Experiments in media, systems, and learning

Critical inquiry × hands-on digital practice

build → perform (play, test, break) → document → iterate — the lab runs the full chain.

Systems-first means technical and ethical layers stay legible, consent-forward, and ready for others to audit, remix, and deploy as civic instruments.

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What’s on the bench

  • Now: MN42 v0.2 latency lab — measuring feel before we publish the claim.
  • Next: Human Buffer consent gate refactor with clearer assumption ledger callouts.
  • Proofs: Innovation & 3D Printing kits documenting erase-now rituals and civic use cases.

Playable

Tap for a tiny random tone—small proof that the instruments stay playable while we interrogate them.

Patch notes

Highlights

  • MN42 Flagship — Consent-forward hardware synth with latency labs and mapping manifest.
  • Human Buffer Teaching kit — Consent gate rituals, Delete Now prompts, and civic workshop blueprints.
  • MotorLightSound Performance rig — Immersive state-machine light orchestra with schematics, firmware, and teardown notes for remixing.

Latest

  • MN42 — Logged the new latency lab in docs/bench/latency/, published the latency_bench.csv dataset, and wired the notes to tools/rtl_latency_report.py so collaborators can re-run the measurements.
  • seedBox — Turned the community kit into a shippable release with a refreshed README, annotated BOM callouts, and the residency install checklists that make sure the boxes survive travel.
  • pointy-clumps — Wired wind telemetry into new EisenScript generators, shipped the Structure Synth presets, and documented how to turn those weather-driven OBJ exports into rapid sculptures.
  • drone-chorus — Published the MSP→MIDI bridge scripts, the full control-stack playbook, and the multi-drone VCV Rack presets so pilots can score their telemetry safely.
  • String Field — Logged the sensor-stack refresh (optical, capacitive, MaKey-to-ground), gesture debugger, and touch-to-ground tuning kit so educators can teach the imaginary-string interface without guessing.

Four ways the lab shows up

Tools

Consent-forward instruments and kits shipped with assumption ledgers, latency notes, and reproducible builds.

Read the MOARkNOBS-42 build

Scenes

Installations and performances that make power, consent, and spectatorship legible in the room.

Browse studio notes

Learning

Curricula, station cards, and quick-start kits that tie digital literacy to justice, representation, and civic engagement.

View teaching projects

Systems & Distribution

Deployment, publishing, and governance layers that keep tools and scenes legible, shared, and cared for.

Open systems atlas

Why the archive stays loud

Legacy write-ups stay published for accountability. They carry the documentation trail—assumption ledgers, privacy notes, iteration logs—so new work can cite its lineage without guesswork.