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Raygun Gothic Rocketship

Raygun Gothic Rocketship

The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is an impressive large-scale installation piece in the works by the same fine crew that created the Steampunk Treehouse. The rough sketch above gives a general sense of perspective (plus it just looks cool); the highest point of the structure is 40 feet. From the site: The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is […]

Dorkbot – Seattle art show

Dorkbot – Seattle art show

The Seattle chapter of Dorkbot, in collaboration with 911 Media Arts Center, is opening a new juried art exhibit, “Strange Things,” with an opening night party on June 27th, 2009. Sayeth the Press Release: New and exciting genres of art emerge as artists, scientists and technologists bring together their expertise to push the boundaries of […]

Performance with 64 helium balloons

Performance with 64 helium balloons

Robert henke & Christopher Bauder made this installation/performance piece called Atom: A room is filled with deep, evolving noises from a four-channel sound system. An eight-by-eight array of white, self-illuminated spheres floats in space like the atoms of a complex molecule. Through variable positioning and illumination of each atom, a dynamic display sculpture comes into […]

Spinning sounds with the Servo Seq

Spinning sounds with the Servo Seq

Gijs Gieskes introduces another intriguing musical machine, the opto-sensing multi-armed Servo Seq – The frequency circles speed can be set with a pot on the controller. The arms can be sequenced with the three buttons on the controller, in combination with the joystick.. If the joystick is moved up, the volume will go up for […]

Flying Loft Musical Bed

Flying Loft Musical Bed

Tarver’s instrument is unique to say the least. I recently spent some time with him to witness his invention first-hand and was taken aback. High above his loft, entangled into the foundation, sits his creation. It is a beautiful expression of do-it-yourself ingenuity that is one part concrete and two parts found objects. The interlocking […]

A different kind of pyro art

A different kind of pyro art

Rosemarie Fiore makes a different kind of fire art. She uses controlled detonations of fireworks on paper to disperse bursts of saturated color. Rosemarie tells MAKE how she does it: I bomb blank sheets of paper with different fireworks including color smoke bombs, jumping jacks, monster balls, fountains, magic whips, spinning carnations, ground blooms, rings […]