by Christiane Keller, diploma project, 2009. “dataMorphose is an interactive installation which projects data into real space and visualizes it three-dimensionally. Information is represented by spanned and moving sails directly in the room. Thus abstract and virtual data becomes real and tangible. As the user takes new positions and perspectives, he can experience a completely novel and sensual perception of data.” [video]
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by Reuben Margolin. “On the spiral wave the original concept came during a rafting trip, every time you paddle, there is this spiral sort of eddy coming off the back of the paddle in the water, and after 10 days of looking at that thing i had a spiral wave more or less figured out. So then i came back here to my shop [..]” via make magazine, hazel-lim
by R. Justin Stewart (behance). Installation, sculpture, mixed media, colorful. Zip ties, teflon orings, ink on paper, wood, paint. 2009
by john douglas powers, 2006. wood, steel, paper, cat iron, typewriters and electric motors. video. dont miss dream and undulations.
via hazel.
by Daisuke Hiraiwa. “This work is composed of around 1400 disposable plastic knives drilled holes by hand.” shown at the Imm Cologne 2009.
by claire morgan, 2008. material: strings, feathers.
Kinetic Sculpture - BMW Museum, Munich
by art+com. “The Kinetic Sculpture is a metaphorical translation of the form-finding process in design. The installation consists of 714 metal spheres hanging from thin steel wires attached to individually controlled stepper motors.” dont miss the making of, explained by Jussi Ängeslevä. my favorites are the story development diagram and the 2d elevation maps to drive the 3d motion of the metal spheres. Art directed by Patrick Kochlik.
by Arik Levy. crystal-inspired piece, rapid prototyped by .MGX, shown in milan at the Swarovski Crystal Palace exhibition. “Osmosis: Through the membrane of experiencing the transition from real to virtual, from solid to a metaphor, visual and emotional perception transforms.”
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Furrow and untitled cedar sculpture
Ben Butler, Sculptures & Installations at Zg Gallery, Chicago. “The spirit of science, of discovery and illumination, is central to Ben Butler’s art. Ultimately, everything made is first found. Yet, for both art and science, successful work must allow others not to simply rediscover what you have discovered, but to make, through the work, their own discoveries. The work then remains alive. “
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an impressive collection of layered paper cut objects by Noriko Ambe. “When I am drawing or cutting lines, I am interested in observing the power of the changing growing shape. This dynamic shape becomes an entity in itself, “Another geography.” In a sense, the empty space is myself, and the materials represent the present world.”
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by Ned Kahn, San Francisco 2003. “This artwork consists of 200,000 mirrored disks which respond to the air currents generated by passing trains and the natural wind passing through the BART Station at the San Francisco Airport. The stainless steel disks encircle a 55’ diameter by 12’ deep hole in the main level of the station, through which escalators and stairs run. The myriad of tiny mirrors reflect colors from people’s clothing as they pass through the portal, creating an ever-changing mosaic of light, sculpted by the wind.”
Karsten Schmidt using processing and toxiclibs. take a brush and draw your own volumetric objects.
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environmetally responsive textiles. by studio loop.ph, synetic textile architecture modeled on biological molecular structures.
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by tom sachs, 2006.
a life-sized reconstruction of a 18-metre long blue whale. made out of “foamcore, cardboard, and white polyurethane foam, a material often used or architectural models. More than four months were needed to complete the entire structure and cover it with foam core sheeting laminated with hot silicon glue.”
