Video of digital artists Elliot Woods and Mimi Son’s ‘LINE SEGMENTS SPACE’, a beguiling light and sound sculpture installed at the Seoul Art Space in 2013.
A tectonic equivalent of Ryoichi Kurokawa’s Oscillating Continuum.
That’s one small step for an ill-proportioned human, one giant leap for slapstick biological cybernetics.
Impressive natural-looking motion based on 3D skeleton interaction and muscle geometry — triumph and failure in equal measure.
(via asbradbury)
This entry was updated on 25 April 2014.
Full-length version of Ron Hays’ 1979 Odyssey above: a 45-minute compilation of cutting edge (for the time!) music visualisations created with analogue computers. Music by Frank Serafine.
Thanks to username italonuts, who stumbled across the original Laserdisc — apparently, fifteen years ago in a second-hand shop in Tokyo.
Early examples of computer-generated art and experimental video by multimedia artist Doris Totten Chase below.
Doris Chase, excerpt from Circles I, 1969–1970, in collaboration with programmers and computer engineers at The Boeing Company.
Computer film based on spinning hoops.
Doris Chase, excerpt from Circles II, 1972.
Colour separated telerecording of film footage to come out of a 1968 collaboration between the artist and the choreographer and dancer Mary Staton.
Doris Chase, excerpt from Jazz Dance, 1975.
Film combining computer-generated outlines of rhythmic dance movements and oscilloscope patterns of music. In the mid-1970s, Chase was creating groundbreaking work at the intersection of video, dance and computer-generated imagery — achieving a ‘hypnotic and strongly rhythmic synthesis’.
You can watch eight video clips from her oeuvre, which includes over 50 films, here.
Curated by Abmeyer + Wood.
First episode of a new three-part documentary about creative programming languages.
(via Hello World!)
Jay Silver, exuberant inventor, entertains the TED Salon audience with ketchup, pizza, bananas and other seemingly absurd but infinitely fun computer interfaces and game controllers.
(via TED)
Powerful, minimalist audiovisual sculpture by insanely talented, Berlin-based digital artist Ryoichi Kurokawa.
(via Vimeo)
I'm geeking out over this archive of generative art by pioneering computer artist Lillian Schwartz.
The charming, papery world of Tearaway looks to be a fun, creative, gun-free adventure for the PlayStation Vita handheld console. Hat tip to the talented team at UK-based game developer Media Molecule.
(via @mediamolecule)
Personal note: I'm back! After an eight-month breather, I'm dipping into this blog once again. Expect updates to appear in your RSS reader with the same irregularity as before!
The R&D division at New York Times has created this intriguing prototype for an augmented mirror.
(Via thecuriosbrain and NYTLabs. Remind me what a mirror does again?)
Dutch game developer Joost van Dongen is geared up for a public release of his geometric game project Proun — a fascinating first-person racing game inspired by abstract artists like Mondrian, Schwitters and El Lissitzky.
Check out this abstract landscape trailer.
(via Van Abbemuseum)
Cubelets are modular magnetic blocks which are programmed with sense, action or operator behaviours. Snap them together and hey presto, a tabletop mobile robot that is both educational and fun!
(via chrisoshea)
Micromusic was an internet community platform and digital playground for creators of experimental audio.
Swiss-based sound enthusiasts Gino Esposto and Michael Burckhardt (pictured) initiated the project in 1998, to bring together audio producers, technologists and creatives who shared their passion for lo-tech music, game culture and digital lifestyle. The Micromusic web interface launched in August 1999, and quickly established bridges between internet communities and various on/offline scenes and formats.
The possibility of group collaboration, combined with meticulously curated audio-visual and editorial content, created a highly contextualised digital environment which attracted hundreds of worldwide digital audio creators and future collaborators.
The Microbuilder Community Construction Kit, which included the Micromusic web platform software and community web tools, was released to encourage others to build and manage special interest online systems and communities.
Micromusic's notable achievements include an honorary mention in Net Vision category at the Prix ARS Electronica 2001 (Joshua Davis received the highest prize for his influential PrayStation.com which was achieving similar success using Carnivore to connect digital visual artists online); winner of Swiss Design Award in 2003; a number of product compilations released with Swiss music label partners Domizil; and regular offline events which helped attract new worldwide audiences to the playful, lo-tech/hi-tech aesthetic and sound of Micromusic musicians and artists.
Interesting note: Micromusic founders criticised Malcolm Mclaren in an open letter to the former Sex Pistols manager for his mis-representation of chip music in a November 2003 issue of Wired magazine. Did he respond?
(micromusic.net still remains online. I dare you not to smile while listening to samples of audio tracks created by project members!)
The Eye Writer Initiative project is using low-cost technologies to empower people suffering from ALS (a type of motor neuron disease).
