Immanentize the Empathy
I have just uploaded 18 more photos of our Festival of the Arts performance. These were taken a few days before the actual performance, when our photographer came to our practice space to get a feel for what we would be doing.
As always, update notices will be posted here as I upload more photos.
This is what $31.00 bought me at the Fulton Street Farmer’s Market this morning. Is it cheaper than what I would have paid at a local grocery store? Probably. Fresher? Almost certainly. More neighborly? Absolutely!
And the specific items which were bought at a wholesaler and resold here (and you KNOW it happens)…well, I would still rather buy it here than in a supermarket.
…And FYI, the little zip-loc bag between the asparagus and the tomatoes is cilantro, not pot – although I imagine people selling pot at a farmer’s market would make a KILLING!
…so here is a picture of a duck on a picnic table in the middle of the Grand River.
Here it is. My first real experiment in Flash 9.
Because, first and foremost, Flash is a trip toy.
Code for this experiment here:
package {
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.geom.*;
import flash.filters.BlurFilter;
public class BitmapRotate2 extends Sprite {
private var _graphic:PolyStar;
private var _graphic2:PolyStar;
private var _bitmap:BitmapData;
private var _image:Bitmap;
private var _m:Matrix;
private var _blurFilter:BlurFilter;
private var xSpeed:Number = .9;
private var ySpeed:Number = 1.1;
public function BitmapRotate2() {
_graphic = new PolyStar(0,0,7,false,50,30,0,0xff0000,100,0x0000ff,100);
_m = _graphic.transform.matrix;
_blurFilter = new BlurFilter();
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,registerStage);
}
public function registerStage(event:Event) {
if(stage) {
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,registerStage);
_graphic.x = 0
_graphic.y = 0;
_bitmap = new BitmapData(stage.stageWidth,stage.stageHeight,true,0xff000000);
_image = new Bitmap(_bitmap);
_m = _graphic.transform.matrix;
_graphic2 = new PolyStar(stage.stageWidth/2,stage.stageHeight/2,9,true,stage.stageWidth/2-20,stage.stageWidth/6,0,0xff0000,100,0xff0000,0);
addChild(_image);
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,onEnterFrame);
}
}
private function onEnterFrame(event:Event) {
_graphic.rotation+=5;
_graphic.x = mouseX;
_graphic.y = mouseY;
_m = _graphic.transform.matrix;
_bitmap.draw(_graphic,_graphic.transform.matrix);
_bitmap.draw(_graphic2,_graphic2.transform.matrix);
_bitmap.applyFilter(_bitmap,_bitmap.rect,new Point(),_blurFilter);
}
}
}
The “PolyStar” class is here:
package {
import flash.display.Shape
public class PolyStar extends Shape{
public function PolyStar($x:Number,$y:Number,$points:Number,$vertical:Boolean,$outerRad:Number,$innerRad:Number,$lineW:Number,$lineC:Number,$lineA:Number,$bgC,$bgA:Number) {
var points:Number = $points*2;
var angleDelta:Number = (Math.PI*2 / points);
var angle:Number = 0;
var anglex:Number = 0;
var angley:Number = 0;
graphics.lineStyle($lineW,$lineC,$lineA);
if(typeof($bgC)=="number") {
graphics.beginFill($bgC,$bgA);
} else {
graphics.beginGradientFill($bgC.type,$bgC.colors,$bgC.alphas,$bgC.ratios,$bgC.matrix);
}
if($vertical != true) {
graphics.moveTo($outerRad,0);
} else {
graphics.moveTo(//change orientation of polygon
Math.cos(angle + (angleDelta/2)) * $outerRad,
Math.sin(angle + (angleDelta/2)) * $outerRad
);
}
for(var i=0;i<points;i++) br=""> angle += angleDelta;
var temp:Number = (i%2) ? $outerRad: $innerRad;
if($vertical != true) {
anglex = Math.cos(angle) * temp;
angley = Math.sin(angle) * temp;
} else {//change orientation of polygon
anglex = Math.cos(angle + (angleDelta/2)) * temp;
angley = Math.sin(angle + (angleDelta/2)) * temp;
}
graphics.lineTo(anglex,angley);
}
x = $x;
y = $y;
}
}
}
Enjoy!
Our performance was a great success. We had a large, eager crowd, the weather cooperated, and between our various photographers we have easily over a thousand photos documenting the event and the practice sessions leading up to the big day. The above photo (and around 800 others) was taken by the amazing Anisa, who once again has outdone herself as our unofficial official photographer.
Look for a LOT of photos to be uploaded over the coming weeks. I opened a Flickr account just for this occasion.
All of this new material will be a great starting point for a re-design and re-deployment of Master Lee’s website. Look for something new as time progresses.
Thanks to everyone who participated, and especially everyone, family and friends, who took the time to travel here to Grand Rapids to watch our show.
Breakfast for two:
appetizer:
1 thinly sliced apple
several small pieces of Amber Valley Sage Derby cheese
main course:
many stalks of asparagus, sprinkled with chili powder and grilled on a George Foreman grill
a five-egg omelet with roasted bell pepper, wilted spinach, and peppercorn Gouda cheese
two cups of toddy
…all eaten out on the porch while watching the sun cross the sky.
Identified with help from What’s That Bug?