 Burning Man 2009: Success! TechAsArt was at this annual event with our new art projects. We created an art car with a computer generated animated eye projected from the inside of a pyramid that was surrounded by vertices of electroluminesent wire. We experienced problems, yet we were always able to repair them - thanks to our brilliant and resourceful team. We were fascinated by the technology of the hundreds of art cars and took several photos of them - primarily at night, when they look their best. See some of the photos we made here. Summer 2010: Tech As Art's Plans Include projecting computer generated videos on buildings in downtown Santa Cruz to amaze and astound onlookers. The project consists of creating 3D animations which will be projected from a donated Meter Maid car. This allows us to go to new locations quickly and easily. The Future Engineers building ths will learn about optics, LEDs, power electronics, programming, and creating 3D models and animation. So, we are interesed in finding those future engineers who want to learn. Let us know! Spotlight: The Orb Swarm project is one of the brilliant examples of combining technology and art. Here in Silicon Valley creative engineers get together and ask, what is the most challenging and fun thing we can build? The Orb Swarm team created several large metal spheres that move autonomously on their own, and know where they are and where to move next. The orbs and the team were just in India at a tech conference showing off the orbs' capabilities. Read more about what they've done so far and how they did it here. Our Next Project: Remember Blade Runner? Remember the massive Tyrell building? We are going to rebuild it - smaller, of course. And it will move. The base will be a gas powered car, which will also supply electric power for hundreds of LEDs, strobes, computers, and animation on the faces. The faces will be made of double walled polycarbonate for strength. And the base will hide the vehicle. Here is our first mockup of the art car. here |
