Thanks so much to everyone who chipped in -- be it a little or a lot -- to help the Fuse Factory in its first fundraising effort to create a public work of art. The creation performance of this massive luminated artwork will be a part of the Short North's "Al Fresco" public art day on August 16th. The Short North Business Association has generously raised the other half of the funding needed to purchase enough LED's to cover a large magnetic board with throwies.

We'll leave the piece up until all the batteries die out. :)

FREE Processing Geek-Out Party - this Saturday, July 12th - 1-4 PM

Junctionview Studios has graciously offered space for a bunch of nerds to get together and study Processing! [Open Source code language for graphics]

Geek out parties are intended for people to further their knowledge of a set technology, technique or programming language. It's an opportunity to get to know other people with similar interests and work the kinks out of your own projects.

It's BYOC -- bring your own computer...

Junctionview Studios is at 889 Williams Avenue, Columbus OH.

Last night Jennifer Deafenbaugh, the interactive artist behind the Itty-Bitty Studio, showed her first piece of public interactive art. The piece is called "twoTone();." It uses web cameras and a homemade, real-time video filter to allow the user to manipulate the colors and shapes of a halftone-like pattern that is projected on the screen. Passers-by influence the piece whether they know it or not, and are encouraged to experiment with their own motion and image.

Learn Processing with The Fuse Factory!

On July 26th, The Fuse Factory is hosting a workshop on Processing (an open-source interactive & design language) at Junctionview Studios! (889 Williams Ave. Columbus, Ohio)... If you're new to it, check out http://processing.org/.

All you need is fifteen bucks and a laptop that has wireless enabled.

This is a great way to get started in making digital fine art, data visualization and motion graphics.

If that seems a little over your head, don't worry! We'll help make sure you understand it.

After years of having to travel to other cities for years to survive the mission of making a film in only two days, the wait is over. Columbus FINALLY has its own 48 Hour Film Project scheduled! Special Thanks to KC Allen for putting it together for this city!

If you're a little crazy, have a camera, some editing equipment, and don't mind missing a weekend's sleep with your buddies -- or you have the will to join a team of people you don't know for the sake of doing it -- you should participate!

Suzan Nocella, Independent Beauty Consultant, mentor and future sales director of Mary Kay Cosmetics has graciously donated hundreds of makeup samples to the Itty-Bitty Studio. The samples are to be used for low budget filmmaking, theater and arts events and are available upon request.

The Itty-Bitty Studio's initiative to create an accessible workspace for people interested in film, animation and new media is finally taking off! Space will be purchased in the next few months, and there will be a good degree of renovation and work to get it to the point that it can be used.

The Fuse Factory, purveyors of all things digital, creative and unique, is hosting a robotics workshop.

They'll be focusing on Arduino -- an open-source robotics platform -- at the Sporeprint Info Shop on June 14, 2008. While the workshop is full, they'll be doing it again soon, so if you're interested in learning how to build robots, contact info@thefusefactory.org and check their site out -- www.thefusefactory.org.