Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Turtle Talk with Crush at Disney’s California Adventure Park
If you are headed to Disneyland/Disney’s California Adventure Park, don’t miss Turtle Talk with Crush, located in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot.
Have an in-depth chat with Crush, the totally awesome sea turtle from the Disney·Pixar film, “Finding Nemo.” Engage in live, unrehearsed conversations with this denizen of the digital deep who talks, jokes and even recognizes Guests. Dive into this Disney Animation attraction at Disney’s California Adventure® Park.
Turtle Talk with Crush uses real-time animation for live conversations.
Crush’s speech and actions are specific to each audience.
Crush asks Guests questions about the human world and answers questions about his underwater world.
Jean Sobieski - Art & Technology
Streaming audio program from November 22, 2006. Conversation with Jean Sobieski who exhibited at the Dubai Community Theater and Art Center during Jitex.
How does one paint a computer virus? French artiste Jean Sobieski, a descendent of Polish Royalty, explains how he portrays technology, with the aid of techology. He also talks about ‘Emergence’ and the work he has produced as a consequence of a ‘near death experience’ at an early age.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Tesla Roadster at the 2006 San Francisco Auto Show
Tesla Motors’ all-electric vehicle is the star at the 2006 San Francisco Auto Show. They are the Apple of the automotive world by proving that you can combine elegant design with engineering to create something that will change the market. This is the first vehicle you see as you descend the escalator and from then on, everything else just pales next to it. Congratulations to the entire team!
Monday, October 02, 2006
Yahoo’s Hack Day overall winner is Blogging in Motion
Yahoo opened its corporate headquarters to hordes of hackers, press and others on Friday and Saturday for its open Hack Day.
The winning project, called Blogging In Motion, combined a camera, a handbag, a pedometer and the Flickr API to create a device that takes a picture after every few steps and then automatically blogs those pictures. The device was created by Diana Eng, Emily Albinski and Audrey Roy, pictured to the right along with the device.
It’s great to see an all female team combine fashion and technology in a different way so congratulations!
via TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington who emcee’d the event.
Monday, September 04, 2006
Lewis Tardy
Just saw his sculptures at the Sausalito Art Festival this weekend and they are amazing. He creates biomechanical sculptures with an art deco feel from found scrap pieces of metal. Check them out at:
ISEA2006 and ZeroOne San Jose
ISEA2006 was held in August this year in conjunction with the first ZeroOne San Jose biennial art and technology festival. As this was local for me, it was exciting to see a city in the U.S. launch an art and technology festival. Like any first time attempt, it will get smoother over time but the team is to be congratulated for getting it launched! Most of the projects in this show required time to absorb and experience fully as many were interactive and required more than passive effort on the part of people attending the show. The topics which many of the artists were exploring were timely—war, biotechnology, surveillance, location, memory and robotics. I have launched an artist interview channel on YouTube and have placed several videos from the show there for you to check out.
I have a few more to convert and post but in the meantime, here are a couple for you to enjoy:
Jennifer Willett and Oron Catts
Sunday, May 21, 2006
remobeads
Check out these conceptual beads from Russian designer Dima Komissarov as a way to connect with your tv via jewelry.
via Sci Fi Tech
Laurence Gartel: A Digital Art Innovator
A terrific article about this pioneer of digital art.
Laurence Gartel, whose home base is in Boca Raton, Florida, is regarded as the father of the digital art movement. For the past 30 years, his works have been exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Joan Whitney Payson Museum in Portland, Maine, the Long Beach Museum of Art in California, the Princeton University Art Museum in New Jersey, and many more, including permanent collections at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. In fact, Gartel’s biography for his pioneering efforts includes being named to various Who’s Who lists.
Born and raised in New York City, Gartel-a self-described “artist from birth"--instructed Andy Warhol how to use the Amiga Computer. Since then, he has rubbed elbows and developed professional associations with many celebrities, including musicians Debbie Harry of Blondie and the late Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols. More recently, he has created artwork for pop stars Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake.
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Recently, the artist traveled across India with a team of eight people, taking more than 3000 photographs and hours of digital clips-a compilation of art and his interpretations of the country that he is fusing with world music. The multimedia release, titled Gartel: India, will be available this coming January. Meanwhile, Gartel is also hosting his own television show in Miami called Culture Talk, during which he interviews “the movers and shakers” in Florida who contribute their excellence to all things cultural: film, art, music, fashion, and performing arts.
Computer Graphics World (Nov 2005)
Art takes a crash course in science
Wherever you look now, it seems, some theater, opera house, museum or center is mounting a show, series or symposium on the connections between science and art. As science stakes out an ever-widening swath of our collective consciousness, artists across the board are paying closer and closer attention to a way of thinking and imaging they once regarded as alien, impenetrable and irrelevant to their humanistic enterprise.
Megascale Art
A post about possible scales of art—from subplanetary to universe.
According to Freeman Dyson, we have “good scientific reasons for taking seriously the possibility that life and intelligence can succeed in molding this universe of ours to their own purposes”, and the purpose of an intelligent race would be either scientific or artistic. In other words, they can try to modify their environments either because of their scientific or artistic ambitions.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
The Ladybag
A group of six women from Simon Fraser University in Canada have developed a purse with RFID technology which responds if items such as a cell phone or wallet are missing from the purse. In addition:
That Ladybag is equipped with a light-emitting diode screen that contains seven different expressive face patterns.
Five sensors located in different areas on the bag pick up various force and motion generated by the bag’s owner and then translate that into one of the seven different light patterns.
For example, if the person fiddles frantically with the bag, the face with a worried look will light up. If the owner hugs the bag, a happy face emoticon will light up.
Maker Faire Fashion and Technology Show with Diana Eng and Emily Albinski
The Maker Faire in San Mateo, California held its first fashion and technology show yesterday. It featured the launch of the Black Box Nation line by Diana Eng (Project Runway) and Emily Albinski. By combining their talents in fashion and technology, they have created a collection greater than the sum of its parts. The lineup included: biomimetic clothing, functional and electronic component jewelry, mathematical knits, pcb radio, heartbeat hoodie, mobius strip bag, and the inflatable dress conceptual design. I’m looking forward to seeing the next creations by this talented team! Enjoy.....
Black Box Nation
Diana Eng
Emily Albinski
Maker Faire Fashion Tech Show
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
CALL FOR ENTRIES Darklight Film Festival 2006 (Dublin, Ireland)
Deadline for Submissions: Monday, March 20, 2006
http://www.darklight.ie
WE WANT YOUR FILMS!
DARKLIGHT ARE NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES FOR FESTIVAL 2006
DARKLIGHT FESTIVAL is Ireland’s premier festival for filmmakers, animators and artists whose work explores the convergence of art, film and technology.
Digital filmmaking techniques have become increasingly universal, they have revolutionised contemporary filmmaking practice and contributed hugely to the liberation of animation. In response to this the Darklight programme has become focused on work that challenges; concepts, visual aesthetic, narrative, access, methods of production and dialogue through these contemporary filmmaking techniques.
Darklight exhibits work that pushes these boundaries and displays creative excellence. Our mission is to nurture new talent and to create new possibilities for the imagination.
STRP Festival 2006 (The Netherlands)
March 24-26, 2006
STRIJP-S – EINDHOVEN - THE NETHERLANDS
ROBOTICS / MUSIC / VISUALS / INTERACTIVE ART
http://www.strp.nl/index-english.html
CONCEPT
STRP, a brand new festival in an incredible space. The first edition of the STRP Festival will take place from the 24th till the 26th of March 2006 in the former industrial area of Philips; Strijp-S. Numerous technological innovations took place at Strijp-S in the 20th century. For example, think of cassettes and CDs.
STRP is an unique festival at the intersection of art, technology and popular culture, bringing in elements from all art disciplines. Robots alongside DJ’s, lectures alongside interactive installations, cinema live shows. STRP uses these powerful aspects of art and technology to draw content into an approachable multidisciplinary popfestival. All this during three days from early in the afternoon till late at night.
STRP has formulated four themes for the festival that will shape the relationship between popular culture, art and technology into a provocative whole. Each theme is looked at from different angles and disciplines. Existing works will be shown as well as works conceived especially for the festival.
THEMES
Nu-Live new forms of live electronic music performance where the special attention is paid to the performative aspect. One of the important program components in this theme is Live Cinema: a new way to present live image and sound within one performance.
Press “Start” gaming, interactive installations and playful art works, in which the public can take an active role in the experience and realization of the work.
WE ARE THE ROBOTS focusing on a number of internationally renowned artists who work in the field of robotics.
RE - or ‘the inheritance’ using the rich history of this area as a starting point for artistic experiences. For this year the compositions of earliest electronic arts pioneer Dick Raaijmakers will be remixed by renown contemporary musicians from different scenes.
CALL: New York Digital Salon Abstract Visual Music Project
Deadline: February 15, 2006
Call for Submissions
New York Digital Salon Abstract Visual Music Project
The New York Digital Salon is seeking submissions for the Abstract Visual Music Project. Current plans include an online image and webcast exhibition, along with public screenings, lectures, and other events. Images depicting abstract visual music are being sought, along with time-based work, i.e. Quicktime movies, URLs, Flash animations, DVDs, videotapes, etc. All work must be in digital format. Essays and artist statements on the creation, theory, and history of abstract visual music will also be considered for the website, as well as possible publication in our catalog. Visual music artworks and installations will also be considered. Software and hardware that allows for the creation of abstract visual music is also being considered and programmers are invited to submit their work. There is no entry fee.
For more information on the project and to download a Submission form please visit
http://www.nydigitalsalon.org/11/intro.htm