Physical Computing & Interaction Design
http://vimeo.com/43079257 "Starting as a week-long workshop with students from the Art Institute of New York, The Principals instructed students in the construction of a reactive architectural environment that opened to the public during New York Design Week, May 19-21. Using a series of sensor-controlled motors and a unique system designed by The Principals, students learned... Continue Reading →
http://vimeo.com/37899737 http://vimeo.com/37900764 http://vimeo.com/37901604 Beautiful stop-motion film of explosions, water falling, and boards collapsing. Reminds me of Roman Signer. The explosion video is the strongest I think. From Sophie: "There, After began as a series of concentrated discussions and research sessions with particle physicist Elisabetta Pallante and organic chemist Ryan Cheichi. The starting point for this... Continue Reading →
This is a part of a series of works created by Chung-Kun Wang called "Kong. Qi." Each explores alternate ways of experiencing the sensation of sound apart from hearing through the ears. The melody is an overly trite choice but the speed and organic quality of the mechanized breath is compelling. Another piece called "Bubble... Continue Reading →
"Rain Room is a hundred square metre field of falling water through which it is possible to walk, trusting that a path can be navigated, without being drenched in the process. As you progress through The Curve, the sound of water and a suggestion of moisture fill the air, before you are confronted by this... Continue Reading →
Cheesy music but some great moments of geometric light arrangements, the slightly imprecise wobbling of the flying robots add a great analog feeling. 16 quadrotors with pan/tilt mirrors reflecting spotlights synchronized by mocap tracking. http://vimeo.com/44856250 Technical details: http://www.creativeapplications.net/events/quadrotors-at-the-saatchi-saatchi-new-directors-showcase-2012-by-mlf-details/
THE CENTURY Cinthia Marcelle + Tiago Mata Machado | 2011 | video | 9’37'' in loop In a road, apparently quiet, something is seen being thrown from one end to the other, an object that is hit back and forth (from outside the square) and back again to the scene. Soon, other objects are thrown,... Continue Reading →
Patterned by Nature was commissioned by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (naturalsciences.org) for the newly built Nature Research Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. The exhibit celebrates our abstraction of nature’s infinite complexity into patterns through the scientific process, and through our perceptions. It brings to light the similarity of patterns in our universe,... Continue Reading →
http://youtu.be/lKEFAFP4lC4 "Because of the increased commercial interest of paving public space with digital advertising screens the need for an accessible intervention devices seemed obvious and necessary. The wish and habit to comment (tag) the surrounding world is also an ancient and still vivant phenomena we try to preserve. Our concept of VR/Urban aims for claiming... Continue Reading →
The Descriptive Camera by Matt Richardson "works a lot like a regular camera — point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype outputs a text description of the scene." The camera sends the digital image to Mechanical Turk, in about 5 minutes... Continue Reading →
"American artist Janet Echelman reshapes urban airspace with monumental, fluidly moving sculpture that responds to environmental forces including wind, water, and sunlight." http://www.echelman.com/site/portfolio.html http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf
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