Author Archives: Juniekwon

PICK OF THE WEEK #31 Thixotropes by Troika (London, UK) ‘Thixotropes’ is a kinetic sculpture that is comprised of a series of eight illuminated mechanised structures, each of them shaped as a composition of intersecting angular and geometric forms that are made of thin tensed steel banding lined with rows of LED’s. The constructions continuously revolve [...]

PICK OF THE WEEK #30 Harmophon by Arístides García (Berlin, Germany) This video only shows a short part of a longer incoming installation, which explores the relationship between 2 harmonic waves in different graphical/musical ways. 98 pair of points trigger notes depending on the collision position in the Y axis. Panning depends on the X position. For [...]

PICK OF THE WEEK #28 Wood as Bones, Light as Flesh by FAIL (Europe), the collective of  electric kettle, SILANT, Lucy Benson and fRED In essence the structure is a narrative organism. This being is telling its story without words or any human form. Its body is its language. This body has its own temporal vitality, [...]

PICK OF THE WEEK #27 Simple Harmonic Motion for Ron Arads Curtain Call by Memo Akten (London, UK) Another study in simple harmonic motion and the nature of complex patterns created from the interaction of multilayered rhythms. Visuals made with openFrameworks, which also sends midi to Ableton Live to create the sounds.This version was designed [...]

PICK OF THE WEEK #26 Lit Tree by Kimchi and chips (Seoul, Korea + London, UK) A small potted tree has a perpetual conversation with people. Through the use of video projection, a tree is augmented in a non-invasive way, enabling the presentation of volumetric light patterns using itʼs own leaves as voxels (3D pixels). [...]

PICK OF THE WEEK #25 Instrucciones para dar cuerda al reloj Instructions to wind-up the clock Visual by Alba G. Corral (Barcelona, Spain) Music by Escort Service  (Barcelona, Spain)   “Instrucciones para dar cuerda al reloj” was born from a live event taking place in July 2011 in Barcelona (Caixa Forum), part of the Visual [...]

PICK OF THE WEEK #24 Shyscapes by Misha Shyukin (London, UK) This is Misha Shyukin’s graduation film. He suggested to watch it with your eyes half closed and not in full screen. Editor’s Note: This is an amazing piece from Misha Shyukin, an emerging artist from Germany. His uni graduation film shows pure imagination and an [...]

PICK OF THE WEEK #23 Echo by Bart Hess (Eindhoven, Netherland) Animation for the national Glassmuseum. Simple but complex, minimalist expression of body and structural form created to encompass the human landscape with fluid movement of object and humanoid shell. Beyond any barriers, leaving space for a more organic, visionary mode of A world of [...]

PICK OF THE WEEK #22 Solace (Music Video) Artists Music by Max Cooper (Traum, UK) Visuals by Nick Cobby, UK Nick Cobby, a London based animator and designer, creates synesthetic image sequences in this video for Max Cooper’s Solace, released on Traum Records. The concept of this animation is that it visualises every sound within the track. [...]

PICK OF THE WEEK #21 Tele-present water David Bowen This installation draws information from the intensity and movement of the water in a remote location. Wave data is being collected in real-time from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data buoy Station 46246 (49°59’7″ N 145°5’20″ W) on the Pacific Ocean. The wave intensity and frequency [...]

PICK OF THE WEEK #19 RESONANCE // Destructive Oscillation Project : Resonance by SR Partners (London, UK) Visual : JP Frenay (Belgium) Sound : Michael Fakesch (Germany) Resonance is the vision of SR Partners; a collaborative project between over 30 independent visual and audio designers/studios. The aim was to explore the relationship between geometry and [...]