Research & Archives

The Archive

Working files from inside the lab: the instruments it builds for itself, the methods it follows and the principles it won’t break. Filed under the five house collections. Pull a drawer.

  1. LAB NOTE · SAH Keep Your Anus Small The lab's governing principle against unnecessary complexity. PrincipleClassified OperationsIn force
  2. ARACHNE-001 Project Arachne A standalone macOS research instrument with an animated mechanical spider that only moves when real work is happening. InstrumentResearch DivisionIn development
  3. ONEIRONAUT Dream Mapper / Oneironaut A tool, and a method, for reconstructing dreams as places you can walk back into. MethodExperimental RecordsIn development
  4. OPERATION FIRST GAPE GAPE Open Wide. Create Anything. A creative coding language and its native macOS Studio. LanguageResearch DivisionIn development
  5. CANON 1.0 CANON CANON remembers what you established. InstrumentContinuity CollectionIn development
  6. DOSSIER Dossier Studio Where lab documents are written in one room and published in another. InstrumentBlack ArchiveIn development
  7. JIGGLE VMS JIGGLE Vector Motion Studio. A native macOS vector animation app. InstrumentExperimental RecordsIn development
  8. LAB NOTE · 002 Nothing Pretends Lab utilities must be genuinely functional. No simulated features, no decorative UI implying capabilities that don't exist. PrincipleClassified OperationsIn force

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