENCE NOTES
4. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
1. PROJECT SUMMARY
In computer terminology, a coredump is the recorded state of the working memory of a computer program after a crash, where large amounts of raw, mangled data are "dumped" from memory. In digital terms, it is the refuse from a malfunction.
The "Coredump" project is a web-controlled physical machine built by Garnet Hertz between 1997 and 2000 that allows users around the world to remotely control a markmaking robot via a computer over the internet. Instead of the traditional dumping of memory from a malfunctioning computer program, it attempts to take random bits from users over the internet and dump them into physical space.
It is intended to investigate technology and the processes and nature of communicating over the internet and explore how distance impacts the "telematic" correlations between digital and physical realms. In this project, I strive to create a hybrid communication system that outputs physical movement based on the input of multiple individuals in diverse locations. Traces of users' interactions are left on the floor with a markmaking attachment to the robot.
The machine is built from DC motors with gear-down mechanisms, aluminum tubing, and small rubber casters. A drawing mechanism is attached to the device, and enables the machine to leave physical traces of the online interactions that are channeled through the telerobotic system.
The system exists of custom software components, a digital camera, a computer with web server software, a floor surface, and the "robot".
2. PROJECT TIMELINE
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DESCRIPTION |
1997 Nov |
1998 Mar |
INITIAL PROPOSAL AND DESIGN |
V2000 Apr |
2000 Nov |
X10 CONTROL COMPLETE Web". |
2000 Nov |
2000 Dec |
PUSH FOR COMPLETION The months of November and December 2000 saw a very concentrated daily effort into the project, |
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1997 Nov |
1998 Mar |
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V2000 Apr |
2000 Nov |
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2000 Nov |
2000 Dec |
Reference Notes
Quotes From Eduardo Kac's "Telepresence Art" [1993]
Quotes From Robert Jacobson's [Ed.] "Information Design" [2000]:
Concept Notes Of Garnet Hertz's [DEC 2000]:
Technical Description
Development Journal - Development history, changelog, etc [Updated 2001 JAN 03]
Control Interface Concept 1 - Direct UI reference to Kac/Bennet's "Ornitorrinco In Eden"
Control Interface Concept 2 - Blank
Control Interface Concept 3 - Blank
Control Interface Concept 4 - Dashes
Original Concept Proposal - November 1997
Control Interface Concept 1 - Direct UI reference to Kac/Bennet's "Ornitorrinco In Eden"
Control Interface Concept 2 - Blank
Control Interface Concept 3 - Blank
Control Interface Concept 4 - Dashes
Original Concept Proposal - November 1997
Garnet Hertz - www.conceptlab.com