Qi Pan


“ProFORMA, a system designed to enable on-line reconstruction of textured 3D objects rotated by a user’s hand. “



3D, render, software

Claes Oldenburg



soft, tangible, typography

a natural protein-based adhesive


“Phragmatopoma californica is a marine polychaete that glues bits of sand and seashells together into a protective tubular shell while fully submerged in cold seawater. … In the lab Sandcastle worms will add a variety of particles of the preferred size (roughly 0.5 mm) and chemical characteristics (not plastic) to their tubes [that they create with a glue-secretion]. In this case the tube has been extended with 0.5 mm glass beads. ” Russell J. Stewart. University of Utah



panpsychism, pattern, tool, worm

Dominic Wilcox: Switch


1996
Metal switch, wig tape

‘The switch was worn day and night for close to a month.’



art, design, posthuman

ch(ee)tahs

mercantile sophisticato

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3D, branding, flash, typography

Ludic Society



academia, activist, collaborative, play

Mark Gmehling




3D, artist, typography



“The Ghana ThinkTank is a worldwide network of think tanks creating strategies to resolve local problems in the “developed” world. The network began with think tanks from Ghana, Cuba and El Salvador, and has since expanded to include Serbia, Mexico and Ethiopia. In our most recent project, we sent problems collected in Wales to think tanks in Ghana, Mexico, Serbia, Iran, and a group of incarcerated girls in the U.S. Prison system.”



academia, activist, utopia

Brad Haseman : Tightrope Writing

“… practice-led research [which] enables practitioners to initiate and then pursue their research through practice….conforms to the broad protocols of all research …”



academia, art, research

Transborder Immigrant Tool

The Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT) is a small group of artivists engaged in developing the theory and practice of
Electronic Civil Disobedience (ECD)



activist, art, xenotransplants

Microrobot


A microrobot used at the RoboCup 2009 nanosoccer competition by the team from Switzerland’s ETH Zurich is compared in size to the head of a fruit fly. The robot, which is operated under a microscope, is 300 micrometers in length or slightly larger than a dust mite.



animist, nano, robots

Genotype


Schmitz. (2002)



generative, genomics, typography

Ignacio Uriarte


Papierballfall. 2008. HD video (2’00 loop)



abstract, aesthetics, art, video