tony oursler‘s video installations have haunted me since i first saw them in 1995 – by simply projecting animated video of faces onto dolls whole and disembodied the appearance of life is uncanny, especially when the dummy is under a rock, or miniature – it is by far the best augmented reality work i have […]
Category Archives: soft/glowing
fake fire
smokeview is a free application created by the national institute of standards and technology (nist) that can simulate the spread of a fire in any building. there are (at least) three ways to visualize the effect of fire, but only one can be perceived visually at a time: smoke, temperature and flame. to perceive these […]
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war weave
while reading enlisting madison avenue: the marketing approach to earning popular support in theaters of operation (a handbook for ‘shaping’ the opinion of ‘indigenous’ populations in US-occupied countries) via chris c, i came across many failures and few successes. one of the biggest problems in US propaganda efforts is that many ‘shaping’ attempts find their […]
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sew local
the 100-mile suit is an attempt to build some of our simplest products – clothes – with only local resources. it was a 92% successful undertaking, with only the thread and soles of the shoes imported from elsewhere. it’s an impressively difficult task, if you think about it, and what is the point? well, the […]
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fragrant upcycling
since many people have shown interest in john habraken’s wobo beer bottle bricks and up-cyling in general, i thought i would bring up yet another example: my favorite architects’ (lot-ek) 1994 chromo-lamps, crafted from discarded detergent bottles found on the streets of new york. both the quasi-lamp (top) and omni-lamp (bottom) are painstakingly assembled by […]
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spoiled spud, crack-proof egg & co
sensor wireless inc. makes replicas of products such as potatoes or eggs (left) and glass bottles (right) outfitted with sensors (probably accelerometers) so that manufacturers can track damage to the product along the assembly line in real-time on PDAs. i first learned about the smart spud ™ while visiting frito-lay, because the conveyor belts and […]
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cuddling with music
music for bodies makes sonic bed, an installation where visitors can experience sound not only through their ears but also through the rest of their bodies by laying in a multi-user bed and feeling the vibrations. the music is composed especially for this synesthetic experience using max MSB. One way to evaluate their work is […]
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tickle me
tickle salon by driessens & verstappen uses a curtain poof suspended from a four fishing lines to tickle while at the same time producing a three-dimensional image of the user’s body
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