Research
Daniel Chadwick – Kinetic Solar Systems
March 3, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 5 CommentsDaniel Chadwick‘s principal works are mobiles made up of “Kinetic Solar Systems” that revolve using tiny solar-powered motors to propel perfectly balanced discs.
Video of Solar Powered Mobiles
Beacon – Cinimod Studio & Chris O’Shea
March 2, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn‘Beacon’, by Chris O’Shea & Cinimod Studio is a kinetic light installation with a mind of its own. An array of emergency beacon lights interacts with visitors, tracking their movement through the space, creating an immersive and playful experience.
Wall of Eyes – Adrian Baynes
February 27, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 CommentsWall of Eyes by Adrian Baynes is an interactive public artwork, comprising of 225 mannequin eyes, which follow the viewer through space.
Its just one of the kinetic installations showing for the first time at Kinetica Art Fair opening … Read More
Carnivorous Domestic Entertainment Robots Project
February 25, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentOne of the special mentions in the VIDA 11.0 exhibition went to Carnivorous Domestic Entertainment Robots project by James Auger, Jimmy Loizeau, Alex Zivanovic, and Trevor Harvey currently exists as a series of five semi-operational prototypes: Mousetrap coffee table robot, … Read More
VIDA 11.0 Art and Artifical Life
February 23, 2009 | Ruairi Glynn | 6 CommentsI have recently come back from Madrid where I was exhibiting my piece Performative Ecologies at VIDA 11.0 alongside some great installations from Philip Beesley & Rob Gorbet, Chico MacMurtie, Jed Berk, Chris Sugrue and Damian Stewart. With the … Read More
Nobel Textiles
September 11, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 CommentsFive Nobel-winning scientists have been paired with five textile designers as part of a two-year project between Central Saint Martins College and the Medical Research Council, and the result is Nobel Textiles: a brilliant week of exhibitions and events … Read More
“Untitled (UFO)” – Peter Coffin + Cinimod Studio
July 11, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | 3 Comments“Untitled (UFO)” is an art project conceived by established New York artist Peter Coffin and created in collaboration with London-based Cinimod Studio. Coffin had for a while been wanting to create a public UFO flight performance, but it was … Read More
Back To Version 1
July 11, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentSometimes things are best left as they are so I’ve gone back to the original look for the site. Seems like everyone is pimping up their blogs and I’m not much of a web designer so I’m making as bad … Read More
Energy Generating Dance Floor
June 19, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | 16 CommentsBritain’s first eco-nightclub is to open this summer qith plans to install an energy-generating dancefloor, which would harness power from the pounding of clubbers’ feet and convert it into electricity.
Although entry to the club costs £10, those … Read More
DigiWall
April 24, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentDigiWall from the Interactive Institute looks like a traditional climbing-wall but it’s actually a computer game you climb upon. Every climbing-hold is equipped with a sensor that registers hands and feet. In that way DigiWall can keep track on … Read More
VIDA
April 23, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentHere are a number videos of installations and sculptures on the theme of artificial life which won awards at VIDA last year. Via wmmna
Mission eternity sarcophagus
Etoy.corporation launched the Mission Eternity Project in 2005, foregrounding on the … Read More
openFrameworks
April 22, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentI’ve been playing with openFrameworks (currently in prerelease) for the past couple of days for a project I currently doing. I have to say that it is extremely powerful and a great introduction to C++ programming. “OpenFrameWorks, is a … Read More
Joseph Weizenbaum – AI & Humanity
April 21, 2008 | Ruairi GlynnJoseph Weizenbaum died at the ripe old age of 85 last month (NYTime Obituary). Weizenbaum was best known for ELIZA, a program designed in 1966 to establish natural language conversation with a computer by emulating a Rogerian therapist (Online … Read More
Jellytecture
April 20, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentHere’s another competition that has come out of the Interactive Architecture Workshop at the Bartlett by current student Harry Parr. You’ve got one month to get your jelly mould designs in for the Architectural Jelly Competition. Any submitted media … Read More
INTERArChTIVE Commission Winner
April 17, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 CommentsMette Ramsgard Thomsen previous installation ‘Vivisection’
I’m pleased to announce after a lot of very high quality proposals, the INTERArChTIVE commission has been given to Mette Ramsgard Thomsen and Karin Bech, to develop their interactive installation ‘Slow Furl’ for … Read More
Virtual Electronic Poem
April 15, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | 5 CommentsThe 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 … Read More
Insect Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems
April 14, 2008 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 CommentsThe Hybrid Insect Micro Electro Mechanical Systems project aims to create literal shutterbugs – camera-toting insects whose nerves have grown into their internal silicon chip so that wranglers can control their activities. DARPA researchers are also raising cyborg beetles … Read More
Urban Screens 08
April 12, 2008 | Ruairi GlynnUrban Screens Melbourne 08 is the third, ground-breaking international conference and multimedia exhibition in a series of worldwide Urban Screens events. It will mark the official launch of the International Urban Screens Association and will take place 3.-8. October … Read More