August 27, 2010
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By James Chiu in Art, design, interactive
For this year’s London Design Festival, Outrace will be the featured installation in Trafalgar Square. Composed of eight industrial robots from Audi’s own production line, they will ‘write’ user submited short text messages using LED light heads from the Audi cars attached to their mechanical arms, which stretch over three metres long.
“As a user’s message is drawn, the light trace will be simultaneously recorded through a system of high definition, long-exposure cameras, encoded as a video and relayed back to be shared across social media.”
Outrace is the brainchild of KRAM/WEISSHAAR, artists Reed Kram and Clemens Weisshaar, and will be on show from September 16th to 23rd.
Tags: design, Exhibition, experience, interactive
August 10, 2010
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By James Chiu in Art, inspiration
Stumbled upon a mesmorising collection of work: Book Sculptures by Jacquline Rush Lee, with some stunning pieces which I’d love to have as a centre piece in my living room.
In the artist’s own words:
“I am particularly drawn to objects that record physical processes or bear the imperfections and scars of life. Intuitively chosen, these objects suggest layered metaphors of knowledge and corporeality as an embodiment of the transitory nature of the body, thoughts, memories, or one’s life experiences.”
“…recycled books come with their own histories of use and meaning and how they serve as potent vehicles of expression”
“By scrambling the formal arrangement of the book and transposing its material and conceptual qualities, I aim to create evocative art forms that suggest an alternative narrative.”
Tags: Art, inspiration
