Aug 20 2010

Announcing ‘Arduino – The documentary’

The first documentary about open source micro-controller Arduino and synonymous software, the main suspect for lots of great DIY inventions in wearable technology and performance, will be on view during summer 2010 according to the website Arduino: The Documentary

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Photo above: Arduino Duemilanove taken from www.smartprj.com
Photo bellow: Lilypad Arduino taken from clemenswinkler.com

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Jul 17 2010

Retro computer games for corporeality questions – Bong

Following my previous post on freestyle football, check William Linn’s device art work Bong (2009) based on retro computer games and their use in media art, as well as from the corporeality point of view.   The concept is very interesting, especially in the context of comparability with Nintendo Wii Sports and similar iPhone & iPod & iPad applications.

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William Linn: Bong, photo by Kontejner (c)

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Apr 8 2010

Borut Savski’s Strained Structures

Borut Savski’s artwork Strained Structures (2008) is deeply rooted in Slavic culture and it’s an intuitive linguistic journey through English, Slovene and Croatian… Let’s see how Savski connects etymology with electronic mechanisms…

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Strained Structures by Borut Savski, photo: Nada Mihajlovic

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Mar 24 2010

Karakuri Block

Karakuri Block by Natsu Kawakita and Nobuya Suzuki is a project from 2004, but I have decided to include them into my reviewing of the exhibition Device_art 3.009 because it’s based on storytelling concept.

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Karakuri Block by Natsu Kawakita and Nobuya Suzuki

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Mar 17 2010

Pufination

Pufination (2008) by Robertina Sebjanic and Luka Frelih was one nice and warm experience I had at Device_art 3.009. In the microcosm of Robertina and Luka small Pufis present micrograms cohabiting in a fully opened ecosystem.

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Pufination, Photo by Maja Lozic, Cyberpipe (cc)

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