Musician, instrument builder, educator. Performs as phantom chips and play in BodyVice. I build synths and wearable interfaces

Joined August 2008
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I'm on residence at MESS for the next two weeks and running this workshop on the 9th, still some places available...
26 Mar 2022
New workshop — Build an Expressive Midi Controller with Tara Pattenden 🔧 Saturday, April 9th at MESS. Design and build your own custom midi controller with Brisbane-based artist and creative technologist, Tara Pattenden. More info book: tinyurl.com/3x2ujvt6
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26 Mar 2022
New workshop — Build an Expressive Midi Controller with Tara Pattenden 🔧 Saturday, April 9th at MESS. Design and build your own custom midi controller with Brisbane-based artist and creative technologist, Tara Pattenden. More info book: tinyurl.com/3x2ujvt6

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Wondering kind of monster baby would you have?? Check out makeout.monster a collaboration I've made with David Spooner, exhibited IRL at Outerspace in Brisbane

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6 Dec 2021
i know the music scene's last 2 years have been tough but as gigs and touring pick up i swear 90% of the bills are white blokes... so are the audience.... feels like we are back to the 90s
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If you are transphobic and in hardware you're going to be in for a rough time because we support our trans sisters in this community and you will be a fucking pariah if you give them any shit.
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Wobbly is playing in Meanjin/bris next Saturday 3 July. I'm super excited to see wobbly and also to be hosting an international artist. It's been a while. Awesome supports from @tuttscorp, Chaneze and Gatekeeper to Desolation!!!
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The grim beeper workshop is on 20th June in Hobart! Only 8 places available. These are the last grim beepers that I have left!!! Get tickets here - checkout.square.site/merchan…
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Just minted my first crypto artwork on hicetnunc hicetnunc.xyz/objkt/115455

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MONSTER FIGHT! tonight at @MCA_Australia at Up close and personal, curated by @Lucas_Abela - I can promise noise, monsters and tentacle squeezing. #unreal #tentacles #noise
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I’m playing this Friday at @MCA_Australia in Sydney!! Been making some very fun tentacle monsters with Adam Raboczi to control sound and animation!!! It’s free but ticketed. mca.com.au/whats-on/up-close…

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My mum has a long running joke that my boyfriends bring her a Mars bar. It seems so normal to me now. “If you wanna be my lover, you gotta give a Mars bar to my mum” #mums
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Yvette Ofa Agapow is one of the best musicians I’ve seen perform!! She’s amazing!!
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Excited to announce @phantomchips and I are working on an installation piece for @CuriocityBris happening in March across Brisbane's cultural precincts. Our piece is called the Magic of Mycelium and is a large scale sensor based LED installation with AR and sound! #curiocity
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Tonight’s show is gonna be special! Curated by the one and only Lesbian Merzbow!!
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We even have special themed cocktails
This Saturday at @backboneya I’m playing noise with my mum! (It’s her first show, she’s 74). Plus loads of other amazing acts. If you’re in Meanjin see ya there!!! #Meanjin #Brisbane #experimentalgigs #noisegigs
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What software for creative online collaborations in sound and vision do you know of?
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I've basically given up on convincing Westerners of the utility of thermal screening. It's like talking to a brick wall. Why would they emulate the anti-pandemic measure of the countries with the lowest death toll?
My local shops in Thailand. In 2 seconds scans my temperature and to see if wearing mask. Doors don’t open if not. 3 cases in 100 days here. Removes awkward mask arguments for staff as well.
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Wow!
This is mind blowing. With GPT-3, I built a layout generator where you just describe any layout you want, and it generates the JSX code for you. W H A T
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You say it’s raining, I say it’s mushroom weather!!!🍄🍄🍄
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