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Pixelsumo is a blog about interaction, with an emphasis on play, installation, video game culture, playgrounds and toys. Written by Chris O'Shea.
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One of my favorite installations that I’ve experienced is Blind Light by Antony Gormley. The feeling is quite hard to describe, but you had to be there. Disorientating, claustrophobic, exciting, playful, wet, confusing. All from a glass box filled with fog. Forget all this digital stuff. Another massive favorite of mine was the Weather Project […]
(Photos by: Antimodular Research) Solar Equation is a new public art commission by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, created for Melbourne’s Federation Square, on display until 4th July 2010. “Solar Equation is a large-scale public art installation that consists of a faithful simulation of the Sun, 100 million times smaller than the real thing. Commissioned by Fed Square […]
“HYPERSKY is an augmented reality window looking upwards, revealing the current natural conditions and manmade objects zooming through the airspace above the house”. Created for an entrance in a private residence by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram. Using a HD video camera, “On any given day the HYPERSKY display shows a live video signal of […]
Last week opened Speed of Light, a series of installations by United Visual Artists commissioned by Virgin Media to celebrate “the tenth anniversary of broadband in the UK”. Located in the warehouse style building Bargehouse, just behind the main OXO Tower Wharf London. I took a couple of photos, but there are much much nicer […]
The Pool by Jen Lewin is a really interesting and modular approach to creating a light based game / playground space… “The Pool is an environment of giant, concentric circles created from interactive, wireless circular pads. By entering the pool, you enter a world where play and collaborative movement can create a cascading effect of […]
So last night I went to the opening of the Kinetica Art Fair, in the P3 gallery space London. Its never really a good idea to go to an opening night if you want to appreciate the work, as its always too crowded, but I’ll do my best. The show is on until 7th Feb […]
“LUMIERE is a four-day festival (12-15 November) that will brighten the historic city of Durham (North East England), bringing a sprinkle of winter magic to the North East. More than 50 artists will create a breathtaking series of installations, illuminations and performances using light. Lumiere will turn the city into a winter wonderland, transforming its […]
There is very little information on this, other than what is posted on Wooster Collective: “We absolutely loved this street intervention project in which the artists the altered public lighting in Tel Aviv’s open underground tunnels. Artists Bar&Shay said their street art muse was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz as they altered the tunnel…” […]
This Friday 27th is the opening of the Kinetica Art Fair in London until Monday 2nd March. “The Kinetica Art Fair will provide collectors, curators, museums and the public with a unique opportunity to view and purchase artworks from leading international galleries, artist’s collectives, curatorial groups and organisations specialising in kinetic, electronic and new media […]
Building upon their Temporary Graffiti installation, rAndom International have designed a consumer ready version for SUCK UK called Glow Graffiti. It allows you to create a temporary drawing using UV light onto reactive material. You need to use it in a dark room of course. The picture fades away after about 30 seconds. You can […]