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'the wooden mirror' by Daniel Rozin
Interactive artist Daniel Rozin [link] works in a very particular artistic milieu, making mirrors from unreflective surfaces.
one of his creations, 'the wooden mirror' is a testament to his skill in this area. the mirror uses 830 square pieces
of wood which are hooked up to an equal number of small motors which move the wooden blocks according to a
built in camera. the camera picks up movement in light and somehow transfers the signal to the wood. the result
is an eerie representation of reality depicted in tiny wooden pixels. since building 'the wooden mirror' rozin has
experimented with a number of other materials.
one of his creations, 'the wooden mirror' is a testament to his skill in this area. the mirror uses 830 square pieces
of wood which are hooked up to an equal number of small motors which move the wooden blocks according to a
built in camera. the camera picks up movement in light and somehow transfers the signal to the wood. the result
is an eerie representation of reality depicted in tiny wooden pixels. since building 'the wooden mirror' rozin has
experimented with a number of other materials.
Yves Behar: Designer
"...do people really need the caps-lock key on a computer keyboard?"
Over the past decade San Francisco-based designer Yves Behar and his firm Fuseproject have produce designs for cell phone headsets (Jawbone), shoes (Birkenstock), computers (OLPC's XO laptop) and table lamps (Herman Miller's "Leaf").
A recent project: NYC Condom, was launched on Valentine's day 2008. The Dept of Health in NY needed a way to distribute 36 million condoms for free. fuseproject worked on a dispenser, which needs to be easily serviceable etc. They're being installed all over the city. fuseproject also designed the condoms
AirJelly
AirJelly houses two lithium-ion polymer accumulator batteries rated at 8 V and 400 mA, which can be completely charged in half an hour and are AirJelly's sole source of power. A connected central electric drive unit transmits the force to a bevel gear wheel and then to eight spur gears in sequence. These gears power eight shafts, each of which activates a crank; these in turn move the jellyfish's eight tentacles. Each tentacle is designed as a structure with Fin Ray Effect®- a construction derived from the functional anatomy of a fish's fin. The actual structure consists of two alternating tension and pressure flanks movably connected by ribs. If a flank is subjected to pressure, the geometrical structure automatically bendsin the direction of the applied force. Together, the tentacles produce a peristaltic forward motion similar to that of their biological model.
World's Largest Drawing
Jim Denevan [link] is a chef from california, USA, but not all of his handy work fits easily onto a plate. Denevan also creates huge freehand sand drawings using a combination of tools and a truck. one of his more recent pieces has been dubbed the 'largest freehand drawing in the world' and it certainly is big at 3 miles (4.8km) across! the circular work took 100 (160km) miles / eight days of walking to complete and was washed away in a rainstorm the next week. more info and images on the piece can be found over at dark roasted blend. [link]
Turning the Place Over
A short video that documents artist Richard Wilson's intervention into a building in Liverpool's city center.
"One of Wilson's very rare temporary works, Turning the Place Over colonises Cross Keys House, Moorfields. It runs in daylight hours, triggered by a light sensor.
"Turning the Place Over consists of an 8 metres diameter ovoid cut from the façade of a building in Liverpool city centre and made to oscillate in three dimensions. The revolving façade rests on a specially designed giant rotator, usually used in the shipping and nuclear industries, and acts as a huge opening and closing 'window', offering recurrent glimpses of the interior during its constant cycle during daylight hours."
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- What's Your Favourite Way To Create?
- Painting and assemblage with tendesies toward madness and drunkeness. There usually is an open bottle of wine.
- Favourite Artists (in ANY creative medium)
- Robert Rauschenberg, Jackson Pollack, Louise Bourgeois,Franz Kline among others of the 'New York School' of painters.(and i use that term loosely) Ed Emberley presented me with the fundamental forms and building blocks of creating art. Bob Ross made me want to paint and my father encouraged it..
- Greatest Creative Moment You've Had?
- Wow. I have never been posed this question before. I am at a loss, but I am now going to consider this carefully. I was struck with the thought of previous 'excitements'. I have had the occasional thought or action that really made a piece work for me. Now I am wondering...were any of them 'great'?
- What's Your Biggest Creative Dream?
- To create work in an atmosphere of unbridled creativity. To have space and access to all such creative mediums that may interest me. To be unhinged from the requirement of monetary gain to have electricity. Honestly there are other things I would rather spend my IRS "kicker" check on. Thanks Federal Reserve for printing up that extra money.
- Your Website:
- http://flocknsheep.com
- Your Blog:
- http://girlswirls.blogspot.com
- Additional website/ blog:
- http://girlswirlsart.com
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Jules
Lin
welcome to CCS! I just went to take a quick look at your website, and suddenly two hours had passed, lol. I enjoyed the video of Ken Robinson speaking about how schools might be killing creativity very much. Very relevant and food for thought.
You have some very interesting links there - Paper Forest alone is going to keep me busy for days now.
Anyway, I am rambling - I look forward to seeing your creations and comments here on the forum,
Heidi