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techno-kinetic wave sculptures

absolutely stunning sculptural work from ‘reuben margolin’ including a piece he has installed in the ‘pentagon’ building in washington…

m / 09-12-2011 13:15 - tags: , , ,  

20 Hz

…observes a geo-magnetic storm occurring in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Working with data collected from the CARISMA radio array and interpreted as audio, we hear tweeting and rumbles caused by incoming solar wind, captured at the frequency of 20 Hertz. Generated directly by the sound, tangible and sculptural forms emerge suggestive of scientific visualisations. As different frequencies interact both visually and aurally, complex patterns emerge to create interference phenomena that probe the limits of our perception…

(via ‘yacco vijn’)

m / 30-11-2011 12:20 - tags: , , , ,  

the gif player

…the first device which was able to show a moving image and which is considered to be the pre-runner of modern cinema. The only down part however was the fact that it could only show short movie clips in a loop. An animated gif is exactly that…

amusing analog gif animation device
made by ‘crap = good’ (link via yacco vijn)

m / 22-11-2011 15:32 - tags: , , ,  

roll on

more news from the ongoing ‘hoofdzaken’ art project: the finished ‘wheel’ from atelier remy/veenhuizen arrived at the studio last week… one small problem, despite there being several large lifts in the building it doesn’t fit in any of them, so we are having to move to a different location to work on the string typography installation…

we also visited the new ‘oba’ amsterdam city library building yesterday where the first exhibition will be taking place in ealy 2012, if all goes to plan it is going to be great fun making this exhibition…

m / 22-11-2011 09:25 - tags: ,  

the good wife

i just wanted to indulge in a bit of shameless plugging for the diorama project my wife has created, she started earlier this year and has been pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic response, so far… she has already had an exhibition in an art gallery (at least one or maybe two more to follow soon) she even has celebrities amongst her growing number of clients…

have a look around and order one quick before they become so popular that you’ll have to wait ages to get hold of one, christmas is only a few weeks away… she makes me proud

m / 15-11-2011 09:10 - tags: , , ,