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MCCLYMONT.LAB is a place where experiments, tests, records of activity are recorded.

What if we could look at the sun with x-ray vision (contact x-ray plates on the Vulcan Target Area West vacuum chamber, 36 separate shots)

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December 15th, 2018
What if we could look at the sun with x-ray vision

What if we could look at the sun with x-ray vision (contact x-ray plates on the Vulcan Target Area West vacuum chamber, 36 separate shots) is a collaborative artwork created with scientists at the Central Laser Facility in Oxfordshire, England. I was invited to be part of their experiment as an artist as well as an active scientific participant, their aim was to demonstrate the effectiveness of laser technology to see through layers of material using x-rays and neutron beams.

During the experiment I performed a number of actions that were important to the experimental process. I Read more…

Unix Time - Mozilla Festival 2018

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October 26th, 2018

An updated version of my Leap Second artwork was exhibited as part of the Mozilla Festival 2018. 

Leap Second is a series of artworks showing the 27 leap seconds that have been added to our time so far. Leap seconds are added occasionally due to the earth gradually slowing down, primarily due to the tides. This slowing can not be predicted, but its effect means our time gradually goes out of sync with the position of the sun. The date and time is written in Unix Time with a redrawn version of PICA font from the IBM Selectric typewriter, the image behind each photo is from a series Read more…

Unlock a website using machine learning

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October 24th, 2018

Using Image Classification from ml5js JavaScript library along with some p5js I made a simple tool to unlock a website - not exactly secure or practical, but fun.

The core of the code is from here: https://ml5js.org/docs/image-classifi... Heavily influenced by the great tutorials by Daniel Shiffman: https://youtu.be/jmznx0Q1fP0 tutorial on this soon...

is it a lemon

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October 24th, 2018

Play with this demo here:
alistairmcclymont.com/experiments/lemon

This work was produced during the creation of this collaborative artwork between Alistair McClymont and John Fass:
alistairmcclymont.com

It works using Image Classification from the ml5js JavaScript machine learning framework.

Heavily influenced by Daniel Shiffman's great tutorials here: https://youtu.be/jmznx0Q1fP0 a tutorial about this will be coming soon...

Research paper

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September 29th, 2018

A paper was published in the Institute of Physics journal, Plasma and Controlled Fusion titled Laser-driven x-ray and neutron source development for industrial applications of plasma accelerators. In this paper I am named as one of the authors:

Click here to see the research paper

A hard copy of the research paper was shown as part of the installation What if we could look at the Sun with x-ray vision at the London Design Festival in 2018. In this exhibition it becomes a conceptual piece, at once a piece of science and a piece of art.

Of machines learning to see lemon

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September 29th, 2018

Collaboration with Dr. John Fass, exhibited at London Design Festival 2018, Everything Happens So Much, London College of Communication

4m x 4m x 0.4m (width, height, depth)
cardboard boxes, various objects

Of Machines Learning to See Lemon is a part of an extended project that aims to materialise the way machine learning algorithms categorise and assign value to the data they are trained on. This invisible classification process is usually intended to produce automated decisions, which can have profound consequences for individual and collective freedom. The possible Read more…

Ministry of Tax - Communicating Tax

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September 19th, 2018

The Ministry of Tax was a speculative project as part of Communicating Tax a project by Rebecca Bramall and Liam Stanley. The project examined the government’s Annual Tax Summary (ATS), a personalised tax and spending statement sent to income taxpayers, and explored alternative ways of reporting on tax and public spending.

Alongside David Simms and Oliver Smith I created a physical installation and website in the London College of Communication as part of the London Design Festival 2018. The work involved using the government styling system to make a website that created an Annual Read more…

Velocity publication, London Design Festival 2018

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September 19th, 2018

As part of the Velocity exhibition and publication at the London Design Festival 2018 I created a website and was published in Velocity.

The website A Fake Truth was created for the show:
http://afaketruth.com/

Supra Systems Book

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September 19th, 2018

An essay was written for Supra.Systems, a book by Supra Systems Studio. Supra Systems Studio is a research machine from the Design School, London College of Communication, UAL.

The book and the essay are attached to this post. This essay is on page 91 of the book.

MCCLYMONT.CO

MCCLYMONT.CO contains commercial, experimental and academic WORK by Alistair McClymont. Experimentation happens in the LAB and tutorials in the LEARN section. Alistair McClymont is an artist and has a dedicated art website at alistairmcclymont.com.


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