Kaden (author of Eccentric Cubicle) wrote in with a charming tale of something he made for his wife… Heya, Phil… Lemme tell you about my wife. I met Kaia ‘The Sourceress’ Howe about 10 years ago. The woman has more cool stuff than any 5 humans have a right to own, and a tool fetish […]
Rocio sent in with her “Exquisite Box” project, watch the videos to get an idea of what’s going on, but it’s pretty neat… people are recorded (and directed in box) and once it’s all played and shown with the other participants it makes an interesting video. With all six boxes going it’s intense…. She writes… […]
One of the reasons we made the MAKE open source daisy MP3 player was for artists to easily use in their projects and we’ve seen a few examples so far, here’s another. Matt writes – “..I was involved in an art piece that used your (MAKE) Mp3 player. It was an interactive art piece, in […]
Orb – James Sears – Leif Mangelsen Solar bikini (charges an iPod shuffle) – Andrew Schneider. Sonic Body Pong – Tikva Morowati. CabTrails – Michael Ang. Botanicallss (plants call you when they need stuff) – Robert Faludi, Kate Hartman, Kati London, Rebecca Bray (tons of asterisk projects this year!). Tonight is the last night of […]
If you’re in the Bay area (CA, USA) – the kinetic installations by Kal Spelletich go on display this week… @ the LAB…The LAB is pleased to present kinetic installations by Kal Spelletich, a Bay Area-based machine artist and founder of the interactive performance collective SEEMEN. Spelletich’s work compels audience members to fuse themselves with […]
Here’s a set of photographs of the interactive, kinetic sculpture “Blame”, as well as a writeup on the technology and techniques used in building it – by Thomas Edwards. “Blame” is an interactive kinetic sculpture consisting of a robotic arm with a pointing hand on the end that scans the gallery, and when it finds […]
Amal Graafstra has an excellent write up and photos from the happenings at NYC’s Dorkbot meeting – time lapse photos, sonic fabric and RFID implants “Attending a dorkbot meeting is an interesting experience to say the least. The atmosphere is quaint and inviting, with attendees waiting eagerly in their seats and engaging in friendly conversation about all kinds of technical, philosophical, and entertaining topics. The meeting took place on Jan 4th, which may or may not be Isaac Newton’s birthday, depending on which calendar you subscribe to.”
