Mechanical Displays: Fine Art Edition
June 26, 2021 12:44 PM Subscribe
BreakfastNY makes artwork out of hand-built mechanical displays, including flip-dot displays, 'brixels' (rotating mirrored bricks), and moar.
'brixels '
"Jack climbed the beanstalk and stole the giant's DMD projector, turning it into an art display."
posted by Your Childhood Pet Rock at 1:03 PM on June 26, 2021 [2 favorites]
"Jack climbed the beanstalk and stole the giant's DMD projector, turning it into an art display."
posted by Your Childhood Pet Rock at 1:03 PM on June 26, 2021 [2 favorites]
Someone’s going to make one of these run Doom aren’t they.
posted by vorpal bunny at 1:53 PM on June 26, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by vorpal bunny at 1:53 PM on June 26, 2021 [3 favorites]
Really wonderful, thanks!
posted by frumiousb at 6:26 PM on June 26, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by frumiousb at 6:26 PM on June 26, 2021 [2 favorites]
Wonderful, beguiling imagery, thanks for posting kaibutsu, there's nothing quite like making something and watching people draw themselves into it.
You might be interested in the (slightly, less dynamic) work of Rebecca Bauman for instance her Automated Colour Field (Variation 6) [my wife's blog]. It was quite odd to stand in front of it watching it flip randomly
posted by unearthed at 12:09 AM on June 27, 2021 [1 favorite]
You might be interested in the (slightly, less dynamic) work of Rebecca Bauman for instance her Automated Colour Field (Variation 6) [my wife's blog]. It was quite odd to stand in front of it watching it flip randomly
posted by unearthed at 12:09 AM on June 27, 2021 [1 favorite]
I love this kind of thing, lots of fun. I think Pool is my favourite of these examples. For an older but similar thing (1999) check out Daniel Rozin's Wooden Mirror.
posted by threecheesetrees at 12:18 AM on June 27, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by threecheesetrees at 12:18 AM on June 27, 2021 [2 favorites]
Super cool! I just started seeing a lot of links to Tundra recently as well, who have some kind of insane rotating screen system they use for site specific installations.
I’ve also worked with Jason Bruges Studio in the past who do some awesome stuff.
I have one large scale interactive art installation under my belt, done as a part of a team project for MIT’s 150th anniversary. It was open for one night and is responsible for one of the worst nervous breakdowns I’ve ever had. Props to all of these folks.
posted by q*ben at 12:31 AM on June 27, 2021
I’ve also worked with Jason Bruges Studio in the past who do some awesome stuff.
I have one large scale interactive art installation under my belt, done as a part of a team project for MIT’s 150th anniversary. It was open for one night and is responsible for one of the worst nervous breakdowns I’ve ever had. Props to all of these folks.
posted by q*ben at 12:31 AM on June 27, 2021
Neat! Here's a Wired video piece on Daniel Rozin (of the wooden mirror) and what looks like a whole lot of work since then along similar lines. My favorite glancing around is the Pom Pom mirror, which is just a radically different-looking pixel.
Here's a video I found of the Rebecca Baumann piece, which (if I'm reading it correctly) seems to be directly made from repurposed split-flap clocks, synchronized to nothing in particular, so one of the 'minutes' turns over every few seconds, and presumably an hour turns over every few minutes.
posted by kaibutsu at 2:00 AM on June 27, 2021 [2 favorites]
Here's a video I found of the Rebecca Baumann piece, which (if I'm reading it correctly) seems to be directly made from repurposed split-flap clocks, synchronized to nothing in particular, so one of the 'minutes' turns over every few seconds, and presumably an hour turns over every few minutes.
posted by kaibutsu at 2:00 AM on June 27, 2021 [2 favorites]
yeesh, just went back to look at the pom pom mirror again and realized my link had been hijacked by vimeo's autoplay. Here's the correct link. It's really cool!
posted by kaibutsu at 3:15 PM on June 28, 2021
posted by kaibutsu at 3:15 PM on June 28, 2021
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