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Participatory
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Devices, Events, Furniture, New Materials, Participatory, Scuplture/Installation, Visual
Virtual Electronic Poem
The Poème électronique was a unique experience, originated from the request made by Philips to Le Corbusier for the design of the company’s pavilion at the Brussels World Fair in 1958. The whole project was initiated and directed by Le Corbusier, who also created and/or selected the images for the audiovisual show, with the organized […]
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Interactive, Participatory, Scuplture/Installation, Visual
Funky Forest
Video
The test of any good installation is how children respond and few I’ve seen get this kind of intuitive response. Theo Watson and Emily Gobeille, made ‘Funky Forest‘ which premiered at the 2007 Cinekid festival in the Netherlands. ‘Funky Forest’ is an interactive ecosystem where children create trees with their body and then divert the […] -
Interactive, Lighting, Participatory, Visual
Evoke - Usman Haque
11.01.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsEvoke by Architect & Artist Usman Haque is a massive animated 80,000 lumen projection, that lights up the facade of York Minster. The facade is brought to life by members of the public, who use their own voices to "evoke" colourful light patterns that emerge at the building’s foundations and soar up towards the sky, […]
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Kinetic, Participatory
Gary Chang - Reconfigurable Living Spaces - Suitcase House Hotel
02.19.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments
When Gary Chang spoke at the Simplicity Symposium at Ars Electronica curated by John Maeda last year, I was amazed by his life story growing up in Hong Kong in cramped conditions and how as an architect these experiences have shaped his interest in creating living and working spaces. Gary founded his company EDGE in […] -
Events, Lighting, Participatory, Visual
Guerrilla Lighting - Switched ON London
02.10.07 | Permalink | 3 CommentsGraffiti Writing to Guerrilla Lighting, yes it seems everyones a rebel these days, even the director of BDP lighting, Martin Luptn who has assembled a crack team of local lighting designers, architects, interior designers and manufacturers, all of whom are keen to draw attention to the possibilities, and importance of, lighting in the urban environment.
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Events, Interactive, Lighting, Participatory, Visual
Lazer Tagging - Graffiti Research Lab
02.09.07 | Permalink | 7 CommentsIf your in Rotterdam at the moment, get down to the Graffiti Research Lab’s most recent offering. I got to see a sneak peak while I was at Eyebeam in New York a few weeks ago and I’m really pleased to see it working so well at its current venue, the ‘KPN building’ which incidentally […]
