Pixel casting machine
Julian Bond built this physical casting machine, which can be used as a re-configurable mold to cast ceramic objects
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Homages to Escher’s “Drawing Hands”
Uppermost, what I’m pretty sure is a rendering of a virtual Lego model called Brick by Brick, by graphic designer Ian Leino. Immediately above, MC MECHANIC, by photographer Shane Willis.
Applied Kinetic Arts: Benjamin Cowden interview
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Applied Kinetic Arts (A.K.A.) is an artist collective made up of kinetic artists who each bring their own unique aesthetic and skill set to the crew. From their site, “Works incorporating motion, light, sound, and interactivity are represented by the group’s ever expanding member base.” A couple of […]
Stéphane Halleux’s amazing Mr. Hublot
Stéphane Halleux is one of my favorite artists. We’ve covered his whimsical, characterful, other-worldly sculptures here before. I’ve been excited to be following his recent adventures in turning his amazing characters into a movie. Here’s the latest video test he sent me. Even with this short piece, you can already see how lyrical, funny, charming, […]
Audio Ballerinas
Benoît Maubrey’s DIE AUDIO GRUPPE perform wearing/using “Audio Tutus” driven by hand-mounted light-to-frequency converters – Basically these are electro-acoustic clothes and dresses (equipped with amplifiers and loudspeakers) that make sounds by interacting thematically and acoustically with their environment. For example the AUDIO BALLERINAS use — among other electronic instruments– light sensors that enable them to […]
Incredible finger painting on an iPad
David writes – A quick Apple ipad live fingerpainting demo that I streamed live from my Brooklyn studio on Monday June 21st. 2010, The model sat for 3 hours as I painted and answered questions on how I use the iPad and the Brushes app. Just thinking of creative uses for the ipad. A few […]
Drawing machine uses patents to tell stories
Perpetual Storytelling Aparatus by Julius von Bismarck & Benjamin Maus: The “Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus†is a drawing machine illustrating a never-ending story by the use of patent drawings. The machine translates words of a text into patent drawings. Seven million patents — linked by over 22 million references — form the vocabulary. By using references […]