IMAGES, INTERVIEWS AND INFORMATION

QR code tutorial

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:17:37 -0500

QR code linked to audio or video file

I encourage artists, designers and curators to use brief audio recordings - linked to QR codes - to give audiences an insight into the artwork they are viewing. This strategy can be used for wall texts (think museum audio guide), postcard invitations, outdoor plaques, etc.. The "5 minute takeouts" on this site are examples of brief audio statements that could be linked to QR codes.
A QR code is a special type of bar code that links the "real" or analog world of print (wall labels, magazine ads, signage, etc.) to the digital world of web-based information. A QR code is encoded with a URL - any URL - and then uses a scanner/reader on a smart phone to make the connection to that online address. Whatever is located at that address (a google map, Youtube video, audio file, image, pdf, etc.) gets delivered to the smart phone user.
Here's a brief "tutorial" on recording audio and linking the file to a QR code.
One simple way is to download the Soundcloud app to your smart phone.
http://soundcloud.com/mobile?ref=ipad (Cinch.fm and AudioBoo.fm are alternatives). This method allows you to record audio statements (best to keep them brief) on your phone and store those audio files on your own Soundcloud account - "in the cloud."
To link the files to QR codes is pretty simple. There are smartphone apps that can do that, but they usually require a lot of typing on the phone. I prefer to do it on my lap or desktop computer.
So, once you have your audio recorded and hosted:
1. Copy the URL of the file - whether on soundcloud.com or another host you might choose (including your own site, or www.archive.org or an institution's site)
2. Go to www.bitly.com (Google has a similar service) and paste the URL into the big window. If you create an account, you can customize the URL to something like "bitly.com/SantaCruzHarborAudio."
3. Click shorten/customize.
4. Copy the new URL and paste it into the navigation window (where you typed bitly.com previously)
5. Type ".qr" after the new URL and hit return.
6. Bitly will automatically create a QR code and open a new page displaying it. TEST THE CODE with whatever QR scanning app* you have on your phone, then download the graphic into a folder on your desktop - or somewhere handy.
7. Name the QR code file appropriately. (I generally save it as a gif file, since it's a hard-edge graphic) On a Mac, you can use the "annotations" tool in the "Preview" app to put the name right on the QR code. Resize, according to how you're going to use it. Generally it's best to print no smaller than 1-1/2 inches square. MANY QR codes are printed too small and don't work!
8. If you drag and drop the labelled code into a Word document, you can resize the first one to about 1.8" then copy and paste to get 9 on a sheet of paper (depending on how you set your margins). Then, you can print and slice them apart with a paper cutter.
Below is an example that points to an audio promotion for a web site.

This next one isn't linked to audio, but to the QRartguide.com site, optimized for mobile devices. If you're sending someone to a web site (rather than a simple audio file) with a QR code, make sure it's mobile optimized, not a big, complicated slow-loading flash site that's hard to navigate on a small screen.

*If you don't have a QR scanning app in your phone, I-Nigma works on Mac, Blackberry, Android, and Windows phones. Download info is here, but check compatibility before you download for your device.

5-minute interviews

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:32:22 -0500

PHILLIP ESTLUND on idealized beauty and decay

BUNNY YEAGER, The Best is Yet to Come

ONAJIDE SHABAKA at Dezer Schauhalle

NICOLE MARTINEZ on Limpieza at White Vinyl

PETER TUNNEY, I'm Busy for the Rest of My Life, I'm...

BERNICE STEINBAUM on Enrique Gomez de Molina

AIDA TEJADA on photographing mysteries of daily life

FAITH RINGGOLD on American People, Black Light

KIM YANTIS on study and work at Deering Estate

NUCIFER SAM on explaining science to lay folks

CHRIS OH on Here Lies Georges Wildenstein

SAMANTHA HOLMES on contemporary work in an old world

JUAN GRIEGO on Manuel Mendive at Art Miami

MARC FORNES on Labrys Frisae during Miami Art Week

FRANK HYDER on Square Foot Art Basel

JESSICA BARBER on painting industrial landscapes

JUAN HENRIQUEZ on painting with digital media

NICOLE MARTINEZ describes her working process

BRANDON OPALKA at Wynwood Art Fair

RUSS WARREN on the early influence of Picasso

MARCOS VALELLA on his path to the Miami Art Museum

LILLIAN SIZEMORE on the ancient Lod Mosaic

HALLIE HARRISBURG on Lee Krasner Mosaic

ADRIENNE VON LATES connects past & present at the Bass Museum

LUIS ALONSO BARKIGIA on Mundos Perfeitos

DINORAH de JESUS RODRIGUEZ on "old school" film animation

MARTIN CHEEK on looking outside your comfort zones

WOLF SENATUS on the Little Haiti Memorial Mural

VERONICA ESTRADA on the Little Haiti Memorial Mural

SERGE TOUSSAINT on the Little Haiti Memorial Mural

BAYUNGA KIALEUKA on the Little Haiti Memorial Mural

CHRIS PURDY on what's next for MLK Murals

NOELLE THEARD on Foto Konbit's photography workshop program

SONIA KING on discovering her passion for mosaic art

EMMA BIGGS on finding her voice in mosaics

GINA HUBLER on commissioned work

NAOMI WILZIG on collecting erotica

Curator ROGER WARD, on the Dale Chihuly ceiling at Norton Museum of Art

LAUREL TRUE on Community Murals

RANDY BURMAN at Artformz Gallery

ALETTE SIMMONS-JIMINEZ at Artformz Alternative Gallery

ERIC RATTAN on Wisconsin Sculpture Park

JESSICA WATSON residency at Rimbun Dahan

KEVIN ARROW on Cluster number 3 at Miami Art Museum

JAY ORE, Preparator - on hanging Leonardo Drew wall sculpture at Miami Art Museum

LYN WARREN on Les Yeux du Monde show

MARIAN SHAPIRO on Beneath and Lifescape

NANCY MILLS PIPGRAS on Mosaic Art Now

JOE TAYLOR on Clay Expectations exhibition

ROSIE GORDON WALLACE on painter, Jack Hopkins

MARK DIAMOND on his 3-D art presentations

Mosaic of Art on Blogtalkradio

Fri, 20 May 2011 14:42:50 -0400

Performance Artist PABLO CANO transforms antiques, junk and household items into vivacious, mysterious and provocative marionettes. Seven Wonders of the Modern World, is a collaboration with writer CARMEN PELAEZ and dancer/choreographer KATHERINE KRAMER, performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami (www.Mocanomi.org ). Here's an assortment of photos courtesy Shelley Gefter

The Mosaic of Art interview describes their collaborative process with images from a recent studio/home gallery visit and from the premiere. Pablo even talks about the origins of the term "marionette" (think, Virgin Mary).

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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:32:29 -0400

The Mosaic of Art show explores the making and distribution of visual art by talking with artists, curators, webmasters, dealers, coaches, publishers, about their creative processes. Through both formal and informal interviews (posted here on the site and broadcast on Sunday afternoons on Blogtalkradio), we engage the big themes: identity, memory, process, spirituality, etc. But we also talk about practical issues in an art professional's working life: tools and materials, organization, dealing with the business of making a living.

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Additional informal interviews are collected on my Cinch page.

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recent show archive

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:25:00 -0400

#22 LYNNE CHINN, Mosaic Artist

#23 Nov 14. MIKE KUROKAWA, BROOK DORSCH, MARTA & DAVE DUNN, GUADALUPE RAMOS, PABLO RICATTI, HELEN BODYCOMB

#24 Nov 21. RANDY BURMAN, GEORGES METELLUS and LAUREL TRUE

# 25 - Nov 28. World Erotic Art Museum

#26 Dec 5. Norton Museum; Gina Hubler

#27 Sunday broadcast Dec 5 (play this episode)

#28 Sunday broadcast - Dec. 26 (play this episode)

#29 Sunday broadcast. Jan. 2, 2011

#30 Sunday broadcast. Jan. 9, 2011 (play this episode)

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#31 Sunday Broadcast Jan. 16, 2011 (play this episode)

#33 Sunday broadcast; Jan 30, 2011 (play this show)

#34 Sunday broadcast; Feb. 6, 2011

#35 Sunday broadcast; Feb. 13, 2011

#36 Sunday broadcast; Feb 27, 2011

#37 Sunday broadcast; March 6, 2011

#38 Sunday broadcast; March 13, 2011

#39 Sunday broadcast; April 3, 2011

#40 Sunday broadcast; HELD OVER

#41 Sunday broadcast

#42 Sunday broadcast

#43 Sunday broadcast - May 22, 2011

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Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:37:31 -0400

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