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Tak [popperbox]

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tak
on 6 April 2008
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Tak is 23 years of age and is part of the Popperbox artist collective, working mainly on the technical side of things. He builds gadgets for art projects, websites and anything else that needs engineering.

He has completed a Bachelor of Software Engineering/Arts in which he received First Class Honours. He has also been a Research Assistant at National ICT Australia for 2 years, where he co-authored several research papers, one of which was accepted in the 2007 International Conference on Software Process.

Currently he is working as an IT programmer in a Sydney based software company, and developing a couple of yet-to-be launched web projects in his spare time.

Some softare applications he has built or is in the process of building include an online e-commerce system, Internet mashups using online APIs from Google and Yahoo, a Facebook application, a virtual self-navigating vehicle and a 3D driving simulator.

His university degree and work captures the spectrum of things he is most passionate about – ranging from human computer interaction and usability design, web development, sociology, culture, history and software development process.

Streets2

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alice
on 6 March 2008
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Streets2

Originally uploaded by Alice Angus


Unfolding out of the process of lattice: thinking about pavements, streets, flows and movements, shifting meanings from day to night, safe and unsafe, accessible and closed, belonging and alienation. Who do you see in the street?

Sketchbook: communications

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alice
on 29 February 2008
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flight layers, originally uploaded by Alice Angus.

In the last couple of weeks one of the dominant themes in my conversations have been around communications networks and access to them. From internet connections, to public transport, to the history of the river and its shaping by industry; communications, and the lack of access to them have been a key aspect in discussions and critiques of “creative city” and our parts in it. I had a birds eye view of some of these structures when I flew over Sydney this morning…

customary reflections

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orlagh
on 28 February 2008
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Customs House, originally uploaded by omwoo.

Sketchbook: thinking about space

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alice
on 26 February 2008
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lattice drawings, originally uploaded by Alice Angus.

Much of our discussions over the past few days have been about space: city space, the pavement, the road and how live evolves and changes around the street and the way the shape of the buildings, the history, the myths and perceptions, the media image the cultural mix and the history of the city makes people feel.

Sketchbook: We just keep Moving

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alice
on 26 February 2008
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P2260011, originally uploaded by Alice Angus.

Thoughts from Saturdays workshop

Sketchbook: Hanging ‘maps’

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alice
on 24 February 2008
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Hanging the maps, originally uploaded by Alice Angus.

Passing Through

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orlagh
on 23 February 2008
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Passing Through Parramatta, originally uploaded by omwoo.

Sketchbook: Paramatta River

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alice
on 22 February 2008
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River sketch, originally uploaded by Alice Angus.

Chugging down the water, where the rough of industry has shifted and shaped the flow and course of a river that has seen the interlocking and colliding histories of the many cultures that have travelled on and lived around it.

Sketchbook: thrift

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alice
on 21 February 2008
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