Year: 2013

Hot Bots

Hot Bots

Excerpt of the article: British artist Giles Walker has been making provocative art robots and kinetic sculptures for more than 20 years. His Peepshow installation features two metal and plastic life-sized pole dancers with CCTV heads who gyrate as the bullhorn-headed DJ drops beats between them.

Twist of Fate

Twist of Fate

Excerpt from the article: Los Angeles-based artist Mike Ross is fascinated with power in all its forms, be it physical, political, economic, or the power of humanity to make its own world. In 2007, Ross’ vision manifested in the awe-inspiring form of a 50′-tall, 25-ton sculpture constructed from two discarded tanker trucks, one precariously perched […]

Make: Believe crashes the set of “Auntie Claus” at Athena Studios

Make: Believe crashes the set of “Auntie Claus” at Athena Studios

We visited Athena Studios and interviewed the staff about their current stop-motion animation project, “Auntie Claus”. Jon Peter’s Athena Studios optioned the award-winning children’s Christmas book, Auntie Claus, from author Elise Primavera, and are developing an animated trailer and pitch package to adapt into a stop-motion film. This film will go out for funding to […]