n: vb: the spice of imagination
LIGHT is TIME
The installation is comprised of 80,000 main plates, (the main movement plate that forms the foundation of all watches), suspended in the air like a frozen rain of intricately crafted gold coins. It makes me think of cinematic bullet-time but also of mythical places, as if this room were found during one of Sinbad’s adventures.
Found via FeelDesain.
Maybe soon the right song will slide on or an opportunity will blossom from a seed planted in the desert, but I haven’t been able to positively frame my time at Burning Man this year. I’m too drained to regret it, but nor am I happy I went. To make up for that, and for my lack of pictures, as my camera died its first day there, here are my videos from last year, which was truly excellent.
An Earth Harp concert at The Temple of Transition
For more information about the Earth Harp visit earthharp.wordpress.com.
Propane Fueled Kinetic Fire Sculpture
Crunchy Mama’s Burning Man Wedding Ceremony
“Do you promise to support each other’s pursuit for other heavy machinery operators?
And act as the first line of defense in vetting suitors while not cock-blocking?
Do you promise to each honour and abide the No Fleetwood Mac rule?
Do you promise to give each other open access to your drawers, including culinary, personal, and mechanical?
Do you promise to keep their best interests in mind, give the best advice you can give, and never pull punches?”
The Miraculous Virgin Birth that resulted from the wedding
The Processional Pulling of The Trojan Horse
Read more about the Trojan Horse project at www.trojanhorse2011.com.
The Gamelatron, the Robot Gamelan inside the Temple of Transition
Thunderdome Fight: Furry VS Furry!
A Persistence of Vision Art-Bike Wheel
El Pulpo Mecanico
For more information on this art-car, visit elpulpomecanico.com.
Peter Hudson’s stroboscopic zeotrope sculpture: Charon
For more information on Charon, got to Hudzo.com.
Melvin the Mini Machine from HEYHEYHEY.
“… this new Melvin is a Rube Goldberg machine specifically built to travel the world, and let‘s be honest, we like the idea of going with him whenever and wherever we can. You can find out more about where he’s already been right here. Information on how the new Melvin works, its different parts and how to contact us can be found here.”
The nave of York Minster has been sown with 1,500 square meters of grass lawn.
“The purpose for the so-called “living carpet” is the York Minster Rose Dinner, to be held Friday night on the royally frivolous occasion of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Over 900 guests are expected to wine and dine on the lawn, which, does, in fact, require maintenance (see the lawnmower). The “carpet” was grown in recycled felt then installed in successive layers”
Entangled
, 12 ½”x10″x4 ½”, handbuilt porcelain clay, by American sculptor Kate Mcdowell, via an essential interview with Scientific America.YEARS, (2011). A record player that plays slices of wood, translating year ring data into incredible piano music
by reading the “grooves” with a PlayStation Eye Camera and processing its output through Ableton. By Bartholomäus Traubeck.
Armament, glass molotov-cocktail hearts by photographer and mixed media artist, Francis Baker.
More photos at Street Anatomy.
Machinery by Géza Szöllősi, click through for more detail under “Betelgeuse”.
Detail shots I took of “Ode to Herculaneum” and “Czarina Promenade”, the sculptural work of Kris Kuksi currently on display at the La Roc La Rue Gallery in Seattle.
Click HERE to see the full show on-line.
