The tightly bound sculptures of Korean artist Yeong-Deok Seo are equally impressive and depressing. Impressive in that such detail and texture can be coaxed from something as ordinary as a bicycle chain. More »
Kendall Station, the MIT stop here in Massachusetts, was once home to this musical, interactive art piece called the “Kendall Band.” Now, thanks to students at MIT, the music rings again as part of the university’s 150th anniversary. More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/amCyVpY4cQI&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );On display at Art Basel in sunny Miami, this LED sculpture from Troika bathes the floor with 50 light-based raindrops using a series of Swarovski crystal lenses and moving mechanical arms. Very soothing! [YouTube via Engadget] More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/06Q6berM0j0&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); What’s it like watching 1,200 toy cars zip around an inconceivably tangled kinetic sculpture, charging and whirring all at once? Like choreographed chaos. Like pure unadulterated joy, tinged with inescapable repetition. Like this. More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.viddler.com/player/80f72271/","customParams":{"flashVars":"fake=1"},"width":500,"height":301.25,"ratio":0.5625,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"viddler","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); When I think of bonfires, I picture a blazing heat pit circled by beer-drinking, smores-making, flannel-wearing campers. The 21st century bonfire, an aleatoric light sculpture, seems to be a bit classier, catering more to the high-heeled, martini drinking type. [Vimeo] More »
Now that’s how you carve a pumpkin: into a fully rendered R2-D2 jack-o’-lantern. Here’s how Noel Dickover sculpted this tricky treat out of an average 18kg gourd. More »
