Massive round up from VVORK of the projects @ this year’s Ars Electronica 2007 (festival for art, technology and society)… Link & photos on Flickr. There seems to be bio theme emerging lately (pictured here “Personal Cloaca” by Wim Delvoye).
These cassette skull (and skeletons) from artist Brian Dettmer are fantastic – [via] Link (photos by Andrew Huff). Related: More photos – Link. Brian Dettmer – Link. Displayed at the International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago – Link.
Nick Foley’s gorgeous pear light… A hand forged hollow steel tree is the charging station for three urethane pear-lights. Each pear contains ten ultrabright white LEDs, an autonomous charging circuit, and rare-earth magnets that allow it to be “picked” from the tree and remain fully illuminated for over an hour Pear light – Link.
Russian artists made these goggles that filter the image so it looks like you’re in the Matrix, neat (watch the video for more)… – Link.
Very interesting project, Braille graffiti, statement here… – Most braille found in public exists as pragmatic directions. This project is an attempt to create a unique moment for a blind person who might happen across one of these bits of braille graffiti. 5 different phrases were peppered around Portland, Oregon in late August, 2007. The […]
You may have seen this item on Boing Boing Gadgets, or elsewhere, but if you’re an admirer or practitioner of papercraft, you’ve got to check the link out (as I just did). This Chinese papercrafter created an incredibly detailed, articulated Bumblebee Transformer model using mainly fast-food containers (this badass cardboard dude is basically a bunch […]
Here’s an interesting looking pinball machine made from a huge flat screen… Here’s the artist’s description… The “cyberspace” level represents the alleged dangers the Internet poses fo children, as envisioned by parents and scaremongering media. Here kids can lose control (as the player can, by getting the ball into a pachinko-like structure) while trying to […]
