Artist In Residence – Resources & Links

Photogrammetry scan of birch leaf from outside Refractive’s office window

I will post up here useful links and resources that I find as I go.

LOCAL LINKS

RenCAN (Renfrewshire Climate Action Network)

The Hub supports the people of Renfrewshire to flourish through climate action, creating tangible outcomes for people and communities that enhance wellbeing.

https://www.myleapproject.org/rencan-hub

https://www.facebook.com/renfrewshireclimate/

Community buyout and rewilding project in Lochwinnoch
https://lochwinnochtrust.org.uk/yearnstane/

ReMode

At ReMode we aim to raise awareness of the environmental impacts of the fashion and textiles industry, and to work with our communities in Renfrewshire to deliver practical solutions and share positive steps to reduce these impacts.

Restoring Renfrewshire’s Rivers
“Restoring our rivers will ensure Renfrewshire has well-connected, nature-rich habitats for native plants, wildlife, and pollinating insects. It also supports the council’s plans for net zero by helping to reduce carbon emissions, reduce soil erosion, and make our riverbanks stronger against flooding.”

https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/13867/Get-involved-in-Restoring-Renfrewshires-Rivers

Community buyout of important broadleaf woodland in Inchinnan

https://www.inchinnandt.com/teucheen-wood

 

Ancient woodlands project – see the placenames and locations that tell us where ancient woodlands would have been or currently exsist in the Paisley landscape.

Nature Scot map that let’s you see the location of ancient woodlands in the area.

https://opendata.nature.scot/datasets/f51238bf8c8f4f859831c9a6ebd2598b_0/explore?location=55.831931%2C-4.461732%2C12.00

BOOKS

Really enjoying this book that looks at key thinkers and activists and how they approach Climate catastrophe from a creative and psychological point of view  – https://bettercatastrophe.com/ 

It has quite an incredible flow chat. https://flowchart.bettercatastrophe.com/

PODCASTS

Incredible resource of eco minded thinkers, artists, philosophers and scenintsits
https://emergencemagazine.org/podcast/

Rare Earth – BBC podcast that is good at giving an overview of issues relevant to the UK.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vbt0/

Nature Scot podcast on using plant based solutions to reduce flooding

https://www.nature.scot/plants-purpose-discovering-green-solutions-urban-challenges

Scottish produced podcast that highlights innovative work in agriculture and food growing.

https://farmerama.co/

Mongabay Podcasts – indepth podcasts on Environmental issues.

 

SPACE AND PLACES

Always worth checking what is going on in Inverlieth House at the Edinburgh Botanics – consitent and interesting shows with an ecological theme.

https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/plant-humanities/inverleith-house/

Seed Library Glasgow – free seed exchange for growers with a fantastic workshop programme – based at The CCA

https://www.cca-glasgow.com/projects/glasgow-seed-library

Glasgow Food Growing Network

Great free educational events – https://glasgowfood.net/events

The Dream Machine, Glasgow – really welcoming community space in the Barra’s specialising in audio visual immersive art – with a surround projeciton room.

https://www.dreammachineproductions.org/

NEWS

Climate news site from the creator of the film Don’t Look Up

https://yellowdotstudios.com/

TED Talk on the sudden unexpected accerleration in Climate Change – July 2024

SOFTWARE & HARDWARE

These are some of the main digital creative tools I am exploring during the residency.

Resolume Arena –  the mainstay software I use in my live video/vj  work because it is reliable and it works –  media server with full projection/LED mapping functionality and a great place to make experimental visuals with lots of complex functions. Free to download but the unpaid version is watermarked.

https://resolume.com/

Other common vjing software used are:

VDMX – https://vidvox.net/

Madmapper – https://madmapper.com/

HeavyM – https://www.heavym.net/vj-software/

Some great resources on vjing software available here:

https://github.com/LimeLimeW/awesome-vjing

https://www.protobacillus.com/blogs/news/top-vj-softwares-2021?srsltid=AfmBOopGrHDPxsdfGGlg15C8cvqUG4Dus7ZXirlvsgInqt1px2vVfEZn

Processing – A java based open source software that allows all sorts of possibilities for creative coding and making visuals. Let’s you build code with all sorts of inputs and outputs the way you want it.

https://processing.org/

Examples of code can be seen here – https://openprocessing.org/

Arduino – An open sourced bit of kit based around a mini processor that let’s you design your own circuits and interactive designs. Takes multiple external senors and add ons with the code to run it freely available.

https://www.arduino.cc/

Blender – powerful open source 3d design tool

Cinema 4d – Another great 3d design tool  https://www.maxon.net/en/cinema-4d/features?categories=606804

Unreal Engine – A virtual games engine that is increasingly be used for all sorts of design approaches and creating real world environments –  loads of free environment packs and model integrate into it using the megascans and quixel bridge.  Free to download and use till you are making 1 million dollars from it!

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US

Touch Designer –  Touch Desinger uses a visual coding language to make generative and interactive visual forms – Free to download and use until making a certain commercial threshold from it https://derivative.ca/

Polycam – bit of software that lets you use your phone for photogrammetry – scan real world objects and turn them into virtual 3d objects. https://poly.cam/

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