Inspired by the livecoding practice of Fredrik Olofsson and Click Nilson, I joined Alex McLean, Kassen Oud, Daniel Jones, Scott Hewitt and others in a pact to make and document something every day of September. We are using the tag 'hackpact'.

http://mndl.hu/hackpact

http://toplap.org/index.php/Hackpact

Multitouch technology has been recently bought into the spotlight by iPhone and Microsoft Surface, although the field has been researched since the '80's.

Using the multitouch wall of Kitchen Budapest we built a couple of simple audiovisual experiments.

The Reconfigurable House is an environment constructed from thousands of low tech components that can be "rewired" by visitors. The project is a critique of ubiquitous computing "smart homes", which are based on the idea that technology should be invisible to prevent DIY.

Nothing There is a dance performance utilizing real-time computer technology created in collaboration with The Symptomps dance troupe. The central theme of the performance is the clash between the reality principle and the truth principle. The anxiety generated by this conflict stays with us through our lives, poisoning our days in the guise of reality. It’s as if this paranoia were intended to force us to vest with meaning the random events of an ill-comprehended world and perceive the chaotic reality surrounding us as a subject-centric system that makes sense.

Reverse Shadow Theatre is an installation created with the Animata real-time animation editor.

Wayang Kulit is the indonesian shadow puppet theatre, in which finely carved and painted leather puppets move behind a screen making the audiance see their shadows only. In our installation the situation is reversed. The role of the elaborate puppets is emphasized, while the visitor is a mere shadow trying to control the puppets by her movements.

Animata is a real-time animation software, designed to create interactive background projections for concerts, theatre and dance performances, and promotional screenings.

The peculiarity of the software is that the animation – the movement of the puppets, the changes of the background – is generated in real-time, making continuous interaction possible.

Nextlab, Szövetség 39 and Be Light Ltd. realised the architects' vision of a reactive facade. We have developed our own lighting system with new solutions in form, aesthetics and technology. The lighting panels visually unite the two wings of the facade with different characteristics. Furthermore, the software-operated lights react to the noise level of the road creating a sound-responsive artwork governed by environmental effects.

Verba | Signa Popularia is a new media art installation for the Corvinus Univerity of Budapest, Hungary consisting a two storey high LED display visualising the e-mail flow of the university.

The continuously changing e-mail archive is processed using artificial intelligence technologies and language analysis. The collected information is depicted with special tools like the self-organizing map (SOM) and other visualisation applications to create and display a content-based dynamic visual map on the walls of the building.

Printing press and the spread of books made the acquisition of knowledge available to anyone. Marshall McLuhan's term, the Gutenberg galaxy, refers to a period of cultural history, in which the book as an information provider plays a significant role. Because of the development of new knowledge acquisition methods by means of the development of information technology, television and the Internet, sooner or later we reach an era when printed matter is no longer necessary.

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