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Welcome to the Art and Technology thread! This is the place to post and discuss your art that uses modern technology in interesting and innovative ways!  Open source software, cheap electronics, affordable micro-controllers and the internet have created a perfect environment for artists to be on the forefront of technological progress, experimenting with, hacking and subverting all kinds of interesting new gadgets and technologies as soon as they become available. I bet we have lots of artists here on SA doing interesting experiments with technology, so it seemed a shame that there isn't a thread to showcase that in, so here we are! What should I post here, I hear you ask. Well, for example: Interactive installations! https://vimeo.com/73284396 Flow by Studio Roosegaarde Audio/Visual/Environmental installations!  ZEE by Kurt Heschlager (most impressive piece of art I've ever experienced  )Projection mapping!  https://vimeo.com/36936893 RE: by Deframe Collective Kinetic sculptures!  Senster by Edward Ihnatowicz (made in 1970  )Technological street art!  https://vimeo.com/19374769 Robo-rainbow by Akay Transhumanism!   Stelarc Cool conceptual tech experiments!  https://vimeo.com/89814137 High Five Camera by Andrew Maxwell-Parish Whatever this is!    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNmL6hSNKw Fish On Wheels by Studio Diip And much more, of course! If you think something might belong in this thread, it probably does. The fun thing about this kind of art is that it's such a wide field, that often crosses over with hackers and other tech enthusiasts (which has led to some very tiresome 'but is it art?  ' discussions with some of my more traditional artist buddies).So, post your work in progress, finished work or any questions you might have! (some of the gifs here came from this great blog: http://prostheticknowledge.tumblr.com/ ) ekuNNN fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Mar 31, 2014 |
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I recently finished this installation called Eyestalkers https://vimeo.com/89389056 http://front404.com/eyestalkers-2 It's a swarm of eyeballs that look at passersby. We made it using Max/MSP which is a kind of visual programming language. Two cameras look at the windows. Max/MSP detects motion and tells the location of the motion to two Arduinos, micro-controllers that are handy for interfacing with physical electronics. The Arduinos then tell the servo motors on which all the eyes are mounted to turn to a new position, so the eyes all look in the direction of the motion. 
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Mar 31, 2014 02:47
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This is a great thread  If you spend any time online you've probably seen gifs of them but I'm in awe of Theo Johnson's wind propelled "strandbeests" https://vimeo.com/71927604
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Apr 5, 2014 07:26
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This thread is, indeed, great. Chris Cunningham is back and doing more installations!
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Apr 6, 2014 05:31
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Humboldt Squid posted:If you spend any time online you've probably seen gifs of them but I'm in awe of Theo Johnson's wind propelled "strandbeests" Theo Jansen, actually. It's a Dutch surname  His strandbeesten are really great.Yesterday I had another expo with an interactive installation I finished a couple of months back (and hadn't posted in CC yet  )It's called Citytrip, and you use a bicycle and an Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset to ride around and explore a fantasy world. You move around by pedalling, and by steering with the steering wheel. Using the bicycle bell you can jump, or you can just use the many ramps in the virtual world, of course.   https://vimeo.com/80559574
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Apr 8, 2014 01:25
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We got ourselves a great big battery and took our eyeballs on the road yesterday    
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May 4, 2014 23:42
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ekuNNN posted:We got ourselves a great big battery and took our eyeballs on the road yesterday I realize they're probably static but I like to imagine the eyeballs rotate around and stare at people.
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May 5, 2014 01:23
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Humboldt Squid posted:I realize they're probably static but I like to imagine the eyeballs rotate around and stare at people. Actually they were looking around  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yDE31FHJcc
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May 5, 2014 18:57
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ekuNNN posted:Actually they were looking around Really cool! Wish they were in sync when they did it. Any of you guys have any experience with Cymatics? http://www.cymatics.org/ http://www.ted.com/talks/evan_grant_cymatics
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Jul 28, 2014 07:25
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sigma 6 posted:Really cool! Wish they were in sync when they did it. kinda reminds me of this http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2013/10/23/6-months-of-tonal-vibrations-of-tchaikovskys-swan-lake-expressed-in-crystal/ that cymatics website makes me want to spoon my eyes out though
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Jul 30, 2014 19:15
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sigma 6 posted:Really cool! Wish they were in sync when they did it. Yeah, I agree. The Eyestalkers look a lot better normally when we use them with actual cameras and they all move together. Those Cymatics pictures remind me of those awesome sand patterns (which is on purpose, probably): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvJAgrUBF4w
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Aug 4, 2014 16:35
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Did you guys see this awesome facial tracking/projection mapping experiment? https://vimeo.com/103425574
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Aug 20, 2014 16:27
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ekuNNN posted:
This is the best use of science I have ever seen. Now you have a whole school of fish whizzing around your gerbils in balls. 
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Aug 20, 2014 17:08
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scarycave posted:This is the best use of science I have ever seen. In somewhat the same vein, but less fun for the fish, here you can watch two fish playing street fighter http://www.twitch.tv/fishplaystreetfighter
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Aug 21, 2014 20:55
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Has anyone here done projection mapping before? I've read in websites for a small room i'd need a 5600 lumens projector but that is out of my price range. I'd be projecting onto a wall inside a house car garage with almost no light. I was wondering if I could get away with a lovely projector.
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Sep 6, 2014 09:56
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Harley C posted:Has anyone here done projection mapping before? I've read in websites for a small room i'd need a 5600 lumens projector but that is out of my price range. I'd be projecting onto a wall inside a house car garage with almost no light. I was wondering if I could get away with a lovely projector. I'm curious about this too but I think we'll need a little more information about what you'd like to accomplish before we reach a definitive answer.
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Sep 8, 2014 13:41
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If there's very little light you can use a 3k lumen one, they're pretty much standard for home theaters these days. anything higher does get very expensive. The reason why you'd want one as bright as possible is because in comparison it makes the dark areas darker which helps sell the illusion. However you are looking at 5 times the price for twice the brightness (or $1500 for 1024x576), it is hard to justify. for 8k lumens you're looking at $10k, and anything higher it gets silly. there's an 11k lumen one for close to 20grand - only does 720p too. cubicle gangster fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Sep 9, 2014 |
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Sep 9, 2014 00:11
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Harley C posted:Has anyone here done projection mapping before? I've read in websites for a small room i'd need a 5600 lumens projector but that is out of my price range. I'd be projecting onto a wall inside a house car garage with almost no light. I was wondering if I could get away with a lovely projector. Depends on what you want to use it for. Friends of mine have made great mapping projects in a dark room with a normal 2k Lumen beamer. If you want to play with shadows or something you might want to have higher Lumens, for the bigger contrast. But it really depends on how professional you need it to be. ekuNNN fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Sep 12, 2014 |
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Sep 12, 2014 00:35
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Anyone here participating in dlectricity?
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Sep 12, 2014 23:55
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Tried my hand at projection mapping this year at the burn. Here is a video of "Phil" - a polygonal head made out of cardboard. Don't think it looks to bad for a first attempt. At the end of the video, you can see that we had one VJ project on one side of the face, while I projected on the other. A lot of fun!
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Sep 16, 2014 01:05
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sigma 6 posted:Tried my hand at projection mapping this year at the burn. Awesome, that looks really fun. Did you bring your own projector or do you know which ones were being used? What software did you use for the mapping itself?
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Sep 16, 2014 17:06
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I did bring my own projector but the other VJ already had 2 set up by the time I got there. No idea what his models were. We both use Resolume, so he was able to give me his project file when I got there and I plugged in my library and tweaked it a bit. Good thing he already had projectors set up because I think the one I brought would not have been bright enough. (Benq W500)
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Sep 16, 2014 17:28
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gbut posted:Anyone here participating in dlectricity? That looks pretty awesome, I'm on the wrong continent though I am however working on some stuff to show at Bring Your Own Beamer in the Netherlands next week. Bring Your Own Beamer events are really awesome, with a nice friendly, open atmosphere and really diverse work every time. If you're thinking of doing some experiments with video-art or videomapping it's a really nice event to give yourself a dead-line to work towards. You can check here if there are any events near you: http://www.byobworldwide.com/Here's some pics from two years back in Utrecht:  You can see my interactive Eyeball projection in the corner here  (not my photos)
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For anyone interested in getting started with projection mapping, awesome tech-art blog Prosthetic Knowledge posted about a cool free program for projection mapping that looks really nice and easy to use, Heavy M. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBKF-AfkNJI  Also, I made a new version of my interactive VR bicycle project for a recent BYOB event in Utrecht: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS1RkVy57E8
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