Jenny @ CRAFT tips us off to this cool 10,000 gallon water tower cozy video: The project, which was conceived to bring awareness to the educational organization D&AD’s pencil award, used 32 MILES of Wool-Ease Thick & Quick yarn! For more information on the project, which took Robyn Love and 6 crocheters 3 weeks of […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Passing through the Smithsonian American Art Museum‘s Lincoln Gallery last night, I was drawn to this incredible column of light and text created by artist Jenny Holzer. The Reynolds Center calendar has this to say about the work, titled “For SAAM”: The sculpture, which is approximately 28 feet tall and 4 feet in diameter, features […]
Sam’s Tagtool is a digital drawing tool well suited for live performance. Simplifying basic controls for visual art creation, the device makes use of a Boarduino to process fader/button input for a mini-ATX PC with graphics tablet. Instructions are available for building either a suitcase or mini version – bringing the straightforward interface of a […]
Syuzi over at the Fashioning Technology blog writes: Designed by artist Amy Johnston, Hidden Agendas is an open mesh collar constructed from 45 RFID tags. Each tag, which can be read by an RFID reader, is programmed to display an image, quote, or question about tracking, surveillance and projection of identity. Besides the impracticality of […]
The “Stealth” project uses a NOVA 3D grid of LEDs to display a 3D light visualization. The “piece acts as a collaborative spatial musical instrument where each “missile” of light emits sounds based on its relative position and the conditions it encounters along its trajectory.” Interesting use of lighting which reminds us of several other […]
