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ABSML Created December 2008 andrew mahon Jeff Crouse Steve Lambert
ABSML is a new markup language that enables the creation of complex sentence formulas for 21st century automatic writing. ABSML tags replace parts of speech and sentence components using sophisticated semantic analysis, regular expressions, and web-based resources.... Open Lab Generative Art Open Source Software Web
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BrightBike Created November 2008 Bright Bike is a Retroreflective Vinyl coated bike. It is like coating your bike with a big sticker that turns ultra-brite in headlights.
Sustainability Urban Research
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Lemon Created November 2008 Lemon, 2008
Rubber and pins
Approx. 50 x 50 in / 127 x 127 cm
Lemon is a meticulous construction made from the word lemon in forty languages. Hundreds of words cut from rubber are glued together to form a surface that at once references topographic aerial view and domestic craft,... Middle East Writing and Publishing
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A RE-ENACTMENT OF THE BAT... Created November 2008 A RE-ENACTMENT OF THE BATTLE OF THE PYRAMIDS is a performance installation of reconfigured robotic toys performing seemingly military maneuvers in rigid choreographed formations. This art project explores and uses sensor and wireless communication to create clusters of entities moving in exact... Hacking Hardware Performance Art Physical Computing Robotics Video
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Digital Foundations Created November 2008 Michael Mandiberg Patrick Davison Xtine Burrough
Digital Foundations: Intro to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite
By xtine burrough & Michael Mandiberg
Digital Foundations uses formal exercises of the Bauhaus to teach the Adobe Creative Suite... Education Open Culture Learning Writing and Publishing
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VOTEMOS.US: Voting Cart... Created October 2008 VOTEMOS.US is an initiative that questions how the 2008 United States Presidential Election would differ if all residents of the United States could vote. Currently only citizens registered to vote may participate in the election for the next President. However within... Activism Open Culture Urban Research Urban Intervention
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Eye Created October 2008 Untitled (eye), 2008
Rubber, pins
115.5 x 109 in / 293.5 x 277 cm
A field of 1,155 rubber pieces of the word 'eye' in English, Hebrew, Arabic and Yiddish. The form is based on the shape created when separating Venetian blinds. The word in Hebrew and Arabic is exactly the same. Yiddish is... |
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Hello Weather Created September 2008 Hello, Weather! attempts to de-mystify the collection and use of weather and climate data by bringing artists, technologists, ecologists and environmentalists together around public weather stations.
... Sustainability Data Visualization Web
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Cloud Car Created September 2008 Any conversation about the environment inevitably comes to the automobile. Automobiles are essential to the lives of most New York City residents, but with these benefits come serious consequences: polluted air, dangerous roads, noise and congestion.
The connection... Activism Sustainability Green Performance Art
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chandelier in 4 Created September 2008 A reinterpretation of a traditional chandelier in which the crystals and lights form the underlying rigid structure for transient, flowing arms. The disappearing and reappearing body of the chandelier is defined by a fabric contour which weaves through a channel of suspended hoops. The system is... Open Lab Open Source Robotics
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WPFolio Created September 2008 Jeff Crouse Patrick Carey Steve Lambert
WPFolio is a free and open source WordPress theme designed by artists specifically for visual artists. Visual artists who have a range of experience with the web (from none, to lots) and want a website that:
emphasizes your images
is easy to update... Open Culture Software Web
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The Vertical Bed Created September 2008 The Vertical Bed is a device that allows its user to sleep in a standing position. The device supports the sleeper's weight by bolting into metal grating on the ground, and folds up to fit in a briefcase when not in use. It has been tested on the streets of New York, for 40 minutes naps at 4 hour intervals... Urban Research Performance Art Public Art Urban Intervention Wearables
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The Marionettes Created August 2008 "the marionettes" is a networked puppet installation created with the new standalone (and soon opensourced) version of moviesandbox and displayed for the eyebeam reception for the shanghai media art fair symposium in new york
Two networked puppets can be controlled by hardware marionette controllers... Production Lab Installation Open Source Video
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Dirt Style Design Created August 2008 We are developing and researching design techniques inspired by the degraded aesthetic of the hobbyist, amateur and geek. This work re-imagines the original spirit of the Internet before the dotcom gold rush. The "Summer of... |
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Xerox Astronomy and the N... Created August 2008 Xerox Astronomy (2008): a generic photocopier and desk lamp are transformed into elements within the cosmic system used by an imagined observer.
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Shadow Project Created August 2008 A responsive architectural environment of motor-controlled wires and fabric.
Architecture Installation Open Source Software
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Reware Created August 2008 Reware (2008), hacked electronic devices for visitors to play with, including a Linux- and
PureData (PD)-programmed PDA turned three-string guitar.
Open Culture Electronics Game Hacking Hardware Software
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Not Bicycle Cover Created August 2008 Not Bicycle Cover (2008), a bicycle cover fashioned from inflated garbage bags.
Open Culture Sustainability Urban Research Hacking Installation
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