http://www.obxlabs.net laboratory for experimental media http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Creative explorations of the intersection between visual, dynamic and interactive form and linguistic content. NextText is a Java library for building applications to display dynamic and interactive text-based applications. The library uses TrueType or OpenType fonts to render text which moves and changes shape according to programmatic direction. The ... http://www.obxlabs.net/projects/nexttext http://www.obxlabs.net/obx-blog http://www.obxlabs.net/update_simplepie_cache http://www.obxlabs.net Complex Text and Typography Post PostScript Please Lewis, Jason E. and Bruno Nadeau. "Post PostScript Please". Digital Creativity, vol. 21, no. 1. Ed. Simon Penny. London : Routledge, 2010. pp. 21 - 32. abstract | paper Trespassing | Transgression Lévesque, Maroussia, and Jason Lewis. "Trespassing | Transgression". No More Potlucks. No. 1, vol. 2, Montreal, ... http://www.obxlabs.net/docs A wearable gesture-based input device for use within TextEngine. 2005 SenseText is a wearable device designed to apply behaviors to text within the Text Engine software. The setup consists of two wireless circuits. The first is a transmitter circuit embedded in a shirt cuff worn by a spoken word performer. The transmitter ... http://www.obxlabs.net/projects/sensetext Whose side are on? 2006 Taking Sides is a performance using a real-time speech visualization software system called TextEngine. Taking Sides is a collaboration between our research studio and a local hip-hop artist. Our primary goal was to create a strong conceptual link between the text visualization, the content of the artist’s ... http://www.obxlabs.net/projects/taking-sides Ignoring the naysayers. 2006 Resolution is a performance in collaboration with Alex Mannarelli, a.k.a. Funky Chef. Like Taking Sides and Fugue 8, the piece consists of a real-time capture of the performer’s words and movements, which are displayed in the background. This work-in progress is focused on exploring the video component’s capabilities ... http://www.obxlabs.net/projects/resolution Choices & Consequences. 2006 Fugue 8 is collaboration with graphic artists / poets John Stuart and Kevin Yuen Kit Lo. A giant projection (20ft by 20ft) complements the spoken-word performance of John Stuart. The words uttered are rendered visually using the TextEngine application, and projected in the background. The text’s behaviour is ... http://www.obxlabs.net/projects/fugue-8 Materializing speech. Intralocutor is an interactive installation that allows two participants to play with ways of visualizing their speech. A real-time video capture is made of the two and projected onto a wall behind them. The video has been altered so that all observers see is the silhouettes of the two. ... http://www.obxlabs.net/projects/intralocutor