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The Architecture of Radio – Visualizing the invisible architecture of networks
Created by Richard Vijgen, The Architecture of Radio is a site-specific iPad application that visualizes this network of networks (cell towers, wifi routers, communication, navigation and observation satellites and their signals) by reversing the ambient nature of the infosphere; hiding the visible while revealing the invisible technological landscape we interact with through our devices. We are completely surrounded by an invisible system of data cables and radio…
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GLASS / G3DP – 3D printing of optically transparent glass
Created as a collaboration between MIT Media Lab's Mediated Matter Group, MIT's Department of Mechnical Engineering and MIT's Glass Lab, GLASS / G3DP is a additive manufacturing process that enables 3D printing of optically transparent glass that also allows tunability by geometrical and optical variation that drives form, transparency, color variation, reflection and refraction. The platform is based on a dual heated chamber concept. The…
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Waiting for Bárðarbunga – Non-Linear Landscape Cinema
Created by François Quévillon and inspired by the media coverage and consulting data (webcams) of the Bárðarbunga subglacial stratovolcano, Waiting for Bárðarbunga is an installaton made of hundreds of video sequences which are presented according to a probabilistic system influenced by real-time sensor information coming from the computer that displays them. The video database consists of stationary camera shots that last a few…
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Traces – Physical programming of freeform folding in soft matter
Created by Dana Zelig, Traces project explores the concept of programming everyday materials, a form of "physical programming", where objects are "made to act" by re-forming following a set of specific instructions. The research is presented in collaboration with Department of master's degree in Industrial Design, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. and with Dr. Ido Bachelet from Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced…
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Sound Revival – Visual identity and objectification of digital sound effects
Created by James Boock at the RCA's Design Product (led by Yuri Suzuki and Oscar Diaz), Sound Revival is a range of objects and custom 3-Way sound system for a musician to use as tools for sound effects when performing. The objects use the analogue means of materials and mechanical movements to manipulate sound and include Tremolo, Reverb, Delay and Mouth Modulation effects. Sound Revival aims…
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Kabbalistic Synthesizer – Waveforms by macrocosmic phenomena
Created by Sam Conran at the RCA/Design Interactions, the Kabbalistic Synthesizer is a is a musical synthesizer that uses the combination of electric signals to build and create sound bottom up using its raw basic elements. It replaces all usual functions of a regular synthesizer, signal, noise, ADSR, gate and keyboard with alternatives that are generated by live macrocosmic phenomena. The result is a synth that operates…
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Connected Worlds – Interactive ecosystem for NYSCI by Design I/O
Created by Cambridge (US) based creative studio Design I/O (Theo Watson, Emily Gobeille and Nick Hardeman), Connected Worlds is a large scale immersive, interactive ecosystem developed for the New York Hall of Science. The installation is comprised of six interactive ecosystems spread out across the walls of the Great Hall and connected together by a 3000 sqft interactive floor and a 45ft high waterfall. Visitors can use…
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CLOUDS – Code, Creativity, and Immersion
Few interactive documentaries have the pedigree of CLOUDS. After a hackathon experiment into harnessing the Kinect for computational photography begat a novel framework for RBG+D filmmaking (the ‘D’ is for depth, if you were wondering), artists James George and Jonathan Minard dreamed up an ambitious application of their new form of wireframe videography, and set out to make a documentary delving into the nature of code and creativity. To gain insight they…
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Short Cuts – CentrePasquArt Maps 50 Years of Invention and Influence in Art and Design
When dazzled by the latest in ‘magical’ machinations, it’s easy to mistake a clever project deploying cutting edge technology as radical or new. As work by (popular) contemporary media artists and designers accumulates and ricochets across the web, it tends to further obscure the pioneers that paved the way. Short Cuts, the current exhibition (18 April to 14 June 2015) at the CentrePasquArt / Kunsthaus Centre d'art in Biel, Switzerland, endeavors to bridge the…
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Drone Aviaries & Field Guides – A Conversation with Superflux
Superflux are a design and foresight consultancy and bespoke R&D lab based in London. Founded by Anab Jain and Jon Ardern in 2009, the studio produces prototypes, research, and films that are simultaneously savvy, prescient, and playful—and now they can add ‘magazine publisher’ to that list of outputs. A few weeks ago the studio announced the first edition of Superflux, a Warren Ellis-edited periodical that…
72U is an experimental creative residency designed to open people up to new ways of thinking, collaborating, and solving modern communication problems. 72U invites curious makers to celebrate their unique talents, and explore how they can be applied in a professional, creative environment.
Deadline to apply for the Winter 2016 Session is Oct 5th. Apply at 72U.org. If accepted there is no tuition.