October 2007

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• Events

  Image Radio

  10.23.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  PixFlow #2 - LAb [au]
  From November 2 – 4, 2007, Image Radio is being held in Eindhoven, NL. The festival will be presenting a series of interactive installations that investigate the phenomenon of ‘Urban Screens’: Looking at how moving images in public space could function beyond commercial applications. MAD has collected for Image Radio a […]

• Audio, Devices, Kinetic, Scuplture/Installation

  Roots - Roman Kirschner

  10.22.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  My recent work has been influenced a great deal by the work of Cybernetican Gordon Pask (1928-1996)  from his interactive installations to his work with Architects Cedric Price, John Fazer and Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte. Its always interesting to see how Pask’s work continues to inspire a range of contemporary art work so I […]

• Ruairi Glynn

  Performative Ecologies nominated for Europrix Top Talent Award

  10.19.07 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  I’m excited to hear that my most recent interactive installation Performative Ecologies has been nominated for the Europrix Top Talent Awards with the exhibition being held at the Kunsthaus Graz. on the 23rd and 24th of November. This of course means that I now have to rebuild the entire thing and fly it over to […]

• Architecture, Articles, Interactive

  Emotional Architecture?

  10.18.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  So what does the future hold for us? And what will technology enable us or indeed disable us from achieving. Futuristic visions from science fiction cinema borrow much from the leading technology of their time, to imagine our future homes, workplaces and cities. I’ve always had a laugh watching the 1940’s-50’s […]

• Lighting

  Seagulls

  10.16.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here’s an interesting use of aluminium louvers and LED technology recently installed at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. The new building, designed by architects Penoyre & Prasad, is illuminated on the south side using RGB color changing LED lighting supplied by Light Projects and Tryka.

  The LED lighting illuminates the façade by casting light […]

• Lighting, New Materials

  Light-Emitting Roof Tiles

  10.15.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  The roof has historically focused on one primary function: keeping out the elements. New technologies, as present in Light-Emitting Roof Tiles, allow the integration of additional functions within roof surfaces. Manufactured by Lambert Kamps, the transparent roof tiles are integrated light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and designed to display text, pictures, and other graphical content in multiple […]

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