The Art of PCBs and Gonzo Circuits
Etching art, whimsy, and improvisation into your circuit boards.
technoart
Interactive Tech Art at This Year’s SIGGRAPH Conference
Take a look at this year’s SIGGRAPH art exhibit.
Arduino Cookbook Excerpt: Large Tables of Data in Program Memory
In the Spring of 2011, I worked on a project with artists Steve Hanson and Elliot Clapp that was part of Apexart’s “Let it end like this” group show, curated by Todd Zuniga. Steve created a generative questionnaire that polled gallery-goers and presented them with their Last Words.
Using AR to Actuate a Second Head
I first met my now-friend Thomas Edwards at an Artomatic opening (DC’s annual art free-for-all). He had an awesome piece, called Sycophant. It was a mannequin head on a track that ran along a wall in a hallway, detecting and following people, and saying things like: “I love your hair,” “Have you lost weight?,” and my favorite, “I want to lick you.”
MrScorp, technoart sculpture that animates
While I really like a lot of the “mechanical animism” folk-art sculpture that’s out there — people making robot sculptures out of found objects and retro appliances, comical scenes and dioramas using electronic components, cellphone charms and jewelry made out of electronic parts, etc. Most of it’s immobile. Silent. So, I particularly like this scorpion […]
ReFunct 09: Symposium on hardware hacking & circuit bending
Former Make: Online contributor Jonah Brucker-Cohen wrote in to tell us about ReFunct 09, a symposium of the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, that he’s involved with. This series of events will combine workshops, discussions, performances, and an exhibition on hardware hacking and circuit bending. On August 22, Jonah will be presenting one of his […]
Tech artist Andrew Schneider profiled
The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating profile of Andrew Schneider, a tech artist from New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. [via Boing Boing]
