Mar 4 2010

Saso Sedlacek’s Origami Space Aircraft…

It’s already a known thing that artists are sort of explorers… and scientists as well… I’m not taking into account now Leonardo and his flying devices… although I could… The region where I live still has a lot of wounds from the past, as well as many present issues to solve… Sometimes we like to play… When grown ups play, they usually do it passionate, even too passionate…

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Origami Space Race by Saso Sedlacek, taken from Kontejner

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Feb 13 2010

Interview with Tomoko Ueyama: I want my body to hear more!

My next interview from Device art 3.009 is here! Tomoko Ueyama’s jacket Watashi-chan was the reason that we spent some time, during the staging of the exhibition, talking about her projects, sounds and bodies…

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Tomoko Ueyama: Watashi-chan, photo: Ars Electronica

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Feb 6 2010

Interview with So Kanno: Creating sound devices

Very unique DJ turntable entitled Jamming Gear by So Kanno has been recently presented at TEI 10 – The Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction in Cambridge – Massachusetts (USA). Kanno was in Zagreb in October, 2009 at Device art 3.009 when we talked about his works.

so_kanno.jpgPhoto: So Kanno taken at Device art by Kontejner

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Jan 20 2010

ASCIImeo by Peter Nitsch

Since all retro characters from the down of computer arts like Super Mario, Space invaders or Pacman are experiencing a real Renaissance in fashion circles and geek DIY scene, as well as in hand made craft community, I have to point out here amazing Peter Nitsch’s project ASCIImeo

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Jan 13 2010

Interview with Yosuke Kawamura: Mixing analogue and digital worlds

My next interview from Device_art 3.009, held during October 2009 in Zagreb, today on schedule! Back then Yosuke Kawamura  presented his interactive installation Textron (2002) with electronically interlaced motifs through an old craft tool like sewing machine and digitally projected images of geometrical calculations.

yosuke_kawamura_mobium.jpgPhoto above: Yosuke Kawamura by ko den sen (c)
Photo bellow: Mobium taken from mobium.blog

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