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Cool Tools

378: Rob Ray

Aug 11, 2023
41:42
Rob Ray is an artist and Associate Professor of Design at California State University, San Bernardino, where he is currently researching the intersections of site-specific mixed-reality technologies and experimental documentary storytelling. He is also a DJ at KDZU, a fictional real radio station possibly based in Goldfield, Nevada. Rob was previously a lead designer for ProtoSpace, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s mixed-reality collaboration platform. Rob has also worked as a technical experience designer building mobile interfaces for Electronic Arts and Industrial Toys. From 1999 to 2008, Rob was the founding curator of the DEADTECH, a proto-hackerspace and electronic arts center in Chicago, IL.   Rob's Links: https://post.lurk.org/@shimmeringtrashpile https://www.youtube.com/@shimmeringtrashpile http://shimmeringtrashpile.com http://kdzu.org http://robray.net   TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Chessex dice set: https://store.chessex.com:11552/IW_Products.m4p.pvx?;products_no_tree?company=chx 8:45 - Thrift stores: https://www.thethriftshopper.com/ 16:47 - Koala sampling app: https://www.koalasampler.com/ 22:34 - Open Library: https://openlibrary.org 29:10 - Antennaobscura: https://kdzu.org   Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wbTCO2z5-Aw   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/rob-ray-artist/

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