# Lucidbeaming: art and technology projects by Joshua Curry

Lucidbeaming is an art and technology practice by Joshua Curry, based in San Francisco. This page is a central index of online presence associated with the Lucidbeaming project: art, music, photography, technology, and professional work across multiple domains and platforms. The primary site is [lucidbeaming.com](https://lucidbeaming.com/); photography is at [joshuacurry.com](https://joshuacurry.com/); web development work is at [joshuacurry.dev](https://joshuacurry.dev/).

## Art

### lucidbeaming.com

The primary website for Lucidbeaming projects.

- [About](https://lucidbeaming.com/about/)
- [Blog](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/)
  - [Skulls: composing music with computer vision and a custom YOLO5 AI model](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/skulls-composing-music-with-computer-vision-and-a-custom-yolo5-ai-model/)
  - [MMXXIII: Beyond Berlin (retrospective of 2023)](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/mmxxiii-beyond-berlin/)
  - [MMXXII: Berlin (retrospective of 2022)](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/mmxxii-berlin/)
  - [MMXXI: art in the age of COVID (retrospective of 2021)](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/mmxxi-art-in-the-age-of-covid/)
  - [MMXX: signals, sounds, sights (retrospective of 2020)](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/mmxx-signals-sounds-sights/)
  - [MMXIX: time, noise, light (retrospective of 2019)](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/mmxix-time-noise-light/)
  - [MMXVIII: the year in review (retrospective of 2018)](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/mmxviii-the-year-in-review/)
  - [Fine-tuning a GPT-2 language model and generating text with a Flask web app](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/fine-tuning-a-gpt-2-language-model-and-generating-text-with-a-flask-web-app/)
  - [Hard Music in Hard Times](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/hard-music-in-hard-times/)
  - [Embers: a breath powered interactive installation celebrating collaboration](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/embers-a-breath-powered-interactive-installation-celebrating-collaboration/)
  - [PLUDD: Noise sample pack released as free download](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/pludd-noise-sample-pack-released-as-free-download/)
- [Art galleries (all artwork)](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/artwork/)
- Art galleries by category
  - [Installations](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/installations/)
  - [Interactive sculpture](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/interactive-sculpture/)
  - [Prints](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/prints/)
  - [Drawings](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/drawings/)
  - [Collage](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/collage/)
  - [Photography](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/photography/)
  - [Glitch art and experimental video](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/glitch-art/)
  - [Video art](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/video-art/)
  - [Sound art](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/sound-art/)
  - [Noise](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/noise/)
  - [Code and programmable art](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/code/)
  - [Exhibitions](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/exhibitions/)
- [Der Wendepunkt exhibition mini-site](https://lucidbeaming.com/derwendepunkt/)
- [Phasenpunkte exhibition mini-site](https://lucidbeaming.com/phasenpunkte/)
- [Music and sound art](https://lucidbeaming.com/music/)
  - [Official music releases on Bandcamp](https://lucidbeaming.bandcamp.com/music)
  - [Free internet radio station streaming ambient and downtempo music](https://lucidbeaming.com/music/stream/)

### Social media

- [Threads](https://www.threads.net/@lucidbeaming)
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/lucidbeaming)
- [Facebook page for Lucidbeaming](https://www.facebook.com/lucidbeaming)
- [Facebook page for Photography by Joshua Curry](https://www.facebook.com/PhotographybyJoshuaCurry/)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/lucidbeaming/)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/lucidbeaming)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/lucidbeaming/)

### Other websites referencing Lucidbeaming

- [Der Wendepunkt at Culterim](https://www.culterim.de/en/spaces-ausstellung/der-wendepunkt)
- [Der Wendepunkt on ArtRabbit](https://www.artrabbit.com/events/der-wendepunkt-2025)
- [Seanaps Festival](https://seanaps.net/2024/radio)
- [Phasenpunkte at HilbertRaum](https://hilbertraum.org/2024phasenpunkte)
- [Phasenpunkte on ArtRabbit](https://www.artrabbit.com/events/phasenpunkte)
- [Phasenpunkte on Berlin Art Link](https://www.berlinartlink.com/2024/09/02/things-to-do-in-berlin-art-openings-sept2-sept8-2024/)
- [Experimental Photography Festival, exhibition listing](https://en.experimentalphotofestival.com/exposiciones24)
- [Experimental Photography Festival, bio](https://en.experimentalphotofestival.com/artists-2024-1/joshua-curry)
- [Terraforming the Uncanny Valley at Kaleid Gallery](https://www.kaleidgallery.com/2024/01/terraforming-the-uncanny-valley-by-julie-meridian-lucidbeaming-february-2024/)
- [Leidkultur at HilbertRaum](https://hilbertraum.org/2023-leidkultur)
- [Beacon in Metro Silicon Valley](https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/beacon-at-art-ark-gallery/)
- [Refractor at Kaleid Gallery](https://www.kaleidgallery.com/2021/05/refractor-by-lucidbeaming-_-may-july-feature-exhibit/)
- [San Jose Mercury News: Wolves](https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/12/wolves-on-the-loose-in-the-streets-of-palo-alto/)
- [Palo Alto Online: Wolves](https://www.paloaltoonline.com/arts/2021/05/04/running-with-the-wolves-palo-alto-public-art-project-goes-wild)
- [hoodline: Wolves](https://hoodline.com/2021/05/what-the-digital-wolves-racing-around-palo-alto-are-about-and-where-to-see-them/)
- [Wolves project at City of Palo Alto](https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Arts-Sciences/Public-Art-Program/ArtLift-Microgrant-Program/Wolves)
- [Profile in Content Magazine](https://www.content-magazine.com/articles/lucidbeaming-tech-art/)
- [Content Magazine article on Issuu](https://issuu.com/content-magazine/docs/device_11.2_fulldigital/50)
- [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Lucidbeaming%22)
- [SubZERO Festival 2018](https://www.subzerofestival.com/artists-and-vendors/2018-artists-vendors/)
- [SubZERO Festival 2019](https://www.subzerofestival.com/artists-and-vendors/)
- [6 Inspiring Examples of Data-Driven Art (Nordic APIs)](https://nordicapis.com/6-inspiring-examples-of-data-driven-art/)
- [Anno Domini performance announcement on Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/show/anno-domini-dual-duel/info)
- [TQ zine mention](https://tqzine.blogspot.com/p/back-issues.html)
- [Belle Foundation award announcement](https://bellefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Grantee-Announcement-201819-website-version-1.pdf)
- [Embers at Camp ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art San José](https://www.icasanjose.org/uncategorized/first-friday-camp-ica/)
- [Embers at Institute of Contemporary Art San José](https://www.icasanjose.org/archive/archive-exhibitions/embers/)
- [Exhibition compilation at Submarine Broadcasting Company](https://submarinebroadcasting.com/2017/12/10/news-from-the-conning-tower-2/)

## Technology

### Code repositories and open source projects

- [GitHub: lucidbeaming](https://github.com/lucidbeaming)
- [Art Review Generator](https://artreviewgenerator.com/)
  - [Examples of generated reviews](https://artreviewgenerator.com/examples/)
  - [Gallery of user submissions](https://artreviewgenerator.com/submissions/)
  - [FAQ](https://artreviewgenerator.com/faq/)
- [Berlin Art Galleries: a browsable directory of 300+ Berlin gallery websites with map view](https://berlinartgalleries.de/)
- [vid2midi](https://github.com/lucidbeaming/vid2midi)
- [Camel: Arduino based synthesizer using Mozzi](https://github.com/lucidbeaming/Camel)
- [Raspberry Pi synth scripts](https://github.com/lucidbeaming/pi-synths)
- [ZynAddSubFX Web App](https://github.com/lucidbeaming/ZynAddSubFX-WebApp)
- [Fluidsynth Web App](https://github.com/lucidbeaming/Fluidsynth-Webapp)
- [ffmpeg utilities](https://github.com/lucidbeaming/ffmpeg-utilities)
- [P5.js audio visualizers](https://github.com/lucidbeaming/p5-audio-visualizers)

### Articles and tutorials

- [Technical writing collection](https://joshuacurry.dev/writing/)
- [ChatJC: an AI assistant that answers questions about Joshua Curry](https://joshuacurry.dev/chatjc/)
- [Winners & Cool Projects of Seeed Studio Vision Challenge](https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2024/07/15/vision-challenge-winners-and-projects/)
- [Linux Journal: Linux Gets Loud](https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-gets-loud)
- [Runscope Blog: Building a Steam Powered IoT API with Thingsboard](https://blog.runscope.com/posts/building-steam-powered-iot-api-thingsboard-raspberry-pi)
- [Nordic APIs: Introduction to API Versioning Best Practices](https://nordicapis.com/introduction-to-api-versioning-best-practices/)
- [Nordic APIs: API Integrators Court Enterprise Business Players](https://nordicapis.com/api-integrators-court-enterprise-business-players/)
- [Fine-tuning a GPT-2 language model and generating text with a Flask web app](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/fine-tuning-a-gpt-2-language-model-and-generating-text-with-a-flask-web-app/)
- [Running Fluidsynth on a Raspberry PI Zero W](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/running-fluidsynth-on-a-raspberry-pi-zero-w/)
- [Setting up a Raspberry Pi 3 to run ZynAddSubFX in a headless configuration](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/setting-up-a-raspberry-pi-3-to-run-zynaddsubfx-in-a-headless-configuration/)
- [Arduino synthesizer workshop](https://lucidbeaming.com/workshop/)

## Photography

### joshuacurry.com

- [Haiti: photos from 4 years of work in Jacmel, Haiti](https://joshuacurry.com/gallery/haiti)
- [American Way: cross-country photography project](https://joshuacurry.com/gallery/american-way)
- [Sweet Tea and Some Catfish: Southern culture in the southeast U.S.A.](https://joshuacurry.com/gallery/southern-culture)
- [Photojournalism: best images from 8 years of photojournalism](https://joshuacurry.com/gallery/photojournalism)
- [Skateboarding: photos across many years including the late 80s](https://joshuacurry.com/gallery/skateboarding)
- [Video: journalistic video work](https://joshuacurry.com/video)
- [About Joshua Curry](https://joshuacurry.com/about)

### Outside links

- [Photos taken for the Charleston City Paper](https://www.google.com/search?q=joshua+curry+site:charlestoncitypaper.com&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi63JHA8aLuAhXFFTQIHQsMC60Q_AUoAnoECAYQBA&biw=1280&bih=675)
- [San Jose Mercury News: Curry helps Haiti's poorest children see the world through a new lens](https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/09/09/los-gatos-curry-helps-haitis-poorest-children-see-the-world-through-a-new-lens/)
- [Indiegogo fundraising announcement for Haiti](https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/story/photographer-raising-money-for-haiti-photo-school?oid=3540828)

## Music

### Official releases

- [Bandcamp](https://lucidbeaming.bandcamp.com/)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5sMoxY29OMKO3zaobvMOtV)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/lucidbeaming/1195394945)
- [Deezer](https://www.deezer.com/us/artist/11699975)
- [Tidal](https://listen.tidal.com/artist/8437689)

### Secondary sources

- [Discogs artist listing](https://www.discogs.com/artist/7239462-Lucidbeaming)
- [Internet radio stream on lucidbeaming.com](https://lucidbeaming.com/music/stream/)
- [Full-length music videos for the album Spanner on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBV9SKQZzAWvSJD-55BwNAncIAoGqV2dE)
- [60 second soundtracks to abstract glitch videos](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/glitch-art/)
- [Exhibition:Red Volume 1](https://submarinebroadcastingco.bandcamp.com/album/exhibition-red-volume-1)

### Reviews and references

- [Library Recommendation: Lucidbeaming – Critters (The Moderns, 2024)](https://themoderns.blog/2024/10/16/library-recommendation-lucidbeaming-critters/)
- [The Moderns review of Critters (2018)](https://themoderns.blog/2018/01/04/lucidbeaming-critters/)
- [Bio for Norcal Noisefest 19](https://www.norcalnoisefest.com/NF19_lineup.html)
- [KALX radio playlist](https://www.kalx.berkeley.edu/programs/brickbats?quicktabs_1=1&page=25)
- [CJSW radio playlist](https://cjsw.com/program/speakeasy/episode/20180930/)
- [KFJC radio playlist](https://kfjc.org/listen/playlist?i=56707)
- [CISM radio playlist](https://symbioseradio.blogspot.com/2018/05/playlist-de-lemission-du-lundi-7-mai.html)
- [KBOO radio playlist](https://kboo.fm/blog/65631)
- [Sacramento Audio Waffle #47](https://capturedbylob.bandcamp.com/album/sacramento-audio-waffle-47)
- [Dual Duel performance with Cellista at Anno Domini, March 3, 2019](https://www.galleryad.com/past_exhibits/dualduel2019/index.html)
- [Luggage Store Creative Music Series (Bay Improviser)](https://www.bayimproviser.com/EventView.aspx?e=17113)
- [Luggage Store Creative Music Series (Avant Music News)](https://avantmusicnews.com/2019/09/27/)
- [Recap of FLOMM 423 ZERO](https://flomm.us/423zerorecap/)

### Performances

- [Sympathy and Krusher at SubZERO, June 2, 2018](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETSlqgwl4Os)
- [Sympathy and Krusher at SubZERO, alternate video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdvafs94xDQ)
- [Sympathy and Krusher at Sacramento Audio Waffle, August 18, 2018](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-1WY9JcRTI)
- [Wheel of Misfortune at Luggage Store, October 3, 2019](https://www.instagram.com/p/B3LmkT7nHaD/)

## Video

### Video art

- [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/lucidbeaming)
- [Long-form music videos on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBV9SKQZzAWvSJD-55BwNAncIAoGqV2dE)
- [Short-form glitch and experimental videos](https://lucidbeaming.com/art/glitch-art/)
- [Supercuts on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBV9SKQZzAWuIXspogOq3pHFC9BuJoL7_)
- [Abstract videos on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBV9SKQZzAWvzObI1AiX--2TsTPYOmQR7)
- [Delphi](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/artwork/delphi/)
- [Closer](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/artwork/closer/)
- [Tintype](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/artwork/tintype/)
- [Obsolete](https://lucidbeaming.com/blog/artwork/obsolete/)

### Professional video

- [Portfolio of top videos for the Charleston City Paper](https://joshuacurry.com/video)
- [All videos for the Charleston City Paper on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBV9SKQZzAWsZh-rFtqIsMa3vUw-DmPST)
- [Music video for U.K. band DAMIM in Decibel Magazine](https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2020/07/06/video-premiere-damim-descendant-of-amalek/)

## Commercial

- [Lucidbeaming on Google Maps](https://goo.gl/maps/A8XKL7XM4XCkcyqw5)
- [Web development portfolio](https://joshuacurry.dev)