“Double-Taker (Snout)“ (interactive installation, 2008) deals in a whimsical manner with the themes of trans-species eye contact, gestural choreography, subjecthood, and autonomous surveillance. The project consists of an eight-foot (2.5m) long industrial robot arm, costumed to resemble an enormous inchworm or elephant’s trunk, which responds in unexpected ways to the presence and movements of people […]
Heads up, the next Handmade Music meet-up will happen Thursday of next week @ 3rd Ward in Brooklyn. This time we’ve even got someone to bring the drinks! Eminent Eventmaster Peter Kirn of CDM writes up the details – Handmade Music is now a monthly affair at the wonderful 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, and increasingly, […]
Each day this week we’re bringing you a different roundup of 2008 posts on the CRAFT blog. Today’s year-in-review is of the most controversial projects that have graced the pixels of these pages last year. We like to encourage intelligent discussions about thought-provoking crafts that break from the mainstream, and in 2008 they fell into […]
Vivian Caccuri‘s Submersed Songs tracks the movement of four carp and uses that data to control an audio mix – Submersed Songs is a sound installation that generates mp3 player remixes through the movements of four live fish. The animals’ movements and the proximity among them work as a parameter for mixing and spatializing the […]
I read a great article a few years called “Where to Get a Good Idea: Steal It Outside Your Group“. Sociologist Ronald Burt argues that creative ideas aren’t magically created, but rather, they are well-known concepts re-applied in new arenas. Maybe that cool paper punch found in the stationary store will become the next best […]
Is craft room organization on your resolution list this year? Susan Beal has a nifty tutorial up on CraftStylish for creating bead labels to organize your bead storage. I love the idea of being able to see a sampling of the contents of a box full of beads from across the room!
Kris DeGraeve, of the dynamic Kris and Carly duo, sent us a link to her latest project, a beautiful inlaid box with a secret compartment. A really nicely detailed Instructable. Hidden Treasure Box – Inlaid Wood Box with Hidden Compartment Related: Kris and Carly dress like cake! From the pages of MAKE: Checkmate, Mr. Bond! […]
