Digital Artists

First off, one art piece came to mind - Graffiti Research Lab's "Post-Circuit Boards." This obviously came to mind because we are working with circuit boards at the moment, but it takes it out of the ordinary and offers it to the masses in an entirely new light. Instead of hidden under plastic casings, GRL puts fully-contained circuits on postcards, to send in the mail or to hang on the graffiti-ed walls with their little blinking LEDs.

This was a new piece and artist I found while searching through one of the links on the syllabus - Daniela Steinsapir's "Abracadabra." This piece has an unusual interface - from what I can understand, there is a board with sensors on it, and when you take the special stamps (which also are connected to sensors) and stamp the board, the action is relayed on a framed screen in a depiction of digital rhythm. The interface is what I find most interesting about this piece.

Lastly, and I'm not sure if this is considered "art" in the art world (but I found it through the links) - Tod Machover and the MIT Media Lab's "Music Toys," the "Beatbugs" specifically. Like "Abracadabra," this piece deal's with rhythm, only the interface is different - it is a plastic mouse-like looking object that you hold in your hand. Like Shelia's sensor shoes, you can connect this object to a network and share your rhythms with others.