interactive art

These Interactive Cellphone Butterflies Come to Life When You Call Them

These Interactive Cellphone Butterflies Come to Life When You Call Them

By Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith

Sophia is the managing editor of the Make: blog. When she’s not greasing editorial gears, she likes to run, ride, climb, and lift things, and make lo-tech goods like zines, desserts, and altered clothing. @sophiuhcamille

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The butterflies, created with recycled phone parts and glittering with SIM card wings, can receive phone calls.

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Drop a Disk Through This Art Installation for a Unique Blackout Poem

Drop a Disk Through This Art Installation for a Unique Blackout Poem

By Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

A typical day for Lisa includes: getting up to see the sunrise, bicycling, interning at Make:, reading and writing short stories, and listening to audiobooks and podcasts for hours while working on projects or chores.

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Interactive design artists Peiqi Su, Deqing Sun, and Inessah Selditz put an interesting twist on the Plinko game by adding an interactive blackout poetry exercise.

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Maker Spotlight: Balam Soto

Maker Spotlight: Balam Soto

By Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith

Sophia is the managing editor of the Make: blog. When she’s not greasing editorial gears, she likes to run, ride, climb, and lift things, and make lo-tech goods like zines, desserts, and altered clothing. @sophiuhcamille

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Balam is a New Media Artist who creates incredible artistic installations that feature interactivity and a fusion of high and low tech, fueled by his custom hardware and software.

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Interactive Tech Art at This Year’s SIGGRAPH Conference

Interactive Tech Art at This Year’s SIGGRAPH Conference

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Take a look at this year’s SIGGRAPH art exhibit.

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Go Behind the Scenes of Installing an Interactive LED Art Exhibit

Go Behind the Scenes of Installing an Interactive LED Art Exhibit

By Nicholas Squires

Nicholas Squires

Outdoors>Indoors

Nick is a Network, Systems and Software Engineering consultant. He spent 15 years at Boeing developing software and IT solutions for numerous space, security and renewable energy programs. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Physics and a Minor in Mathematics. Nick also teaches Mathematics and develops curriculum at FIDM in Los Angeles and is an internationally exhibited visual artist.

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Nick Squires details his time spent using his maker skills to produce an interactive art installation and performance.

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Max Microsite

You Didn’t Know it, but Max Is the Software Behind a Ton of Great Maker Projects

By Donald Bell

Donald Bell

I make stuff, play music, and sometimes make stuff that plays music. Fan of donuts, Arduino, BEAM robotics, skateboarding, Buckminster Fuller, and blinking lights.

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To celebrate the milestone of publishing 1,000 user-created projects using Max interactive software, parent company Cycling ‘74 created a microsite highlighting all 1,000 projects.

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Theremin-Like Sculpture Looks Like Superman’s Fortress of Solitude

Theremin-Like Sculpture Looks Like Superman’s Fortress of Solitude

By Theron Sturgess

Theron Sturgess

Theron is an educator, business owner, writer, and consultant working within Springfield, MO and the Ozarks community. He enjoys making and building with his 11 year old son and likes to read and write about science, technology, education, sci fi, martial arts, and philosophy.

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Exp.Inst.Moon is a combination of musical instrument, technology, and art. As an interactive art installation, users touch electronic sensors that relay signals through the electronic components to an Arduino microcontroller that converts the input into projections of sound and light. It’s an example of how technology can transform someone from merely viewing art into becoming […]

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