Artist and educator Chris Coleman is recognized in the Max community for his work on Maxuino, a Max interface to the popular Arduino microcontroller board. When I spoke with him, Chris also discussed his early sculpture work, teaching, collaborations, and how Max/MSP and Arduino fit into the evolving landscape of electronic media tools and practices.
A simple truth emerges from the practice of writing Max patches like the Max for Live device we’ve been working on: The trajectory of “finishing” your Max patch is something you approach on an asymptotic curve – you approach being “done,” but never quite reach it. This tutorial is an attempt to honor that curve of near-completion.
One of the most feared and respected objects in the Jitter collection, jit.expr arrived on the scene as part of Jitter 1.5. In some circles, there is a belief that harnessing its power will bring you great powers and enable you to achieve untold wonders.
