Brooklyn artist Daniel Bejar made a copy of the key to his apartment (hopefully not his current one, because there’s software out there that can reverse-engineer it from the photograph). Then he made a copy of the copy. And then he repeated the process, by my count, 67 times. At which point the copy was an uncut blank. It’s kind of like I Am Sitting In a Room, but with keys. [via Boing Boing]
Above, Circuit Tree; below, City Circuits. See more at Wadesboro, NC, artist Joe Liles’ online portfolio. [via nerdstink]
Art on your head with these beautiful hand-painted bike helmets.
Japanese YouTube user denha compiled this chronicle of marble machines that they have made over the last four years.
The amazing Meredith Yayanos, of Coilhouse (my hands-down favorite art/culture actual-print zine), posted news of these awesome mini versions of kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen’s now-iconic Strandbeests. They’re 3D printed, already assembled, and available for sale by Shapeways. Sweet. They’re not that cheap, at 106 bucks a pop, but hey, it’s art, it’s future tech, it’s […]
Over on CRAFT, Katie Wilson has some exclusive comments from Oakland artist Shawn HibmaCronan, whose mechanical sculpture “The Press” is on display at Terminal 2 of the San Francisco International Airport until 2021. I’m guessing the lawyers put a rope around it when they saw those big potentially-finger-crushing gears, but Shawn talks about how important it was to design the mechanism to be operated by a single person. So it’d be cool if they actually let people operate it.
Artist Christian Ristow builds badass machines. And the one he’s installing at this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, May 21 and 22, is no exception. This massive interactive piece, named Fledgling, is as engaging as it is stunning. We caught up with him recently to chat about installation processes, what inspires him, and how he […]
