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There is an artist (at least) that uses arrays of motorized parts to create a similar effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV8v2GKC8WA https://www.youtube.com

There is an artist (at least) that uses arrays of motorized parts to create a similar effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV8v2GKC8WA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV8v2GKC8WA mesmerizing

mlok 5y ago
This is quite close too : https://prusalab.cz/projekty/reflexe/ https://prusalab.cz/projekty/reflexe/ (Petr Vacek & Adam Cigler / Prusalab / Czech Republic)
- m4rtink 5y ago
  I saw this on an industry fair and even spoke with one of the authors - its very impressive and cleverly done + they are continuously improving it. :)
  - mlok 5y ago
    I also had the chance to see it, and I agree with you : impressive. Glad to know it is still evolving.
qwertox 5y ago
Thank you for linking this.
abrookewood 5y ago
That's fascinating - the artist does everything himself from fabrication to design. Looks incredible.
jonahx 5y ago
"The electronics and the mechanics and the fabrication took me a year. Then it took me an afternoon to program the computer to actually activate it"
- arketyp 5y ago
  No knock on the artist, I particularly like the pom-pom display, but I get the sense that much of art today is about going roundabout ways, almost Rube Goldberg machine like, to achieve things could be presented in other ways with minimal effort. Sometimes this alternative mediation is interesting, but sometimes it almost feels dismissive of the metaphysical magic that is computing.
  - diplodocusaur 5y ago
    > to achieve things could be presented in other ways with minimal effort You could imagine the art piece with minimal effort: no effort spent in making it. So in a way that's the purest form of art by your criticism. If only there was some way to achieve this, we'd be done.
  - berkes 5y ago
    A lot of art is about "the process". I mean, the resulting painting as done by Pollock or Mondriaan is pretty silly. Just splash some paint in a canvas, or draw some lines and use the "fill bucket tool" to create colored squares, right?
    - elliottkember 5y ago
      Linguistically, the art is the process, and the result is a “work of art”. One of my favourite misunderstood language quirks.
    - arketyp 5y ago
      Yes, sure, it's about the process and about the inescapable context with postmodern conceptual art. Whether it's mere splashes I will leave aside, but Pollock and Mondrian precisely brought the consideration of the process to a new light, that's part of what makes them significant figures. Mondrian didn't have mspaint.exe, those geometries meant something different at the time. Also, I don't think Picasso would have been so infatuated by cubism if computers with triangle mesh rendering and solid modeling had been around.
matteosb 5y ago
check out this as well https://www.leva.io/projects/kinetic-wall https://www.leva.io/projects/kinetic-wall
djmips 5y ago
These isn't a similar effect but your link is very cool. I think the magic here is a static array of mirrors printed to create an image on another surface from multiple reflections of a bright source light.
mym1990 5y ago
I’ve always been interested in making large works of art out of many many small things(LED cubes, wooden blocks, etc…). Would love to explore these kinds of things more
mygoodaccount 5y ago
Who is on the Cover of WIRED 1999? Can someone please find out.

There is an artist (at least) that uses arrays of motorized parts to create a similar effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV8v2GKC8WA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV8v2GKC8WA mesmerizing

mlok 5y ago

This is quite close too : https://prusalab.cz/projekty/reflexe/ https://prusalab.cz/projekty/reflexe/ (Petr Vacek & Adam Cigler / Prusalab / Czech Republic)

m4rtink 5y ago
I saw this on an industry fair and even spoke with one of the authors - its very impressive and cleverly done + they are continuously improving it. :)
- mlok 5y ago
  I also had the chance to see it, and I agree with you : impressive. Glad to know it is still evolving.

qwertox 5y ago

Thank you for linking this.

abrookewood 5y ago

That's fascinating - the artist does everything himself from fabrication to design. Looks incredible.

jonahx 5y ago

"The electronics and the mechanics and the fabrication took me a year. Then it took me an afternoon to program the computer to actually activate it"

arketyp 5y ago
No knock on the artist, I particularly like the pom-pom display, but I get the sense that much of art today is about going roundabout ways, almost Rube Goldberg machine like, to achieve things could be presented in other ways with minimal effort. Sometimes this alternative mediation is interesting, but sometimes it almost feels dismissive of the metaphysical magic that is computing.
- diplodocusaur 5y ago
  > to achieve things could be presented in other ways with minimal effort You could imagine the art piece with minimal effort: no effort spent in making it. So in a way that's the purest form of art by your criticism. If only there was some way to achieve this, we'd be done.
- berkes 5y ago
  A lot of art is about "the process". I mean, the resulting painting as done by Pollock or Mondriaan is pretty silly. Just splash some paint in a canvas, or draw some lines and use the "fill bucket tool" to create colored squares, right?
  - elliottkember 5y ago
    Linguistically, the art is the process, and the result is a “work of art”. One of my favourite misunderstood language quirks.
  - arketyp 5y ago
    Yes, sure, it's about the process and about the inescapable context with postmodern conceptual art. Whether it's mere splashes I will leave aside, but Pollock and Mondrian precisely brought the consideration of the process to a new light, that's part of what makes them significant figures. Mondrian didn't have mspaint.exe, those geometries meant something different at the time. Also, I don't think Picasso would have been so infatuated by cubism if computers with triangle mesh rendering and solid modeling had been around.

matteosb 5y ago

check out this as well https://www.leva.io/projects/kinetic-wall https://www.leva.io/projects/kinetic-wall

djmips 5y ago

These isn't a similar effect but your link is very cool. I think the magic here is a static array of mirrors printed to create an image on another surface from multiple reflections of a bright source light.

mym1990 5y ago

I’ve always been interested in making large works of art out of many many small things(LED cubes, wooden blocks, etc…). Would love to explore these kinds of things more

mygoodaccount 5y ago

Who is on the Cover of WIRED 1999? Can someone please find out.