Kunstautomat

I didn't get to see this chair perform until Wednesday evening. But this robotic chair by Raffaello D'Andrea, Max Dean and Matt Donovan is another impressive piece at the Ars Electronica. The chair falls apart and with the help of a camera, the chair can reassemble its dispersed legs and back into a complete chair. You can see a short video on Raffaellos website

Labels: art, exhibition, installation, performance

The best piece at the Ars Electronica is "Hello World" by Yunchul Kim. It's a physical computer memory. The installations stores a short text message as sound in a long system of tubes.

Labels: art, exhibition, installation

I left Amsterdam - lovely city but lousy hotel.
At apporx. 90 euro, the Hotel de Harmonie in Amsterdam must be the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. Incredible small rooms, a toilet several floors down, and a bathroom that is rottening away.
I had to leave at 6 in the morning for the airport. I asked the reception at the hotel to order a taxi for me (and asked them again later just to make shure). But of course - in the morning there were nobody at the reception and no taxi showed up.

Latest development on my personal hunt for the SN754410 H-bridge chip: In Amsterdam I went to the Rotor Radio shop trying to get hold of the chip. They told me it hasn’t been produced since 1995. If this is true, it might explain why it seems so difficult to get hold of. Do I really have to build a H-bridge from the ground up using transistors?

Labels: physical computing

I have spent the last few days in Amsterdam.
Dutch artist Geert Dekker curated a show and I’m setting up an installation involving a webserver. This - of course - is asking for trouble: Trying to get bypass the firewalls and stuff at the gallery (without destroying everything for everybody else).
But finally it worked – thanks to good advice from Geert and the hospitality of Antoinette Reuten. If you visit Amsterdam during the exhibition (until October 7th) please drop by: Gallery Reuten, Fokker Simonszstraat 49.

Labels: art, installation, physical computing