Hyper Matrix Vertical Kinetic Landscapes
"Hyper-Matrix is a kinetic landscape installation created for the Hyundai Motor Group Exhibition Pavilion in Korea, the 2012 Yeosu EXPO site. The installation consists of a specially made huge steel construction to support thousands of stepper motors that control 320x320mm cubes that project out of the internal facade of the building. The foam cubes are mounted to actuators that move them forward and back by the steppers, creating patterns across the three-sided display. Comprised of what at first appear to be three blank white walls, Hyper-Matrix installation quickly comes to life as thousands of individual cubic units forming a field of pixels begin to move, pulsate, and form dynamic images across the room, creating infinite number of possibilities in the vertical, 180 degree, landscape. In addition, as the boxes are arranged at only 5mm narrow intervals, the wall can also be a nice moving screen for the images projected on to it." Source
Skippy the Robot "Registered visitors to the promotion’s website access a user interface, where they see a real-time video feed from a camera located behind Skippy, looking out across the pond. Once it’s their turn to skip, they can adjust the angle and force at which the stone will be thrown, before activating Skippy to do so. A readout of the current wind speed may help returning users figure out just how much force is needed." Source
Light: Installations
"“Forest of Light” and “Field of Light” emulate fields of dandelions as they sprawl across the forest floor and line the banks of Longwood’s pond. Over 20,000 LED-topped stems adorn the forest, while 7,000 additional stems set the pond aglow. The patches of LED flowers bloom at night, creating gentle illuminated fields of color that welcome visitors to wander along the water’s edge and beneath the forest’s canopy." Source
Reflection I was able to find a lot artists work through a Tumblr blog found via a Google search, which I was very thankful for! There was quite a wide variety of works and I picked three that were very different but all of interest. I really enjoyed Pasang's installation of the steel cube frameworks because it allows for multiple visual displays to be achieved as well as a dynamic work. I do wonder how this work might relate to minimalism. My favorite work would have to be Skippy the Robot because it reminds me somewhat of social practice artworks where a collaboration of groups or individuals create a larger piece. I thought it was interesting that I couldn't find a specific author for the work and wonder if it was commissioned to the tourist district or section of Sun Valley. I like this work as an HCI piece because it allows for a simple action to be performed but that is in some way meditative or relaxing. Munro's light installations are simply really beautiful to look at in the way they have organic forms relying on the natural landscape to in some ways complete them.
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