Archive for August, 2006
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Another interactive kinetic sculpture from Jonathan Schipper , 2 participants are taken from the audience and buckled into the saddles on either end of the machine. The participants are then lifted into the air. Both participants are provided hand controllers that allow them to control the movement of the saddles, which are on pneumatically powered gimbals, and the central rotation of the machine. Some movements are shared and some affect only one or the other of the two participants. The function of each input button on the controllers is changed by a computer on a regular basis so that the participants can not gain full control of the machine.
A rock and roll band is playing electric instruments near by. The amplification for the band is turned on by the machine while the machine is in the air. The band members (Outside Man) wear helmets that isolate the band, who can not hear anything other than their own sounds. After a few minutes the participants are brought back to the ground and released from the machine. The band is turned off and the machine is ready for the next cycle.
August 10th, 2006
A 5.5 foot diameter sphere covered with video monitors & surveillance cameras. each monitor displays a live video feed from a camera placed on the opposite side of the sphere. the sphere, created by Jonathan Schipper , can be rolled around in its environment. it is a surveillance device that reveals what is just beyond it. its scale & mobility defy secrecy.
Video Interview of Jonathan by Coolhunting
215 Points of View
via infosthetics via Rhizome
also see create digital motion
August 10th, 2006
Three architects and urbanists from modulorbeat have used some 160 conventional 1000-litre water tanks to build a temporary open air night club called Kubik.
The plastic tanks are filled with luminous bulbs so that VJs can turn the whole structure into visual games. The electric bulbs are individually controllable and the walls of tanks can be used just like an oversized low-tech screen.
Kubik is at Köpenicker Straße 36 in Berlin-Kreuzberg — Videos — deepchild has a flickr set.
via wmmna via republish, energylab, van ludwig, gridskipper, trendspotter.
August 9th, 2006
Responsive Environments: Architecture, Art and Design
is Lucy Bullivant's sequel to 4dspace: Interactive Architecture which again looks at some of the work of interactive artists/architects working in the trans-disciplinary field of interactive architecture. Lucy's first book 4dspace was an excellent introduction to individual artists and artworks. This book now examines a number of the same works and a few new ones thematically. I was very pleased to see that Interactive Architecture dot Org was mentioned as a resource for the book along side two of my favourite blogs, Pixelsumo and We-Make-Money-No-Art.
August 8th, 2006
Symphonic House is a joint experiment between David Hanawalt, Architect and Bill Close, Sonic Installation Artist; The House explores the integration of site, sight and sound through the creation of architecture as musical instruments.
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The house is set up with a series of musical instruments. The Architecture becomes the structure, bridge and resonator for these giant instruments created using specially developed brass and piano wire as “the strings” of the instruments. The use of long string technologies developed by Bill Close allow for the instruments to be architectural in scale. The complex patterns of strings are extensions of the architectural lines of the house and become an integral part of the visual experience.
Website
August 7th, 2006
IFM's Electric Plaid is a unique textile display technology and design material. It is used by IFM to create hand woven, sensuous individual artworks, interior design and architectural surfaces. Electric Plaid combines woven electronic circuits, color-change inks and drive electronics, to add TIME AND MOTION to textile patterns and design. Patterns change color slowly over time, to give you information or change the decor of the room. Electric Plaid is a reflective (it doesn't light up!) color-change medium. Electric Plaid can be combined with IFM's textile sensors, StitchSwitch, to create fully interactive textiles and artworks.
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August 3rd, 2006
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