Apologies for x-posting:

I am pleased to share with you the latest interactive audio-visual art installation commissioned by the Ballston BID in Arlington, VA. Below is general info. You can already find some photos online using the #BallstonCloud hashtag, including ones posted on:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152659460131066&set=pcb.101526...

For those interested in the tech side of things, 50 Raspberry Pis are running pd-l2ork and are powered via single USB cable, while powering three 80mA LEDs, three photoresistors, one mic and one 4W speaker (amplified via RPi's USB port). RPi uses a small USB soundcard and a Modern Device shield which is supported out-of-box via pd-l2ork to provide 10 digital I/Os (with PWM), and 8 analog inputs (via MCP3008).

Professors Ivica Ico Bukvic and Aki Ishida are excited to announce the public opening of our newest collaborative installation /Cloud/. The first weekend in October, a constellation of fifty light- and sound-emitting /cloudlets/ that make up the /Cloud/ will fill the central space of Welburn Square in Ballston, Virginia. This networked artwork is an interactive project, built and programmed in community workshops led by the artist team. After it is placed in the square, it will take on a life of its own as the /cloudlets/ communicate with each other and its environment by exchanging messages of light and sound. Come immerse yourselves in the /Cloud/ http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ballstonbid.com%2Fart-projects%2Fcloud!

_Between Thursday, October 2 and Saturday, October 4_, the /Cloud/ will be at Welburn Square, 901 N Taylor St, Arlington, VA Map http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2FWelburn%2BSquare%2F%4038.881245%2C-77.11202%2C15z%2Fdata%3D%214m2%213m1%211s0x0%3A0x4994298300ee99e0%3Fsa%3DX%26ei%3DhNwoVJaRHYqMyATRi4GQCg%26ved%3D0CHMQ_BIwCw

Come participate in the Raspberry Pi programming and Cloudlet placing community workshop on Thursday October 2 from 9am to 5pm (seehere http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ballstonbid.com%2Fart-projects%2Fcloud to sign up for remaining spots in the workshop). Stay for the Farmers Market and Oktoberfest also in the square from 3 to 7pm.

Come immerse yourself in the Cloud after 5pm on Thursday, October 2 until the morning of Saturday, October 4. Light is best seen at night, but the sound can be heard anytime.

_From Saturday afternoon, October 4 until October 31,_the Cloud will be moved to the lobby of Virginia Tech National Capital Region building, 900 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VAMap http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2F900%2BN%2BGlebe%2BRd%2C%2BArlington%2C%2BVA%2B22203%2F%4038.8802476%2C-77.1144115%2C17z%2Fdata%3D%213m1%214b1%214m2%213m1%211s0x89b7b43b49b3f17f%3A0xa1532880b22e54d3

Design Co-Directors: Ivica Ico Bukvic, Associate Professor of Music Technology

Aki Ishida, Assistant Professor of Architecture

Architecture undergraduate students:

Suzanne Berry, Ciara Bucci, Hyun-Jun Cho, Corey Crist, Luke Dale, Zihan Hafiz, Zichun Huang, Christina LoConte, Runyu Ma, Siyu Zhang, Ge Zhou

Computer Science undergraduate student: Omavi Walker

Engineering Science and Mechanics undergraduate student: Zachary Miller

Computer Science PhD student: Spencer Lee

The project is funded byBallston Business Improvement District http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ballstonbid.com%2F;Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.icat.vt.edu%2F at VA Tech; Institute for Society, Culture and Environment http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.isce.vt.edu%2F at VA Tech;http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncr.vt.edu%2FArlington%2FVA Tech Research Center Arlington http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncr.vt.edu%2FArlington%2F; College of Architecture + Urban Studieshttp://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.caus.vt.edu%2Fat VA Tech;College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clahs.vt.edu%2F at VA Tech; Information Technology http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.it.vt.edu at VA Tech; School of Performing Arts http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36883755&msgid=347875&act=X0IQ&c=819871&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhttp%2F%2Fwww.performingarts.vt.edu at VA Tech.

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Best,